General Data Protection and Regulation Policy

We collect personal data when you sign up to our email list through one of our ‘sign up to hear more’ forms, either on this website or on paper.

This personal data consists of: email address, name, and optionally location.

We may also ask you to opt in to stay in touch when you provide data such as name and email address to register for a public event we hold.

Providing such data is always optional.

When you donate, you may decide to opt in to sharing your contact information with us as part of the donation process (see below).

The lawful basis on which we collect data under GDPR is for the legitimate interest of direct marketing. The term ‘direct marketing’ is interpreted broadly by the authorities to include our purposes as an organisation, namely political campaigning.

You can opt-out and unsubscribe at any time using the link in the footer of the email.

Children should not provide personal data without the consent of an adult. The data collected is used to inform you by email about our events and campaigns, solicit donations, and involve you in decisions about the direction of Plymouth Dolphins RFC.

We will not process your data for any purpose other than the purposes stated in this privacy policy.

We use cookies on this website for the purpose of collecting anonymous usage statistics through Google Analytics. This data does not include any personal data. 

You can opt out of Google Analytics here.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.).

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We do not share your personal data with any third parties.

We retain mailing list data for as long as you remain a member of our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the footer of the email. Event attendee data will be deleted within one month of the relevant event unless you opt-in to allow us to retain it. Donation data will be retained for compliance with electoral law until we believe enough time has elapsed that the donation can be deemed legally compliant.

If you have provided us with personal data, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.You have the right to request rectification of any mistake in your personal data, and the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data.To exercise any of these rights, please email plymouthdolphinsrfc@gmail.com

We have taken standard security measures to protect the data we store, including strong passwords, and two-factor authentication where relevant. The data is only processed by Plymouth Dolphins RFC.

To contact us about your privacy, please email plymouthdolphinsrfc@gmail.com

You have the right to lodge a complaint about us with the supervisory authority, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The ICO can be contacted at www.ico.org.uk or by phone on 0303 123 1113.