Rotary International District No 1240 Privacy Notice

District 1240 part of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (“we”) promise to respect the confidentiality of any personal data you share with us, or that we have access to through Rotary International or RIBI, to keep it safe, and we will always take every effort to protect your privacy. [For the purpose of this privacy notice RIBI also includes Rotary Foundation United Kingdom (RFUK) and the RIBI Donations Trust].

We pride ourselves on our honesty and openness and will always be clear how, when and why we collect and process your information; we promise we will never do anything with your details that you wouldn’t reasonably expect.

Developing a better understanding of our members and donors in District 1240 is crucial, and your personal data allows us to manage your membership and provide the services you are entitled to.

It is expected that club and district officers may also process member personal data on behalf of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and the Rotary organisation and they too will also be bound by this privacy notice.

We collect information in the following ways:

When you give it to us DIRECTLY

There are many ways you may give us your information. For example, when you join as a member, begin volunteering, make a donation, purchase our products or communicate with us either by phone, in writing, including email or in person. We are responsible for your data at all times.

When you give it to us INDIRECTLY

Your information may be shared with us by independent organisations, for example sites like Virgin Money Giving or BT MyDonate or other such services. These independent third parties will only share your information when you have consented. You should check the Privacy Notice of the independent organisations when you provide your information to understand fully how they will process your data.

Via Social Media

Depending on your settings or the privacy notices for social media and messaging services like Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Twitter, you might give us permission to access information from those accounts or services.

Via information available publicly

This may include information found in places such websites (club, district, action groups etc), Companies House and information that has been published in articles/newspapers.

Cookies

We do not use “cookies” on this website to identify individuals other than when a member logs into the member’s area. These are session cookies which are destroyed when a member logs out of this site or closes the browser window. They are not stored long term on the user’s computer. These are used so that a member can only log into his/her club etc.

We use Google Analytics to make sure our statistics are reliable.

Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information e.g. your name and address, so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

We have some pages that link to external tools such as Google Maps and You Tube. These tools sit on the Google web servers and you can find more information on Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

Some pages may have cookies used to integrate with Social Media sites, so that for example, if you are logged in Facebook you can “like” pages.

We do not collect personal data in the public area of the site if you complete a contact form for example; your email address is not stored in a database for our use nor is any information passed to third parties.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

What personal information we collect and how we use it

We will only ever capture the minimum amount of information that we need to in relation to your membership, donation or services we provide to you and we promise to keep your information secure. The personal data we will usually collect is:

  • Your name
  • Your contact details
  • Your date of birth
  • Your bank or credit card details (as relevant to the service provided)
  • Details of the enquiry, service or product

Where it is appropriate, we may also ask for additional information

How we will use your data

We will use your personal data for the legitimate interest of conducting core business activities, these will include:

  • Administer your membership or donation, including processing Gift Aid
  • Provide you with the services, products or information you asked for
  • Providing services, products, guidance or information to clubs and other districts for their general activities, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks
  • Communicating organisational messages and information to members, district and club officers
  • Facilitate conference, training seminars, meetings and other special event planning
  • Supporting ‘The Rotarian’ and ‘Rotary’ magazines
  • Supporting The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and the Rotary Foundation United Kingdom
  • Providing information and updates to district and club officers on RI and RIBI programmes and service projects
  • Preparations of Rotary Handbooks/Members Lists
  • Identify candidates for Presidential and Foundation appointments to conferences
  • Appointments to committees, clubs and district offices, task forces and other assignments within the Rotary organisation
  • To present our website and its contents to you and to allow you to participate in interactive features on our website
  • Keep a record of your relationship with us
  • For any other purposes with your consent

Sensitive information

We do not collect any personal information on members classified as ‘sensitive’ under GDPR.

Interact, Rotakids and under 18’s data

We do not collect information from under 18’s. Interact and Rotakids clubs are managed through the identified Rotarian member contact.

The RIBI District Youth Exchange Association operates as a separate entity to RIBI and RI and is responsible for the organisation of Rotary youth exchange programmes. You can view their privacy notice by visiting their website: https://www.youthexchange.org.uk/

Data Sharing

  • Our service/host providers

In the course of our legitimate business activities, there may be a need for us to share, or give access to, your personal data to third parties that provide us with services or host our applications/software that you may access.

We will ensure that data processing agreements, compliant to GDPR, are in place before sharing with, or giving access to, your data with any of our service/host providers.

  • Sharing within the Rotary organisation

The Rotary organisation is made up of Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation (TRF), Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, the Rotary Foundation United Kingdom (RFUK) and the RIBI Donations Trust.

When you give information to us it will be shared within the wider organisation to facilitate your membership or donations and to provide the service afforded to you as part of that membership/donation. We will ensure that data processing agreements, compliant to GDPR, are in place before sharing your data within the wider organisation.

District 1240 and its Clubs collect personal data for their individual club and district activities and are therefore also independent data controllers. This means that District 1240 and its Clubs are also legally responsible for protecting your data under GDPR legislation whilst in their safekeeping Clubs will have their own privacy notices in this respect.

  • Sharing with third parties

We will never commercially sell your personal data to anyone else.

We will only ever share your personal data in other circumstances, not listed above, if we have your explicit and informed consent at the time of collection. However, we may need to disclose your details if required to the police, other agencies, or regulatory bodies.

How we keep your information safe and who has access to it

We ensure that there are appropriate physical and technical controls in place to protect your personal details. For example, confidential paper records are securely stored, our online forms are encrypted and our network is protected and routinely monitored. Confidential paper waste is shredded.

We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your personal information is only accessible by appropriate Rotary members and our service/host providers. We do comprehensive checks on the companies we use before we work with them.

We have a duty to report certain types of personal data breaches to the relevant supervisory authority, and where feasible, we will do this within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. If a breach is detected and likely to result in a high risk of adversely affecting you, we will inform you without undue delay.

Where we store your information

Your personal information will be hosted securely within the UK or the EU by Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland.

However some data is held by Rotary International, Rotary International runs its operations outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Although they may not be subject to the same data protection laws as organisations based in the UK, we will take steps to make sure they provide an adequate level of protection in accordance with UK data protection law. By submitting your personal information to us you understand your personal data will be transferred, stored and processed at a location outside the EEA. You can view Rotary International’s privacy notice by visiting their website: https://my.rotary.org/en/privacy-policy

How long we retain your information and how we keep it up to date

We will only keep your information for as long as we need it to assist you with your enquiry, process your membership, donation, event registration or other services associated to your Rotary membership. We shall delete your information according to any statutory limits, or according to guidance issued by the Information Commissioner.

Individual members are responsible for keeping their own personal data up to date and have access to the RIBI Data Management System (DMS) or My Rotary on the RIBI website for this purpose. In addition, where necessary, we will keep your information accurate and up-to-date.

Your rights

The General Data Protection Regulations gives you certain rights and these are listed below for your convenience, further clarification of your rights is available on the Information Commissioners website https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/

  • You have a right to be informed when your personal data is being collected, what is collected and how it will be used or shared.
  • You have a right of access to your personal data: the right of access allows you to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data. Members and donors have access to their personal data via self-service systems such as the RIBI Data Management System (DMS) or My Rotary via the RI website. You can also request a copy of the information which we hold on you. This information will be provided free of charge, unless the request is found to be manifestly unfounded or excessive then a reasonable fee will be charged. The application should be made in writing, to the District Secretary either by email to districtsecretary@rotary1240.org or by using the 'Contact Us' form here. You will need to confirm this request in writing enclosing two proofs of identification and information on how to do this will be provided to you in response to your contact request or email.

Applicants should be aware that where requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because they are repetitive, District 1240 can:

  • charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information; or
  • refuse to respond.
  • You have a right in certain circumstances to have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked (restrict processing), erased (right to be forgotten), or destroyed.
  • You have a right in certain circumstances to object to the processing of your personal data for such reasons as direct marketing, automated decision making, profiling; although we can confirm we make no decisions on you using an automated process.
  • You have a right in certain circumstances to data portability.

In certain situations, these rights may not apply, for example if you are a valid member we will need to communicate with you about your membership and those services afforded to you as part of that membership; you hold a club or district office and we need to communicate with you in relation to that office, in which case you will not be able to unsubscribe from these communications.

We collect and process your personal data through legitimate interests or because you have provided it to us to enable us to deliver a service to you. We will only process your personal data as you would reasonable expect us to. You can opt out of our general member mailings at any time.

Finally, if you are unhappy with how we have processed your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner, contact details below.

Changes to this privacy notice

We may change this privacy Notice from time to time. If we make any significant changes in the way we treat your personal information we will make this clear on our District website www.rotarygbi.org or by notifying you directly.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have processed your personal information, please first contact the District Secretary by email to districtsecretary@rotary1240.org or by using the 'Contact Us' form here. If you are still unhappy you may contact the following:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Helpline: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or ++44 1625 545 745

Cookies:

Like most websites, we use “cookies” to help us make our site, and the way you use it, better. We do not store any personal data in the cookies that we use.
Cookies mean that a website will remember you. They’re small text files that sites transfer to your computer (or phone or tablet). They make interacting with a website faster and easier – for example by automatically filling your name and address in text fields.

In addition, the type of device you’re using to access our website or apps and the settings on that device may provide us with information about your device, including what type of device it is, what specific device you have, what operating system you’re using, what your device settings are. Your device manufacturer or operating system provider will have more details about what information your device makes available to us.

The type and quantity of information we collect and how we use it depends on why you are providing it. You should be able to control what cookies are placed on your device through your browser settings. Go to www.aboutcookies.org to find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our websites by generating statistical and other information.

Details captured during your visit to our websites will include, but are not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources you access. However, all data collected is anonymous and will not identify you as an individual.

Google, not the Association, stores this activity information. You can view Google’s privacy notice here.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit their website here.

Accessibility

Every effort has been made to ensure that the original template pages for this site are W3C compatible.

However, as the content of pages is supplied by the district, such content may not be compatible.

 

'What We Do' Main Pages:

The 1240 District Bulletin is published monthly to give information on major Rotary activities in the District.

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Information on District Council Meetings appear as subpages under this page.

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Pages about Foundation - Rotary's own charity

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Crowdfunding has been around since 1885 and in 2017 RGB&I teamed up with Global Giving to give Rotary Clubs an opportunity to partake in this tried and tested form of fundraising.

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This page will contain the links to District Events that have been recorded.

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This page is designed to demonstrate what is happening in District 1240 by clubs launching Crowdfunding Projects

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A recording of the Training Session on starting a Satellite Club

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The Environment is now Rotary's 7th Area of Focus

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District maintains a large selection of equipment available on free loan for events. Please download an order form and email psimpkins@live.co.uk

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Joining Rotary opens up a world of opportunities and gives you the chance to make a difference in your local community and across the world. It's not all hard work though and our members have a lot of fun and build new friendship's.

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Below you will find all the information about District Grants for downloading

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Download entry forms for the District Summer Sports

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Metrobank offers a basic Community Account for Rotary at no cost within certain parameters

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Rose receiving her Regional Award

Rose Buggle wins the vocalist section at the Regional Final Next stop - The National Final in Manchester

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Some towns and cities in the District have more than one Rotary Club. General 'Portal' pages covering all Rotary clubs in a town or city can be found here

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Pages about Rotary's International Service

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Rotarians do lots in the Community...

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You will find all the latest Youth information in respect of the Competitions and contacts.

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Great Britain and Ireland are unique in the Rotary World in having a body between District and Rotary International in the US

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There is information here on the websites, social media and Rotary branding

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Copy of the current District Directory

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This is the Rotary Foundation members only page

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Members only page covering Community Service

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Members only pages related to Vocational Service

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Here you can find information on International Service Projects

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Details of Youth Service Projects

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District 1010 produced a very useful guide covering how to use the RIBI template system

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Information on the RIBI Insurance and a risk assessment template from RIBI's insurers

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