The Sussex Stragglers are committed to ensuring any data provided by you the user is used only in such a way as you would like and will be fully compliant with all legal requirements relating to such issues.

In order to provide you with the full range of services, we are sometimes required to collect information about you.

This privacy policy explains the following;

• what information we may collect about you
• how we will use information we collect about you
• when we will use your details to contact you
• whether we will disclose your details to anyone else
• your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us

As set out above, the Sussex Stragglers are committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the 'data protection laws').

The website may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or are collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from the Sussex Stragglers such as newsletters, events etc., we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, email address, home or mobile number.

By providing your details, you enable the organisation and its service providers to provide you with the services you select.

Please note that it is not our policy to pass your information to any 3rd party unconnected to the organisation.

The organisation will use your information for 3 purposes;

• for 'service administration purposes', i.e. to respond to the request or service that you have requested
• to contact you about a submission you have made to the website
• to analyse and improve the services offered by the organisation

We may contact you;

• to assist you with further information in relation to any areas you have expressed an interest in
• where you have opted to receive further correspondence, such as newsletters, events etc.

We may contact you in relation to special offers within the organisation from time to time unless you have notified us that you do not wish us to.

We will hold your personal information on our systems indefinitely for administration purposes.

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information the organisation holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time in alignment with our GDPR STATEMENT.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer.