GDPR Compliance Policy

Last updated: 10th October 2024

Halas Hawks Junior Football Club (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website, https://halashawks.co.uk.

For the purposes of the GDPR, the data controller is:

Halas Hawks Junior Football Club

Personal Data We Collect

Contact Form Submissions: When you contact us via our website’s contact form, we collect your name and email address solely to respond to your inquiry.
Cookies: We use Google Analytics cookies to collect anonymous data about website usage to help us improve our services.

How We Use Your Personal Data

Responding to Inquiries: We use the information you provide through the contact form to reply to your messages.
Website Analytics: Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to enhance user experience. This data is anonymized and does not identify individual users.

Legal Basis for Processing

Consent: By submitting your personal information through our contact form, you consent to us using your data to respond to your inquiry.
Legitimate Interests: We process anonymized analytics data to improve our website’s functionality and user experience.

Data Retention

Contact Form Data: We delete your name and email address after responding to your inquiry.
Analytics Data: Data collected via Google Analytics is retained according to Google’s data retention policies.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Google Analytics Cookies: Our website uses these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. You can learn more about how Google processes this data in Google’s Privacy Policy.

Cookie Consent: By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. For more information, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
  • Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your data under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer your data to another organization or directly to you.
    To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this GDPR Compliance Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be revised accordingly.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us.