Privacy & Data Protection
Bowls Yorkshire (Yorkshire Bowling Association) is committed to protecting personal information and handling it responsibly. We only collect and use personal data where it is necessary to administer county bowls activities, manage club affiliations, run competitions and communicate with affiliated clubs and individuals who have chosen to hear from us.
What information we collect
We may hold:
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Contact details of club officials for affiliation and governance purposes
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Aggregated membership numbers provided through the annual Club Return (we do not collect individual member names or contact details through this process)
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Contact details of individuals who enter county competitions
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Contact details of individuals who sign up to our mailing list
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Safeguarding information required to meet regulatory obligations
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Historic competition records (names and clubs of winners and runners-up)
Competition entries
When you enter a Bowls Yorkshire competition, we collect your name, club, email address and telephone number in order to administer the competition. Your contact details will be shared with other competitors so that matches can be arranged. This is done via a password-protected section of the website, an emailed contact list to the current year's competitiors and/or a competition handbook distributed to clubs. We do not publish competitor contact details on publicly accessible webpages.
Mailing List
If you sign up to receive news or updates from Bowls Yorkshire, we will use your email address only for that purpose. You can unsubscribe at any time.
How we use your information
We use personal information to:
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Manage club affiliations
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Calculate affiliation fees
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Administer competitions
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Enable competitors to arrange fixtures
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Fulfil safeguarding and governance responsibilities
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Maintain accurate records and preserve the history of county competitions
We do not sell personal information and do not use it for commercial marketing purposes unrelated to bowls.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to ensure it functions properly and to understand how visitors use it. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Further details are provided in our full Privacy Notice.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to request access to your personal information, ask for corrections, request deletion in certain circumstances, and object to certain types of processing. If you have any questions about how your information is used, please contact us at contact@bowlsyorkshire.co.uk
Full Privacy Notice
For full details of how Bowls Yorkshire collects, uses and protects personal information, please see our full Privacy Notice below.
You can also see the Bowls England Privacy notice here.