Chichester Yacht Club Magazine January 2018 | Page 17

That will enable us to put together a more
complete policy on collecting and using
personal information, and in turn enable us to
ensure we revise our practice on retention and
use of personal information and how, for new
members, we obtain consent to collect and use
it. The capture, storage and use of personal
information is a hot topic nowadays – and quite
rightly so given its importance to all of us.
Much of the club’s new information policy will
be captured in a Privacy Statement which we
will publish. This will set out the legal basis on
which information is collected, how we use it
and store it and how we will respect members’
rights with regard to that information. We’ve got about five months to get organised
and that should be ample.
The GC has put GDPR at the top of its agenda
and will ensure members are kept informed on
progress.
It might seem a case of bureaucracy running
rampant but it’s an important topic which we
would all think important to get right. If you
have any thoughts or suggestions on the new
legislation then please contact the office.
The GDPR will require of us new policies
related to enhanced provisions on transparency
and individuals’ rights and for certain specific
There is more information about the new
categories of data – that concerning children,
regulations available on the Information
for example, who go through our training
Commission website.
programmes.
Mini Lecture Series
New Toys for Girls and Boys.
Friday 26th January, 8:30pm
Make a date to come along and hear Barry
Parker of Garmin.
All welcome.
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