GDPR

Data Protection 

Bowls Scotland respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.

We have recently updated our Data Protection Policy and Member Privacy Notice. These documents inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you sign up for our newsletter, book onto events and visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from). It will also tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Members of Bowls Scotland can see a copy of a Member Specific Privacy Policy here 

A copy of our Data Protection Policy can be found here 

A copy of our Employee Privacy Notice can be found here 

Our Privacy Policy 

Bowls Scotland is a company registered in Scotland (collectively referred to as ‘Bowls Scotland’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ in this policy).

The safety of your personal information is something that we take very seriously, and we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. You may have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR); if you haven’t, it is a change in the legislation regarding how personal data can be stored and used and is effective from 25th May 2018. This updated Privacy Policy has been written in accordance with GDPR.

This Privacy Policy explains how we use, process and protect your personal information for the purposes of communications and marketing. This includes data which we gather from you for email updates that we send, the use of our website and at events run by us which you attend. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. 

If you have any questions about what we have set out below then please contact us at info@bowlsscotland.com 

Harper Macleod LLP have also prepared a number of resources to support sports clubs in preparing for the implementation of GDPR and these can be found below:

Clubs Briefing Paper

Privacy Notice – Club

Privacy Notice – Club Members

Privacy Notice – Club Employees

Data Processing Agreement

Example Data Processing Clause