Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://wbsc.uk.

How and What Type of Information We Collect

Personally Identifiable Information refers to information that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name, email address, or phone number. Downloading information or logging in may allow the organisation to “recognize” you to allow us to personalize our service for you.

Your privacy is important and the information collected on submitting an enquiry is used solely for dealing with your enquiry.

Your details are never passed onto third parties nor used for marketing purposes etc..

When you e-mail us:

  • we will record your e-mail address for managing the nature of your enquiry, membership or online purchase
  • we will only use your e-mail address for the purpose for which you provided it
  • it will not be added to a mailing list, unless provided by you specifically for that purpose
  • we will not use your e-mail address for any other purpose
  • we will not disclose it without your consent.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting the Club Secretary
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
(c) We have a legal obligation.
(d) We have a vital interest.
(e) We need it to perform a public task.
(f) We have a legitimate interest.

Google Analytics and Google reCAPTCHA are used on this site and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply accordingly.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

What You Do With the Information We Collect

For our members, players and contacts, we use personal information mainly to provide the Services and contact our members/players/contacts regarding account activities, new version and product offerings, or other communications relevant to the Services. We do not sell or share any personally identifiable or other information of End Users to any third parties, except, of course, to the applicable members/players/contacts whose website you are using.

We use this information to manage membership, deal with orders via the club website (including third parties that deal with orders on our behalf) deal with enquiries via the club website and newsletter sign-ups.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a very small text file that is placed on an internet user’s hard drive. It is generated by a web page server, which is basically the computer that operates a web site. The information the cookie contains is set by the server and it can be used by that server whenever the user visits the site. A cookie can be thought of as an internet user’s identification card, which tell a web site when the user has returned. – http://www.aboutcookies.org/

  • Essential – Our site uses first-party cookies to keep track of what items you have in your basket and to remember that for when you return to our site. Without these cookies the site would forget which items you have placed in your basket and you would not be able to purchase any products from our online store. We also use cookies for performance and load balancing to ensure continued operation of the site.
  • Functional – When you register your account with us, we create first-party cookies to remember if you are signed in or not. Our website uses these cookies to work out which accounts you are signed in with and to serve data or content to you from and in relation to that account. (e.g. your delivery address).
  • Analytics – We use analytics services (like Google Analytics) to gather analytical information for us. These services create cookies to collect information on how people use our site, this allows us to produce reports to help us improve the site. These third party cookies collect information like the number of visits to the site, where visitors have come from, and what pages they have visited.

Third party

  • Datadog Inc. – This cookie is essential for ensuring continued operation of the site to provide the service requested by the user, eg. ensuring the content of the requested page loads quickly and effectively. This cookie lasts 15 minutes. For more information about the Datadog privacy policy, please click here.
  • Stripe, Inc. – Stripe is the card payment processor used in our checkout, and they use cookies as part of their credit card fraud prevention mechanisms. These cookies last between 30 minutes and 1 year. For more information about the Stripe privacy policy, please click here.
  • Stripe Link – Link is a specific function built by the Stripe payment system above, for faster payments at checkout. For more information about the Stripe Link privacy policy, please click here.
  • Google Inc. – Google uses cookies to help us analyse search traffic and user behaviour, to improve their site experience and to personalise content across the Google network. These cookies last between 1 day and 1.5 years. For more information about the Google Privacy Policy, please click here.
  • Meta Inc. – Meta uses cookies to help us analyse traffic and user behaviour from social platforms like Facebook and Instagram, to improve their site experience and to personalise content across those platforms. This cookie lasts 90 days. For more information on the Meta Privacy Policy, please click here.
  • Bing (Microsoft Corporation) – Bing uses cookies to help us analyse search traffic and user behaviour, to improve their site experience and to personalise content across the Bing network. These cookies last up to 1.5 years. For more information about the Microsoft Privacy Policy, please click here.

This may be applicable to any or all of the club websites associated with Watcombe Bottom Sports Centre – namely:

Ventnor Rugby Football Club

Ventnor Rugby Club Shop

Ventnor Rugby Club Membership

Ventnor Rugby Club Sponsors

Ventnor Football Club

Ventnor Youth Football Club

Contact Forms

Where you use a contact form to contact the club or a club official your information is held to deal with your enquiry by officials within the club.

Links to other websites

This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of other websites and we encourage you to examine each website’s privacy policy.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.