GDPR , Romaclub and You

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a regulation that was made a legal requirement in 2016 by the European Union and ratified by the European Parliament and The Council of Europe. The regulations were encompassed into UK law in 2018.  The purpose of GDPR is to make sure that any personal information and data held by an organisation is done so in a secure and legal manner. To that end organisations need to obtain consent from you to store and use your personal information. If you joined the club before 2018 you will have received a consent form to agree to the club holding personal information such as addresses and phone numbers. There is now a consent form included in the membership application form for all new members. There are no formal instructions as to how often this consent should be sought and here at the club we are working on the assumption that your consent gained when joining the club will last for the duration of your membership. The information we hold is limited to your names, addresses, phone numbers and details of your vehicle.  Rest assured that this information is always stored on password protected devices and will never be shared with a third party. Should you leave the club all information stored on our database will be deleted. Although your continued consent is assumed you are free to withdraw it at any time.  Should you choose to withdraw your consent then you can write to the membership secretary at membership@romaclub.org stating your desire to ‘opt out’.

Although the UK has now left  the European Union the regulations still remain in place. Should the regulations, in the future, change then we will inform you accordingly.

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