Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are Tunbridge Wells Mountaineering Club (TWMC)

Our website address is: http://www.thetwmc.co.uk.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We store your name and your email address. We do this so we can give you an account with access to club information not for the general public and so we can contact you regarding club events and the Annual General Meeting.

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.

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.

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.

Instagram Feed

Instagram Feed plugin uses Instagram API on website front end. All the data received from Instagram via API is cached in WordPress database for some short period to provide front end optimization. You may request us to delete your Instagram data if it is accidentally cached in our website database with hashtag feed data. Instagram saves some cookies in browsers of website visitors via API data. These cookies are mostly used for security purposes. They are regulated under terms of Instagram’s Privacy Policy.

Web Disclaimer: The above text is for informational purposes only and is not a legal advice. You must not rely on it as an alternative to legal advice. You should contact your legal counsel to obtain advice with respect to your particular case.

Analytics

We use web hosting analytics to track usage of the website.

Who we share your data with

We don’t share the data on this site or usage data with anyone.

How long we retain your data

We keep you name and email only as long as you are a member, at the end of the membership year your data will be removed if you don’t renew. If you leave and you want your data removed immediately just email us at webmaster@thetwmc.co.uk and we will do so.

For members registered on our website, you can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except you cannot change the 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.

Where we send your data

We don’t send your data anywhere.

Your contact information

If you have any concerns over our privacy policy please email webmaster@thetwmc.co.uk

What data breach procedures we have in place

If there is a data breach all members will be notified. The site will be shutdown completely until the cause of the breach has been identified and remediated.

What third parties we receive data from

We don’t receive any data from third parties.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We don’t do any automated decision making or profiling.