Privacy Notice Rotary eClub of District 1070
Rotary eClub of District 1070 (“we”) promise to respect the confidentiality of any personal data you share with
us, or that we have access to through Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) or Rotary
International (RI), to keep it safe, and we will always take every effort to protect your privacy. [For the purpose
of this privacy notice, Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland (RIBI) also includes Rotary Foundation
United Kingdom (RFUK) and the RIBI Donations Trust].
We pride ourselves on our honesty and openness and will always be clear how, when and why we collect and
process your information; we promise we will never do anything with your details that you wouldn’t reasonably
expect.
Developing a better understanding of our members and donors is crucial, and your personal data allows us to
manage your membership and provide the services you are entitled to. It is expected that club officers may also process member personal data on behalf of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and the Rotary organisation and they too will also be bound by this privacy notice. We collect information in the following ways:
When you give it to us DIRECTLY
There are many ways you may give us your information. For example, when you join as a member, begin volunteering, make a donation, purchase our products or communicate with us either by phone, in writing, including email or in person. We are responsible for your data at all times.
When you give it to us INDIRECTLY
Your information may be shared with us by independent organisations, for example sites like Virgin Money Giving
or BT MyDonate or other such services. These independent third parties will only share your information when you
have consented. You should check their Privacy Notice when you provide your information to understand fully how
they will process your data.
Via Social Media
Depending on your settings or the privacy notices for social media and messaging services like Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Twitter, you might give us permission to access information from those accounts or services.
Via information available publicly
This may include information found in places such websites (club, district, action groups etc), Companies House and information that has been published in articles/newspapers.
Cookies
Like most websites, we use “cookies” to help us make our site, and the way you use it, better. We do not
store any personal data in the cookies that we use.
Cookies mean that a website will remember you. They’re small text files that sites transfer to your computer (or
phone or tablet). They make interacting with a website faster and easier – for example by automatically filling
your name and address in text fields.
In addition, the type of device you’re using to access our website or apps and the settings on that device may provide
us with information about your device, including what type of device it is, what specific device you have, what
operating system you’re using, what your device settings are. Your device manufacturer or operating system
provider will have more details about what information your device makes available to us.
The type and quantity of information we collect and how we use it depends on why you are providing it. You
should be able to control what cookies are placed on your device through your browser settings. Go to
www.aboutcookies.org to find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how
to manage and delete them.
We use Google Analytics and other analytical software to analyse the use of our websites by generating
statistical and other information. Details captured during your visit to our websites will include, but are not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources you access. However, all data collected is anonymous and will not identify you as an individual.
Google, not the Association, stores this activity information. You can view Google’s privacy notice here.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit their website here.
What personal information we collect and how we use it
We will only ever capture the minimum amount of information that we need to in relation to your membership,
donation or services we provide to you and we promise to keep your information secure. The personal data we will
usually collect is:
- Your name
- Your contact details
- Your date of birth
- Your bank or credit card details (as relevant to the service provided)
- Details of the enquiry, service or product
Where it is appropriate, we may also ask for additional information
How we will use your data
We will use your personal data for the legitimate interest of conducting core business activities, these will include:
- Administer your membership or donation, including processing Gift Aid
- Provide you with the services, products or information you asked for
- Providing services, products, guidance or information to Rotary clubs in the district for their general activities, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks
- Communicating organisational messages and information to members, district and club officers
- Facilitate conference, training seminars, meetings and other special event planning
- Supporting ‘The Rotarian’, ‘Rotary’ and ‘News and Events’ magazines
- Supporting The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and the Rotary Foundation United Kingdom
- Providing information and updates to club officers on RI, RIBI and District programmes and service projects
- Preparation of Rotary District 1070 and Rotary Club membership books (formerly known as District and Club directories)
- Preparation of Rotary directories
- Identifying candidates for appointments to committees, club and district offices, task forces and other assignments within the Rotary organisation
- To present our website and its contents to you and to allow you to participate in interactive features on our website
- Keep a record of your relationship with us
- Understand how we can improve our services, products or information
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
- For any other purposes with your consent
Sensitive information
We do not collect any personal information on members classified as ‘sensitive’ under GDPR.
Interact, Rotakids and under 18’s data
We do not collect information from under 18’s. Interact and Rotakids clubs are managed through the identified Rotarian member contact.
The RIBI District Youth Exchange Association operates as a separate entity to RIBI and RI and is responsible for
the organisation of Rotary youth exchange programmes. You can view their privacy notice by visiting their website
here.
CCTV & Telephone Recording
The Rotary eClub of District 1070 does not use CCTV or Telephone recording. The Rotary Support Centre for
Great Britain and Ireland, Kinwarton Road, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 6PB has CCTV installed in real time and
may record telephone calls.
Data Sharing
1) Our service/host providers
In the course of our legitimate business activities, there may be a need for us to share, or give access to, your
personal data to third parties that provide us with services or host our applications/software that you may
access, for instance:
- Banking organisations – those that provide our banking/payment services
- HMRC – for Gift Aid, tax and employment details
- MailChimp – a communication mailing software service provider
- Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland
- Rotary International
We will ensure that data processing agreements, compliant to GDPR, are in place before sharing with, or giving
access to, your data with any of our service/host providers.
2) Sharing within the Rotary organisation
The Rotary organisation is made up of Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation (TRF), Rotary International in
Great Britain and Ireland, the Rotary Foundation United Kingdom (RFUK), the RIBI Donations Trust and 25
Districts across Great Britain and Ireland.
When you give information to us it will be shared within the wider organisation to facilitate your membership
or donations and to provide the service afforded to you as part of that membership/donation. We will ensure that
data processing agreements, compliant to GDPR, are in place before sharing your data within the wider
organisation.
The Rotary eClub of District 1070 collects personal data for our individual club and district activities and are a
data controller. This means we are legally responsible for protecting your data under GDPR legislation whilst in our
safekeeping.
3) Sharing with third parties
We will never commercially sell your personal data to anyone else.
We will only ever share your personal data in other circumstances, not listed above, if we have your explicit
and informed consent at the time of collection. However, we may need to disclose your details if required to the
police, other agencies, for example HMRC, regulatory bodies or our legal advisors.
How we keep your information safe and who has access to it
We ensure that there are appropriate physical and technical controls in place to protect your personal details. For
example, confidential paper records are securely stored.
We do checks on any companies we use before we work with them, regarding how they manage the personal
data they may have access to as part of providing those services. We undertake reviews of our suppliers and have
random checks on our service providers to check the integrity of data.
We have a duty to report certain types of personal data breaches to the relevant supervisory authority, and where
feasible, we will do this within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. If a breach is detected and likely to
result in a high risk of adversely affecting you, we will inform you without undue delay.
Where we store your information
Your personal information will be hosted securely within the UK or the EU.
Rotary International run its operations outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Any data transferred outside the
EEA remains subject to the GDPR. By submitting your personal information to us you understand your
personal data may be transferred, stored and processed at a location outside the EEA. The transfer and
protection of your data while outside the EEA will be controlled by EU approved standard contractual clauses.
You can view Rotary International’s privacy notice by visiting their website here
How long we retain your information and how we keep it up to date
We will only keep your information for as long as we need it to assist you with your enquiry, process your
membership, donation, event registration or other services associated to your Rotary membership. There are
statutory timescales on how long we should keep your information, for example, gift aid transactions must be
retained indefinitely, employment records for 6 years after an employee leaves, financial records must be kept
for 7 years, information associated with Health & Safety for 3 years after an event. We shall delete your
information according to these statutory limits, or according to guidance issued by the Information Commissioner.
Individual members are responsible for keeping their own personal data up to date and have access to the RIBI
Data Management System (DMS) or My Rotary on the RI and RIBI websites for this purpose. In addition, where
necessary, we will keep your information accurate and up-to-date.
Your rights
The General Data Protection Regulations gives you certain rights and these are listed below for your
convenience, further clarification of your rights is available on the Information Commissioners website
- You have a right to be informed when your personal data is being collected, what is collected and how it will be used or shared.
- You have a right of access to your personal data: the right of access allows you to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data. Members and donors have access to their personal data via self-service systems such as the RIBI Data Management System (DMS) or My Rotary via the RI website. You can also request a copy of the information which we hold on you. This information will be provided free of charge, unless the request is found to be manifestly unfounded or excessive then a reasonable fee will be charged. The application should be made in writing, by letter or email, and addressed to the Rotary eClub of1070 Secretary, contact details shown below, enclosing two proofs of identification. Applicants should be aware that where requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because they are repetitive, The Rotary eClub of District ub can:
- charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information; or
- refuse to respond.
- You have a right in certain circumstances to have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked (restrict processing), erased (right to be forgotten), or destroyed.
- You have a right in certain circumstances to object to the processing of your personal data for such reasons as direct marketing, automated decision making, profiling; although we can confirm we make no decisions on you using an automated process.
- You have a right in certain circumstances to data portability.
In certain situations, these rights may not apply, for example if you are a valid member we will need to
communicate with you about your membership and those services afforded to you as part of that membership;
you hold a club or district office and we need to communicate with you in relation to that office, in which case
you will not be able to unsubscribe from these communications.
We collect and process your personal data through legitimate interests or because you have provided it to us to
enable us to deliver a service to you. We will only process your personal data as you would reasonable expect us
to. You can opt out of our general member mailings at any time.
Finally, if you are unhappy with how we have processed your information, you have the right to lodge a
complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner, contact details below.
Changes to this privacy notice
We may change this privacy Notice from time to time. If we make any significant changes in the way we treat your
personal information we will make this clear on our website www.rotaryeclub1070.org or by notifying you directly.
Our contact details
www.rotaryeclub1070.org/contact
Email: secretary@rotaryeclub1070.org
Complaints
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your personal data you may contact the following:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Helpline: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or ++44 1625 545 745
[This privacy notice was last reviewed and updated 17th May 2018]