Privacy Policy
Aquinas FC is fully committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the GDPR (effective May 2018). Information about our committee, coaches, managers, assistants, administrators, players, parents and other individuals will only be processed in line with established regulations. Personal data will be collected, recorded and used fairly, stored safely and securely and not disclosed to any third party unlawfully. As the lawful and correct treatment of personal information is critical to our successful operations and to maintaining confidence, Aquinas FC is committed to:
- protecting members’ personal details and records
- keeping candidates’ and other individuals’ personal data up to date and confidential
- maintaining personal data only for the time period required
- releasing personal data only to authorised individuals/parties such as leagues for registration purposes
- collecting accurate and relevant data only for specified lawful purposes
- adhering to regulations and related procedures to ensure that all committee members who have access to any personal data held by or on behalf of Aquinas FC are fully aware of and abide by their duties under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Members are required to report any allegation in relation to the unlawful treatment of personal data by contacting the Chairman. A concern should be raised in the event that members feel that records of their personal data have been:
- lost
- obtained through unlawful disclosure or unauthorised access
- recorded inaccurately and/or in a misleading manner
- provided to a third party without permission.
Where required, Aquinas FC will take appropriate action/corrective measures against unauthorised/unlawful processing, loss, destruction or damage to personal data.
REGISTRATION SYSTEM
Aquinas FC uses a secure membership system by a third-party supplier, ‘WildApricot’. For more information on its’ security click here.
When you register the data held by Aquinas FC is kept securely on a membership system and will be used only for the purposes of the club and league registrations. When submitting your registration, you are requested to consent to using the data in the registration form as stated below:
Aquinas FC uses this data to register the player(s) with the relevant leagues which includes passing on the players and personal data (including name, email, gender, photo, DOB, phone number) and for football related communications (non-commercial).
This data is also shared with authorised club officials who need it to communicate information about training and fixtures and for them to be able to contact parents/emergency contacts in the case of an emergency. Medical details (if provided) are also shared with team officials for awareness and in case of an emergency where this information may need to be passed on to medical staff.
Once a players’ membership expires records are retained for 36 months and then automatically archived securely online in the same system for 10 years.
Only the club system administrator and the club Chairman have full access to this data. The manager/administrator of your team will have limited access to information required for matches such as contact info, medical details etc. Managers gain access by submitting a data protection statement to the system administrator.
YOUR RIGHTS & OPTING OUT
You may opt out of information about you or your child being shared and have your record deleted at any time by emailing denis@aquinasfc.net
You have the right to request what information is stored about you or your child by emailing denis@aquinasfc.net
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Any links to other websites on this website are outside of our control and are therefore not governed by this Policy. We are not responsible for the data protection or privacy policies of these websites and accept no responsibility or liability for these policies.
Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
PASSWORDS
Where we have given you or you have chosen a password which enables you to access certain parts of our website or membership system, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
COOKIES
In common with many other website operators, we may use standard technology called 'cookies' on this website. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive and they are used to record how you navigate this website on each visit.
Cookies on our website are used for a variety of different purposes, but generally speaking their use breaks down into the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website or membership system.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of users of our website and see how such users navigate through our website. This helps to improve how our website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These improve the functional performance of our website and make it easier for you to use. For example, such cookies are used to remember that you have previously visited the website and asked to remain logged in to it.
You can manage cookies by activating the setting on your Internet browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.
Please note, if you do turn cookies off, this will limit the service that we are able to provide to you and may affect your user experience.
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy should be addressed to denis@aquinasfc.net