Privacy Policy

Middlesbrough Cricket Club ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share personal information when you visit or interact with our website at www.middlesbroughcricket.co.uk (the "Website"), or when you communicate with us regarding memberships, events, and club activities.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data about you:

• Identity Data: Includes your first name, last name, and title.

• Contact Data: Includes your email address, telephone number, and postal address.

• Membership Data: Information related to your club membership, playing history, and emergency contact details.

• Financial Data: Payment details when purchasing memberships or merchandise (note that payments are typically processed securely via third-party gateways and we do not store full credit card details).

• Technical Data: Includes your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, and operating system.

• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.

2. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

• Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact, and Membership Data by filling in online forms, purchasing a membership, registering for an event, or corresponding with us by post, phone, or email.

• Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we automatically collect Technical and Usage Data about your equipment and browsing actions. We collect this data by using cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for further details.

3. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To process and manage your club membership.

• To communicate with you regarding club news, fixtures, events, and administrative updates.

• To manage and protect our website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, and system maintenance).

• To improve our website functionality and user experience.

• To comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (such as safeguarding requirements set by the ECB).

4. Website Hosting and Squarespace

Our website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

• Information about your browser, network, and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Web pages you view while on this website

• Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.

5. Sharing Your Personal Data

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share your personal data with the following categories of third parties for the purposes set out above:

• Service Providers: Companies that provide IT and system administration services, including Squarespace.

• Governing Bodies: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) or regional leagues, strictly where required for player registration, safeguarding, or disciplinary purposes.

• Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.

6. Data Security and Retention

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, safeguarding, or reporting requirements.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.

• Request correction of your personal data.

• Request erasure of your personal data.

• Object to processing of your personal data.

• Request restriction of processing your personal data.

• Request transfer of your personal data.

• Withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Middlesbrough Cricket Club, Acklam Park, Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 7SL

Email: admin@middlesbroughcricket.co.uk or via our Contact form

Phone: 01642 818567