Privacy Policy

Longton VM Privacy Policy

By submitting Personal Information to this website, you agree that we may process it in the manner described in this policy. We remind you that this Policy does not apply to third party links beyond this website.

Introduction

This Policy describes our current practices with regard to Personal Information collected by us from you. The term "Personal Information" refers to information about you personally, which, from time to time, you will be asked to submit (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website. As a result of changes in the law and technology, our practices will change over time. When this happens, we will post the changes on our website as soon as is practicable and, therefore, we encourage you to check the site frequently. We will always deal with your Personal Information fairly and in accordance with your instructions.

Use of Personal Information

We will always abide by the Data Protection Act 1998 and when we ask you for Personal Information, we will tell you the purposes for which we will process that information. Such purposes include the following:

Maintaining Our Membership

Database

contacting you with information pertinent to your membership or application for membership and details of events and other matters which we think will be of interest to you

Marketing and Market Research

internal use to help us improve our services and to help resolve any problems. This site may indicate that your information may be used to allow us to contact you for "service and administration purposes". This means that we may contact you in relation to the Services you wish to receive, for example, to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that the particular service has been suspended for maintenance.

Disclosure

Any information you provide to us will only be used by us. However, your information may be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law.

Timescale

We will hold your Personal Information within our systems for as long as you are a member of the club. After you cease to be a member the information will be retained for a period of at least twelve months. We will ensure that all your Personal Information is held securely.

Cookies

A 'cookie' is a small amount of information that is placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit a website. It collects details of visitor behaviour, which can be used to improve the service delivered to you on a website. Your computer can be set to accept or reject cookies if you visit the "help" menu on your web browser. However, by rejecting cookies, you will not be able to use the "members' area" of the site and you will not be able to complete the registration process. When you visit this site, your Personal Information may be collected using 'cookies'. Such information is subject to data protection laws and is dealt with in accordance with this Policy. For more information please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org. This site uses Google Analytics to collect usage data and Google also use cookies for this purpose. Google have its own Privacy Policy which can be viewed at http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/privacy -policy.html. Where the site links to other websites and services these may also involve cookies. You are advised to check the privacy policy of each of these sites before using them.

Opt-out choice

If now or at any time in the future you decide that you do not wish to receive information from us, about services that we provide, please let us know by emailing us at the contact email address displayed on the "Contact Us" page of this site.

Information integrity and secur-

ity

We strive to maintain the reliability, accuracy, completeness and currency of Personal Information within our databases and to protect the privacy and security of our databases. Our servers and databases are protected by industry standard security technology.

The people who have access to your Personal

Information have been trained to operate in

accordance with our security protocols.

Although we cannot guarantee against any

loss, misuse, unauthorised disclosure,

alteration or destruction of information, we

take all reasonable steps to prevent this from

happening.

Information access and correc-

tions

You may request a copy of the Personal Information that we hold in relation to you. Upon receipt of your written request, and enough information to permit us to identify your Personal Information, we will disclose what we hold. We will also correct, amend or delete any Personal Information that is inaccurate. If you wish to access or correct your Personal Information, or if you have any questions about this Policy or concerns about the way in which we process your Personal Information, please write or email us at the address given on the "Contact Us" page on this site. We do not charge for complying with a correction request, however, for requests for Personal Information, we may charge a small fee to cover our costs.