GDPR Policy

1. Introduction

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Welcome to The Lodge of Fraternal Union (the “Website”). We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This GDPR Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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2. Data Controller

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The Lodge of Fraternal Union | Kings Court Masonic Centre, 81 Winchester Road, The Hillway, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2GG | secretary7570@gmail.com

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3. Data We Collect

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

Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifiers.
Contact Data: Email address, telephone numbers.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

 

4. How We Collect Your Data

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

Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies.
Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources.

 

5. How We Use Your Data

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

To provide and manage your access to our Website and services.
To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy.
To administer and protect our business and this Website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data).
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you.
To use data analytics to improve our Website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships, and experiences.
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you.

 

6. Legal Basis for Processing

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We will process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

Performance of a contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
Legal obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Legitimate interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Consent: Where you have given consent to the processing of your data.

 

7. Data Retention

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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, or reporting requirements.

 

8. Data Security

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We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

 

9. Your Legal Rights

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Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including:

The right to request access to your personal data.
The right to request correction of your personal data.
The right to request erasure of your personal data.
The right to object to processing of your personal data.
The right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
The right to request the transfer of your personal data.
The right to withdraw consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at secretary@southamptonlodge.com

 

10. Changes to this Policy

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We may update this GDPR Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we make in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this policy.

 

11. Contact Us

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If you have any questions about this GDPR Privacy Policy, please contact us:

The Lodge of Fraternal Union, Kings Court Masonic Centre, 81 Winchester Road, The Hillway, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2GG | Secretary7570@gmail.com