This privacy statement sets out how Bridgwater Agricultural Society Ltd (BAS) collects and uses personal information and data and complies with the General Data protection.
Regulation (GDPR).
References to ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ in this notice refer to Bridgwater Agricultural Society Ltd.
BAS is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy and safety of personal data that it collects from individuals for the purpose of carrying out its activities.
WHO WE ARE
Bridgwater Agricultural Society Ltd is a charitable organisation that has been supporting & promoting the agricultural community around Bridgwater, Somerset since 1978.
INFORMATION WE GATHER
We collect information about individual people who apply for financial support from BAS.
We also collect and maintain information about our trustees. We may collect and process the following personal information:
• Your name
• Contact information including e-mail address and telephone numbers
• Your address, including that of your business or farm holding
• Information contained in emails or other correspondence from you and records of telephone calls or meetings with you.
Most of the personal information that we receive is obtained directly from you.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Once we have received your information it will be stored on a central database. We have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect about you.
What do we do with the information we gather
We use information we hold about you to carry out the activities of BAS. In particular we
use this information for:
• Making sure we have contact details of potential organisations/individuals for
grants.
• To communicate with you from time to time about the work of BAS
• Marketing of BAS
COOKIES
We do not collect any personal data through cookies. Our cookies policy can be read
here.
LAWFUL BASIS
Under the rules of the GDPR there are lawful bases for processing your data. We have
identified that the lawful basis for us to hold your personal data is ‘consent’ meaning you
must provide us with your consent to hold your personal data.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to:
- Keep us updated and have the data that we hold about you deleted or amended - Request details of the personal information which we hold about you.
- Object to certain types of processing such as receiving newsletters or direct marketing
ENQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS
Any enquiries in connection with this privacy statement should be directed in the first instance to us via email:
[email protected]
All complaints should be sent FAO Mary Adams, Secretary of Bridgwater Agricultural Society Ltd.