Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice

Grand Union Wine Society

1. Our contact details

E-mail: gutreas@outlook.com
Website: https://guws.co.uk

2. The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Bank account details
  • GUWS meeting attendance record

3. How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • To ascertain membership of GUWS
  • To manage attendance at the meetings of GUWS
  • To allow for financial transactions essential to the operation of GUWS

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

  • None

We use the information that you have given us in order to:

  • To ascertain membership of GUWS
  • To manage attendance at the meetings of GUWS
  • To allow for financial transactions essential to the operation of GUWS

We may share this information with:

  • None

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is:

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting GUWS at the addresses given in section 1.

4. How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored.

We keep the information listed in section 2 for the duration of your membership of GUWS. Your information is disposed of within one year of you ceasing to be a member of GUWS.

We will then dispose your information by the removal of all your records from our system.

5. Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at the addresses given in section 1 if you wish to make a request.

If you wish to exercise your rights to erasure or restriction of processing or to object to processing then your membership of GUWS will be terminated.

6. How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at the addresses given in section 1.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

7. Origin

This document is derived from the Privacy Notice template provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office

This website “guws.co.uk” is operated by the Grand Union Wine Society, a not-for- profit organisation (hereinafter, “We”, “Us”, “Our” or“Company”).

This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes how We will process and protect the Personal Information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (“Personal Information”). Your Personal Information shall be held and used in accordance with applicable legislation relating to the protection of Personal Information (the “Applicable Law”).

If you have any concern about providing information to Us or your information being used in any manner permitted by this Privacy Notice, you should contact a committee member immediately.

Effective date: 8 November 2023