Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://wsscc.co.uk.
Wolverhampton & South Staffordshire Car Club [WSSCC] respects your privacy and we will only use your personal data in the way we describe in this notice. When using your personal data we aim to be fair and transparent, and to follow our obligations under UK data protection laws. Your personal data is used for administering our competitions and events.
Wolverhampton & South Staffordshire Car Club, a company registered in England and Wales, is the data controller for the purpose of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Collecting your Personal Data
We collect your personal data when you fill in competition event entry forms, contact us, visit our site or send us a message. The personal data you provide is necessary to enable us to fulfil our contract with you. The information you give us could include:
- Identity Data, such as your name and date of birth
- Contact Data, such as your address, telephone number, email address
- Financial Data, such as payment information
and other information (membership number, competition licence number, vehicle details). When you give us personal data about another person, such as a child, parent, guardian, or emergency contact you should let that person know that you have given us the information.
If you are under 18 years old, we will also ask for personal data from your parent or guardian.
All personal data that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate. If you provide us with inaccurate or false data, and we suspect or identify fraud, we will record this.
Using your Personal Data
We use your personal data in order to comply with our contractual obligations with you.
For competitors, we use your personal data when you enter our events. We will publish some of your information in the programme and the results, which will be in the public domain. We may ask you for emergency contact and next of kin details which we will only use in an emergency, and which is use for a legitimate interest. You should let the contact and next of kin know that you have given this information to us.
For ticket purchases, we use your personal data to supply to you the tickets that you have booked, including to contact you with any information relating to the event and to deal with any questions, comments or complaints you have in relation to the event.
We may also use your personal data for our legitimate interests, including enforcing the terms of any other agreement between us, for regulatory and legal purposes (for example anti-money laundering), for audit purposes and to contact you about changes to this policy.
We might use your information to send you marketing messages by email, but only if you have agreed that we can do this by giving us your clear consent – and you can change your mind at any time just by letting us know by contacting us. We will not sell your information to another organisation.
To support your lifetime relationship with motor sport and WSSCC, we may keep your information indefinitely. Unless we are required to retain information by relevant legislation, we will, at your request, delete your personal data from our system.
Sharing your Personal Data
We may share competitor personal data with Motorsport UK as required by its General Regulations for governing motor sport, with medical personnel, or any other person if we have to comply with a legal obligation. We may also share personal data with service providers, suppliers and sub-contractors we appoint to perform functions on our behalf in accordance with our instructions. We do not allow third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes.
Our website
When you use our website we may collect data about you, in particular your IP (Internet Protocol) address, by using cookies. We use this data to improve your web experience. Cookies help us to recognise you when you return to the website. For more detail about how we use cookies please go to our Cookie Policy.
The website might contain links to other websites such as online entry, ticket and payment sites, partners and advertisers. If you follow links to other websites, please review the privacy policy for each site because we are not responsible for information you share on those sites.
Security for your information
Your information is held securely by us. We have taken all reasonable steps, and have in place appropriate security measures, to protect your information. Payment transactions are encrypted using SSL technology. However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your personal data, we do not promise that your personal data will always remain completely secure. Any data you transmit to us through our website is at your own risk.
Your rights
- You may ask us not to process your information for marketing purposes.
- You are entitled to a copy of the information we hold about you, and to ask us to correct any inaccuracies. Please note, we reserve the right to charge an administrative fee if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
- You may ask us to stop using your information, and to delete it, although we may maintain a skeleton set of your information. If you ask us to do this we will not be able to continue our contract with you.
- You may make a complaint to the Information Commissioner (ico.org.uk).
General
If any provision of this policy is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
This policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales, and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
We may change the terms of this policy from time to time. Any changes we make to the policy will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this policy so that you are aware of any changes to it.
