Caroline Saxon
Trading As:

The Outdoor Swimming Company
The Mill House,
Court Farm,
Church Lane,
Norton,
Worcester,
Worcestershire,
WR5 2PS

Privacy Policy
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Consent
By signing up to, entering or volunteering at one of our events or activities you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
For the purpose of General Data Protection Regulation 2018, the data controller is
Caroline Saxon,
Trading as The Outdoor Swimming Company,
The Mill House,
Court Farm,
Church Lane,
Norton,
Worcester,
Worcestershire,
WR5 2PS

Information We May Collect From You
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information you give us:
You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you participate in social media functions, register to enter an event, volunteer to marshal at an event, sign up for or register to take part in any activities organised by The Outdoor Swimming Company.
The information you give us may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, gender, age, club membership, emergency contact details and a declaration of any medical conditions or disabilities you feel we should be made aware of. We may also collect, via external entry systems, your credit card information or bank details (e.g., your credit card number and expiration date, billing address, etc.) some of which may constitute personal data, to secure certain payments or to make refunds when requested. If a user voluntarily provides that information in connection with registration for an event or otherwise, it will be available to us and will be held by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. (Bank and payment details are not held by The Outdoor Swimming Company, only by external entry systems.
By entering our events via any entry sites such as The Outdoor Swimming Company, your data will be processed according to the Privacy Policy of these sites. Please check these policies when you sign up.

Use of Data
The Participant agrees and consents to The Outdoor Swimming Company, using his/her personal details provided in his/her Online Registration Form or otherwise and for the following purposes:
If you provide personal data for a certain reason, we may use the personal data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem and will respond to the email address from which the contact came,
Certain information such as your gender, club membership etc. may be published on our website when posting event results and by entering an event through our site you consent to such publication.

Event administration
(1)The Outdoor Swimming Company. requires a record of each Participant’s registration details including medical information and third party emergency contact details for internal administration purposes in order to properly conduct and to safely administer our events and activities.
(2) You, (The Participant) agrees to receive emails from The Outdoor Swimming Company, containing event information and event updates before and after the event. The entry site used may also contact the participant, regarding the event depending on the privacy policy of that site. These sites may include, but are not limited to The Outdoor Swimming Company.
(3) The Outdoor Swimming Company, will also keep records of any medical information provided. It will be kept confidential and may be shared only with medical personnel or teams allocated to our events. Such information shall be deleted within a reasonable time following the completion of the event or activity.
(4) Data will be used for publication of the official start lists, registers and results of our events and activities. These may be available online, on social media and distributed to participants via email. For the avoidance of doubt, the following participant information shall be published within event start lists and results:
Name, Age, Age Category, Gender and Club (if applicable).

E-mail/SMS communications
(1) The Outdoor Swimming Company, will use the participant’s contact data submitted on the online registration form or otherwise to send the participant information by e-mail and/or SMS relating to the event, other events and any further categories of news and promotional information as the participant may have requested on the online registration form.
(2) The participant acknowledges and agrees that The Outdoor Swimming Company, may send an email or SMS notification following the event inviting the participant to submit or renew his/her registration for any future events.
(3) The participant accepts that if he/she ticks a charity box at point of entry, their details will be passed onto said charity who will be able to contact him/her in the future
All participant data will be managed and stored securely in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

Your Rights
We will not disclose your personal information to third parties for marketing use unless you indicate that you agree to this.
We will only use the data you provide for the purpose it was provided.
We will only pass on information to relevant third parties eg if you disclose that you have a medical condition this information may be passed to the first aid providers at our events.
Your data may only be accessed by key personnel involved in the running of our events.

Access to information
You have a right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation 2018.  Please submit a Subject Access Request and we will address your query within one month.

Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Queries
Contact questions, comments and requests regarding this policy should be addressed to Caroline Saxon,
Trading as The Outdoor Swimming Company, The Mill House, Court Farm, Church Lane, Norton, Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, WR5 2PS or made via email to [email protected]