Privacy Policy

The Chamois Mountaineering Club LTD

Privacy and Data Protection Policy

Personal Data and The Chamois Mountaineering Club Ltd

Management and consent to process an individual’s data is regulated by General Data Protection

Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications

Regulations 2016 (PECR). Personal information supplied by members to Chamois Mountaineering

Club LTD (CMC) will be kept on file, and stored securely as reasonably practicable on devices

protected with recognised internet security software; this data will be deleted once they are no

longer relevant. Paper copies of Membership Application forms and copies of past Rules and Lists

of Members (which includes addresses) will be kept securely, for historical and administrative

purposes.

Members

Membership Application forms on the website require some personal data and are the preferred

method of communication.

Personal Data

This data includes title, name, address, postcode, telephone number and email address. This

information will be stored securely.

Accessibility

The CMC will allow members’ information to be used by others working on their behalf such as

CMC applying for or renewing BMC memberships and also as required by law. The CMC will not

share members’ information with other companies or charities for marketing purposes.

Members have the right to access a copy of the information the CMC holds about them (a subject

access request) obtainable, subject to proof of identity, from the membership secretary:

memship@chamois.org.uk

Members have a right to object to the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) if they feel that the

CMC is not handling their data in a satisfactory manner.

Communication

The CMC will ask members to provide their formal consent to receive their communications either

electronically or by hard copy through the post.

We will use a member’s personal data as follows:

1. To send CMC newsletters by email or by post, which may include:

i. Relevant information about the club, members and activities.

ii. AGM and EGM information.

These will be circulated electronically to members who wish to receive

communications by email. These emails will not show recipients’ email addresses.

2. 3. To post out the new membership cards.

AGM (and EGM) information will be sent electronically or by post, as members

choose.

4. Subscription information will be available electronically or by post. Members will be

informed (by email, post or phone) when there is a change or issue in subscription.

Also, these changes will be on the CMC website.

5. To communicate with all members by the Chairman or relevant committee members6. 7. when necessary.

Members details are also uploaded to the BMC website as indicated above.

Electronic banking is used to reconcile member subscriptions and other payments

made by members which may include bank details. When members provide such

banking details they will be held securely by the Treasurer.

Members can opt out of any/all of CMC communications at any time by contacting the membership

secretary.

The CMC does not hold or store any financial personal details of members on the website.

Use of Photograph and Image Policy

The Club encourages members to take photographs and videos on meets or whilst doing activities

and to share these to the Chamois Mountaineering Club Facebook Group Page, which is a closed and

private group only viewable by members of the group. Only current members of the Club may be a

member of the Facebook Group Page.

However, it is important to be aware that if you wish to post photos from Club meets or activities on

your personal Facebook profile or other social media account then you need to be certain that you

have explicit consent to do so from anyone in the image. This is especially important when taking

pictures of children attending Club meets.

This means that if taking pictures of people in a group whilst on a Club meet you need to clearly ask

them if it is okay to put these pictures or videos on social media and be accepting if they do not wish

to have their image on your social media account. This applies especially when taking photos or

videos of children.

The purpose of this policy is to save the large administrative burden that would be required to

ascertain the consent and preferences regarding personal images of each Club member.

The CMC website contains links to other websites. The CMC is not responsible for the privacy

policies or practices of third party websites.

Abbreviations:

AGM: Annual General Meeting

EGM: Emergency General Meeting

Updated 08/05/2024


Use of Email Tracking Pixels

All emails sent by the system contain a tracking pixel. This is used to track whether each email has been opened by the recipient, and when. This information can be viewed by those users of the system with permission to view email delivery reports. We do not display any information regarding the location of the recipient. Note that the tracking pixel is only activated if the recipient chooses to download images into their email client.

Data Processor

We, The Chamois Mountaineering Club Ltd., make use of the myClubhouse software supplied by Simmetrics Ltd to process personal data we include on our myClubhouse website in accordance with our privacy policy set out above. Simmetrics Ltd processes your personal data on our behalf and they can only do so in accordance with our written instructions. You can find the details of our data processor’s privacy policy here: http://www.myclubhouse.co.uk/Home/PrivacyPolicy.

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