Data Privacy Policy
DATA PRIVACY POLICY
About this Policy
This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about our members and instructors, how we use it and how we keep it secure and your rights in relation to it.
We may collect, use and store your personal data, as described in this Data Privacy Policy and as described when we collect data from you.
We reserve the right to amend this Data Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice. You are advised to check our website www.stmawessailing.co.uk or our Club noticeboard regularly for any amendments (but amendments will not be made retrospectively).
We will always comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when dealing with your personal data. Further details on the GDPR can be found at the website for the Information Commissioner (www.ico.gov.uk). For the purposes of the GDPR, we will be the controller of all personal data we hold about you.
Who are we?
We are St Mawes Sailing Club Limited. We can be contacted at Number 1 The Quay, St Mawes, TR2 5DG or office@stmawessailing.co.uk or 01326270686
What information we collect and why.
| Purposes | Personal Information Category | Legal basis of processing |
| Managing the Members membership of the Club | Name and Contact, Membership Status, Classification, Billing Information, Sailing Club Manager User Content | Performing the Clubs contract with the Member For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club. |
| Contacting next of kin in the event of emergency | Medical and Emergency | Protecting the Members vital interests and those of their dependants |
| Managing membership categories which are age related | Classification | Performing the Clubs contract with the Member. |
| Provision of adequate facilities for members.
Reporting information to the RYA. | Classification | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in making sure that we can provide sufficient and suitable facilities (including changing rooms and toilets) for each gender. For the purposes of the legitimate interests of the RYA to maintain diversity data required by Sports Councils. |
| Managing race entries and race results. Sharing race results with other clubs, class associations, and the RYA, and providing race results to local and national media. Allocating moorings and compound spaces | Race Entry Participants
Racing Results
Boat Details | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in holding races for the benefit of members of the Club. For the purposes of our legitimate interests in promoting the Club.
For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club |
| Putting on the Clubs website and social media pages and using in press releases. | Photographs [and Videos] | Consent where members have opted in. Member may withdraw their consent at any time by notifying the club |
| Collected for a rally and shared between those participating in the rally. | Radio Call Signals | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in ensuring that boats on a rally can maintain contact with each other |
| Creating and managing the Club's Membership Directory.
Creating and managing the Clubs Boat and their Owners Directory | Name and Contact, Membership Status, Classification | Consent where members have opted in. Member may withdraw their consent at any time by notifying the club
For the purposes of our legitimate interests in running the Club and fostering a club community |
| Passing to the RYA for the RYA to conduct surveys of Members and former members of the Club. | Name and Contact, Membership Status, Classification | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating the Club and / or the legitimate interests of the RYA in its capacity as the national body for all forms of boating. |
| Managing instruction at the Club. | Name and Contact, Competency | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in ensuring that we can contact those offering instruction and provide details of instructors to members. |
| Maintaining responsible club officer details such as Club Officer, Committee members | Name and Contact | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club |
| Entering and managing arrangements with suppliers | Name and Contact | Entering and performing contracts with suppliers |
| Managing the Junior Sail Training | Junior Sail Training Bookings, Competency, Billing information | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club |
| Facilitate Crewfinder | Name Contact, Boat Details, Crew supply/ Demand | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club |
| Facilitate volunteering | Volunteer Opportunities | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club |
| Facilitate Classified Ads | Name and Contact | For the purposes of our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the Club |
| Marketing emails | Name and Contact | Consent. Members may withdraw their consent at any time by changing their online preferences, clicking on unsubscribe on emails or notifying the Club |
A. Personal information we receive from you
| Name and Contact | Such as first and last names, title, prefix, physical address, email address, contact telephone number, of: instructors, Club officers, Club committee members, race officers, crew, employees, volunteers, individuals placing an advertisement, suppliers, next of kin, junior sail training participants. |
| Billing Information | Such as debit or credit card details, bank account details, billing address, record of payment. |
| Boat Details | Such as owner, boat name, make, class and sail number, mooring number, participation in sailing events |
| Classification | Such as DOB, relationship to member, gender, type of boat. |
| Competency | Such as DOB, relevant qualifications such as RYA level, first aid etc, swimming ability, relevant experience of: instructors, volunteers, crew, junior sail training participants. |
| Crew Supply/ Demand | Such as dates, type of activity, location, financial arrangements, travel expenses of members |
| Junior Sail Training Bookings | Such as dates, Name and Contact |
| Medical and Emergency | Such as emergency/ next of kin, Name and Contact, medical conditions |
| Membership Status | Such as type of membership, length of membership, payment up to date |
| Online Account Information | Such as your chosen username, password and other information you share in your account |
| Photographs [and Videos] | Such as photos of members and their boats, |
| Race Entry Participants | Such as Name and Contact, Boat Details, Medical and Emergency |
| Radio Call Signals | Such as radio broadcasts |
| Sailing Club Manager User Content | Such as messages, forum posts, |
| Volunteer Opportunities | Such as Name and Contact, dates available, activities, Competency |
B. Personal Information we collect through your use of our services or from other sources
| Photographs [and Videos] | Such as at sail training and coaching, club events |
| Racing Results | Such as who came first, second and third, race times etc |
How we protect your personal data
We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personal data from loss, misuse, or unauthorised alteration or destruction.
Please note however that where you are transmitting information to us over the internet this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
For any payments which we take from you online we will use a recognised online secure payment system.
We will notify you promptly in the event of any breach of your personal data which might expose you to serious risk.
Who else has access to the information you provide us?
We will never sell your personal data. We will not share your personal data with any third parties without your prior consent (which you are free to withhold) except where we are required to do so by law or as set out in the table above or in paragraphs below.
We may pass your personal data to third parties who are service providers, agents and subcontractors to us for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (e.g. to print newsletters and send you mailings). We do this for the purpose of our legitimate interests in operating the Club and for performing our contract with you. However, we disclose only the personal data that is necessary for the third party to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own purposes. It is possible that third parties may themselves engage others (sub-processors) to process your data. Where this is the case third parties will be required to have contractual arrangements with their sub-processor(s) that ensure your information is kept secure and not used for their own purposes.
We may also pass your personal data to the RYA for the purposes of carrying out surveys when it is in the legitimate interest of the club and the RYA to do so. The RYA may use third parties to carry out the surveys but disclose only the personal data that is necessary for the third party to do so and will have a contract in place that require the third party to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own purposes.
How long do we keep your information?
We will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as you are a member of the Club and for as long afterwards as it is in the Clubs legitimate interest to do so or for as long as is necessary to comply with our legal obligations. We will review your personal data every year to establish whether we are still entitled to process it. If we decide that we are not entitled to do so, we will stop processing your personal data except that we will retain your personal data in an archived form in order to be able to comply with future legal obligations e.g. compliance with tax requirements and exemptions, and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
We securely destroy all financial information once we have used it and no longer need it.
Your rights
You have rights under the GDPR:
· to access your personal data
· to be provided with information about how your personal data is processed
· to have your personal data corrected
· to have your personal data erased in certain circumstances
· to object to or restrict how your personal data is processed by us for our legitimate interests.
· to have your personal data transferred to yourself or to another business in certain circumstances.
You have the right to take any complaints about how we process your personal data to the Information Commissioner:
Tel: 0303 123 1113.
Information Commissioners Office:
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Last updated 10:34 on 3 July 2026