Privacy Policy



We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors.


This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.


Our website uses cookies. We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.


Tn this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Sandhurst Farm Forge.


How we use your personal data


In this section we have set out:



  • The general categories of personal data that we may process

  • The purposes for which we may process personal data

  • The legal bases of the processing


We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your website visits. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.


We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website, the Club and communications with users.


We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.


We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of Sandhurst Farm Forge against risks.


In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out above, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.


Providing your personal data to others


We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.


In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this section, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.


Where is your personal data held?


The hosting facilities for our website are situated in the UK.


Retaining and deleting personal data


This section sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.


Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.


Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.


Security of personal data


We will take appropriate technical and organisational precautions to secure your personal data and to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.


We will store your personal data on secure servers, personal computers and mobile devices, and in secure manual record-keeping systems.


 


Amendments


We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.


You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.


We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or by bringing the changes to your attention on the website.


Your rights


In this section, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.


Your principal rights under data protection law are:



  • the right to access

  • the right to rectification

  • the right to erasure

  • the right to restrict processing

  • the right to object to processing

  • the right to data portability

  • the right to complain to a supervisory authority

  • the right to withdraw consent.


 


If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.


You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us or by email to info@sandhurstfarmforge.co.uk


Third party websites


 


Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.


We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.


About cookies


A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.


Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.


Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.


Cookies that we use



  • personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your use of the website and to personalise our website for you (cookies used for this purpose are: sndhstnav, sndhstadn, PHPSESSID)

  • cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally (cookies used for this purpose are: SDFMFE_cookie_consent)


 


Managing cookies


Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:



 


Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.


If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.


Contact


If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email to info@sandhurstfarmforge.co.uk or by post to the address shown on our contact page.


This Privacy Policy was last updated in Jaunuary 2024.