Privacy Policy
The Yale Club of London ("the Club", "we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the UK Data Protection Act (which incorporates the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, register for events, or make donations.
Personal Information Collection
We collect personal information, such as your name, address, email address, and credit card details, when you:
Register for events through our website or other means
Make donations to the Club
This information may be collected directly by the Club or through third-party service providers, which manage event registrations and donations on our behalf. Please note that these third parties have their own privacy policies, which we do not control.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:
Your consent, which you may withdraw at any time
Our legitimate interests, such as improving our website and services
Compliance with legal obligations
Website Data Collection
Our website is hosted by Squarespace, which collects additional data when you visit, 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 uses this data to operate the website, protect and improve its platform and services, and analyze the data in a de-personalized form.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. These functional and required cookies are always used to allow Squarespace to securely serve this website to you.
Analytics and performance cookies are used on this website only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses these cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data, including clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps. We share this information with Squarespace to learn about site traffic and activity.
Use of Personal Information
We use the personal information we collect to:
Process event registrations and donations
Communicate with you about Club events, initiatives, and updates
Improve our website and services
Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR and UK Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to:
Access your personal information
Request correction of your personal information
Request erasure of your personal information
Object to processing of your personal information
Request restriction of processing your personal information
Request transfer of your personal information
Withdraw your consent
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites.
Terms of Use
By accessing our website, you agree that the Club is not responsible for any issues you may encounter while using the site. All content on the website is the property of the Yale Club of London and protected by copyright laws.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights under the GDPR or UK Data Protection Act , please contact us at secretary@yale.org.uk