The Bassingham Bowls Club (BCC) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors to its website. This privacy policy explains how we collect, store and use personal data about you when you browse www.bassinghambowls.co.uk (the "Website") or provide any personal data to us. It provides you with details about the types of personal data that we collect from you, how we use your personal data and the rights you have to control our use of your personal data.

By accessing, browsing or otherwise using this Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to this privacy policy in its entirety. If you do not agree to this privacy policy in its entirety, you must not use this Website.

Who we are

The Bassingham Bowls Club was founded in 1947 and is affiliated to the English Bowling Federation. We are located at: Playing Fields, Lincoln Road, Bassingham, Lincolnshire LN5 9HQ

We respect your right to privacy and will only process personal data you provide to us in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and other applicable privacy laws.

If you have any questions about how we collect, store and use personal data, or if you have any other privacy-related questions, please contact us by any of the following means:

• phone us at: 07858 363257;
• e-mail us at niki@nikigan.com

When contacting us, please remember to quote your name and contact details along with any correspondence reference you may have.

Children

We do not and will not knowingly collect information from any unsupervised person under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you must not submit any personal data to us unless you have the consent of, and are supervised by, a parent or guardian.

The personal data we collect about you

We may collect the following personal data about you:

• your name, age and sex;
• your home addresses, phone, mobile and e-mail details;
• where you have registered with us, your user name and password;
• your communication preferences;
• your date of birth.

We may also collect some or all of the above personal data about you when you access and browse this Website or any third party site (as described below). We may also collect some or all of this personal data from third parties who have your consent to pass your details to us.

Bassingham Bowls Club will NEVER ask for any financial (including bank account or credit card) details from users of this site or from any Bassingham Bowls Club members unless it relates to transactions of which you should already be aware i.e. purchase of club merchandise or match fees. If you receive requests for any other such information purporting to come from the club, please do not reply to it.

How we may store and use your information

Bassingham Bowls Club may collect, store and process your personal data:

• to make this Website available to you;
• to maintain any registered account that you hold with us;
• with your agreement, to contact you (including by e-mail) to provide you with AGM or committee meeting notifications, Bassingham Bowls Club hosted or related events or any other items you have indicated you would be willing to receive;
• for any related purposes, or where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (including for crime and fraud prevention and related purposes).

We may collect anonymised details about visitors to our Website for the purposes of aggregate statistics or reporting purposes. However, no single individual will be identifiable from the anonymised details that we collect for these purposes.

We will not disclose, sell or rent your personal data to any third party. If another Bassingham Bowls Club member (other than committee member) or third party wish to contact you, we will advise you and pass on their contact details, so that you may chose whether to initiate a response.

If you have any questions about how we collect, store and use personal data, or if you have any other privacy-related questions, please contact us by any of the following means:

• phone us at: 07858 363257;
• e-mail us at niki@nikigan.com

When contacting us, please remember to quote your name and contact details along with any correspondence reference you may have.

Links to External Sites

Bassingham Bowls Club provides links to certain third parties to make available related information and services to you.

Each of these sites can be accessed online through the relevant third party's link.

Please note each linked site is governed by its own terms and conditions and privacy policy. Personal data that you provide or which are collected about you through an external site will be used by the relevant third party in accordance with that site's terms and conditions and privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about the collection or use of your personal data collected through any linked site, you should contact the relevant third-party website operator using the contact information specified in their privacy policy.

Cookies

This Website may use cookies to collect information about you. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other device by this Website and which collect certain personal data about you. You may change your website browser settings to reject cookies, although please note that if you do this it may impair the functionality of this Website. For further information about cookies, including how to refuse cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

SECURITY

We do not use encryption technology on this site, so any personal data that you send to us cannot be guaranteed to be secure, consequently please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal data that you transfer over the Internet to us.
However, we do take appropriate organisational measures to safeguard the personal data that you provide to us.

If you are using a computer or terminal in a public location, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session for your security. In addition we recommend that you take the following security measures to enhance your online safety:

• Keep your account passwords private. Remember, anybody who knows your password may access your account.
• When creating a password, use at least 8 characters. A combination of letters and numbers is best. Do not use dictionary words, your name, email address, or other personal data that can be easily obtained.
• Avoid using the same password for multiple online accounts.

Your rights

You have the following rights:

• the right to ask what personal data that we hold about you at any time,
• the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you free of charge; and
• the right to opt out of any e-mail communications that we may send you.

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

Updates to this policy

This privacy policy was last updated in June 2026. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this privacy policy.

Contact us

If you have any questions please contact us.