Privacy Policy

Blind Ice Hockey UK Privacy Policy

Our contact details 

E-mail: blindicehockeyuk@gmail.com

Date of Privacy Notice: 1st May 2023

The type of personal information we collect 

We currently collect and process the following information:

• Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details) of interested participants, club members and sources of funding in order to operate Blind Ice Hockey UK as an amateur sports club;
• Photographs and video content for use on website, social media and public promotion of the club and the sport more widely;
• Insurance underwriting purposes; and
• Website user statistics

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• Joining Information for an event hosted by us;
• Signing up to a newsletter;
• Membership of the organisation; and
• Donations and sources of funding

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

• Referrals from other organisations within the Ice Hockey and Blind communities

We use the information that you have given us in order to operate and run the amateur sports club. 

We may share this information with the sports governing body, our insurers and if we are attending events organised by another club or national association.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: 

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting blindicehockeyuk@gmail.com

How we store your personal information 

Your information is securely stored. 

We keep membership, photographs and video date for five years from the end of your membership. We will then dispose your information by deleting it form our data repository..  

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at blindicehockeyuk@gmail.com if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at blindicehockeyuk@gmail.com.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:  

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk