Privacy Policy
1. Introduction & General Terms
Autonomy Motor Sport Club Limited (AMSC) is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using AMSC services or participating in events. We want our services and events to be safe and enjoyable environments for our members, participants and users. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information you provide to us via our websites, phone, text, email, online or in letters, or any other correspondence.
In order to provide you with AMSC services, we sometimes need to collect information about you, and where you are a member, sponsoring an event or participating in an event we will need to collect various personal data to facilitate your involvement and the services we provide.
This Privacy Policy explains the following:
- what information AMSC may collect about you
- how AMSC will use information we collect about you
- when AMSC may use your details to contact you
- whether AMSC will disclose your details to anyone else
- your choices regarding the personal information you provide to us
AMSC is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 2018 (incorporating GDPR 2018, these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").
AMSC websites may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, and we therefore urge you to review them. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
2. What information will AMSC collect about me?
When you participate in, access or sign up to any of AMSC’s services, events, activities or online content (such as newsletters, competitions, live chats, message boards, votes), telephone, text, donate money to an AMSC charity appeal, book an AMSC event or use AMSC’s online registration and membership systems we may receive personal information about you.
This can consist of information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone and mobile number, depending on the activity. Sometimes we may require you to provide additional personal information, and sometimes sensitive personal information.
By submitting your details, you enable AMSC (and where applicable its contractors and suppliers) and our chosen charities to provide you with the services, events, activities or online content you select.
3. How will AMSC use the information it collects about me?
AMSC will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:
- to provide our services, events, activities or online content and to deal with your requests and enquiries
- for "service administration purposes", which means that AMSC may contact you for reasons related to the service, event, activity or online content you have signed up for, as set out in section 4 below (e.g. to provide you with password reminders or to notify you that a particular service, event, activity or online content has been suspended, updated or cancelled, or to provide details of such)
- to contact you about a submission you have made, including any content you provide
- to provide you with information about our services, events, activities or online content
- to personalise the way AMSC content is presented to you
- to use IP addresses to identify the location of users, to block disruptive use, to establish the number of visits and to determine where you are accessing the services from
- to analyse and improve the services offered on AMSC websites
4. When will AMSC contact me?
AMSC may contact you:
- in relation to any service, event, activity or online content you have signed up to
- in relation to any correspondence we receive from you or any comment or complaint
- in relation to any contribution you have submitted to or about AMSC and our services, events and activities, including online blog posts, tweets or other media
- to invite you to participate in surveys about AMSC services
- for marketing purposes
5. Will AMSC share my personal information with anyone else?
We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described below and in section 6.
Generally, we will only use your information within AMSC. However, sometimes AMSC uses third parties, including our chosen charities and suppliers, to process your information on our behalf. AMSC requires these third parties to comply strictly with its instructions and AMSC requires that they do not use your personal information for their own business purposes.
Where you enter into membership, the details you choose to provide within your public profile shall be published on the Internet and shall remain available until such time as you remove them or delete your account. We may remove your content or account on expiry or cancellation of your subscription or membership.
If you participate in an event some of your details may be shared with our suppliers in order for them to deliver their services. Examples include: name and dietary preferences together with allergies may be passed to catering suppliers; name and allergies may be supplied to first aiders; name and clothes size information may be provided to garment suppliers; name and relevant details may be provided to accommodation suppliers; and vehicle details may be used to search DVLA related databases.
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer and storage. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
6. Offensive or inappropriate content on AMSC websites
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to AMSC websites or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any AMSC service, AMSC may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.
Where AMSC reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), AMSC may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, Internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.
7. What if I am a user aged 18 or under?
If you are aged 18 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission before you provide any personal information to AMSC. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
8. How long will AMSC keep my personal information?
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, event or activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you agreed with AMSC, or according to AMSC's retention schedule. If you cancel your registration your account is deleted and a flag goes against any remaining personal information which stays on the system for up to a period of one year for administration purposes before being deleted.
If you register for a service, event or activity we will retain your details until all obligations under the contract have been discharged and for a minimum of four months following that date for administration purposes before being deleted during a period of up to one year.
Where you contribute material to AMSC we will generally only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted. For example, we will only keep copies of entries to an event for the duration of the event. However other information (e.g. posts to blogs or other websites) are likely to have a longer, or even permanent, duration.
Cookie Policy
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, you will receive cookies as soon you visit our website. The cookies that will be issued will be applied in accordance with the terms of this cookies policy.
By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as set out in this Policy. If you do not agree to such use please either refrain from using the website or see the section below “How to disable cookies” to adjust your settings.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small amount of data containing letters and numbers that we store in your browser or on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is communicated between your browser and our web server.
Cookies can be categorised into two different types:
- Session cookies, which are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent, or stored cookies, that remain in a cookie file on your computer
Cookies cannot obtain information about you or read any information on your computer and, unless you have logged onto an authenticated page, cookies cannot be used to identify who you are. Someone else using your computer may be able to determine that you have visited our website.
Cookies we use
The cookies we use on our website enable you to move around the website, enhance usability and access its features, such as accessing secure areas or displaying personalised content. They will not be used to store personal details or to contact you for marketing purposes.
We also use Google AdSense and Analytics to collect information about your online activity on the website, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, the searches you conduct, and where you come from. For more information about the information gathered using Google Analytics please visit http://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.
Cookies may be used to choose adverts for you automatically based on your past behaviour and interests, and to record details of pages that have been visited on this website, however these are anonymous statistics and we do not track you as an individual user. This is to provide us with generic usage statistics to allow the company to improve this website and to provide you with information that may interest you.
Can you disable cookies?
Yes, your browser will allow you to disable cookies, however, you should note that if you choose to do this, it may have an impact on the quality of your browsing experience and you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
How to disable cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of some or all cookies. You can usually activate these settings by clicking on the ‘Help’ menu in your browser. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us.
When using our website
When you visit our website we collect any data you enter in forms, and also the your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here at https://automattic.com/privacy. Your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your profile.
Uploading media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.