Privacy and Cookies
At YMCA Somerset Coast Group we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Whenever you provide any personal information to us, we will treat your information in accordance with this privacy policy and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a new regulation which replaces the Data Protection Regulation (Directive 95/46/EC) The Regulation aims to harmonise data protection legislation across EU member states, enhancing privacy rights for individuals and providing a strict framework within which commercial organisations can legally operate.
Your new rights under the GDPR are set out in this notice but will only apply once the GDPR becomes law on 25th May 2018.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
We use cookies on our websites. By using our website you agree to this policy and you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
Who we are
YMCA Somerset Coast Group is a charity offering a range of services and support to the local communities we serve. Young people are at our core. We believe in young people and we believe in creating transformational communities in which they can truly belong, contribute and thrive. At The Beach Hotel we are fully committed to helping young people in our community to shine. We offer apprenticeships, training and support to develop the talent in our kitchens and other services.
YMCA Somerset Coast Group affiliates to YMCA England and is part of the worldwide movement of YMCAs.
Personal information we may collect
When you donate, register online, take part in a sponsored event, contact us or interact with us in any other way, YMCA Somerset Coast may receive personal information about you, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, debit/credit card or direct debit details.
How we use your information
We will use your information in a number of ways, such as processing a donation that you have made, sending you information about YMCA, sending you communication you have subscribed to or responding to correspondence you have sent to us.
We will not contact you for marketing purposes unless you have given your express consent. You also have the right to advise us at any time if you no longer wish to receive any further communications from us that you might have consented to.
Disclosure of your information
We will keep you personal information confidential and will not disclose it to any third party without your consent, unless we are obliged to do so by law.
We sometimes use third parties to process your information on our behalf (for example, to process a donation). However, we require them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own business purposes.
Accessing and updating your personal information
You can ask us what information we hold about you by contacting us.
Write to YMCA Somerset Coast, Data Management, George Williams Centre, Friarn Avenue, Bridgwater, TA6 4RF; call on +44 (0)1278 726000 or email dataprotection@ymca-sc.org with your request.
Please also help us to keep your information up to date by letting us know of any changes using the contact details above.
Cookies
YMCA Somerset Coast uses cookies (small text files) to monitor browsing preferences in order to make a user’s experience more efficient and to provide us with the basic visitor statistics for analysis.
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect anonymous traffic data, such as page visit information, where the visitors to the site had come from and the browser and operating systems used. This information is stored by Google and subject to their privacy policy.
The site also makes use of session cookies. Those cookies are necessary for site functionality and contain no personally identifiable information. They are deleted when the browser is closed.
Please note, that you can delete any cookies that are already stored on your computer. Please refer to the instructions for your browser or file management software on how to do so.
For more information about cookies, including how to block or delete them, visit AboutCookies.org
Third party websites
From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. This policy only applies to this site, so if you follow a link to a third party site, please make sure you read the privacy policy on that site.
Changes to this privacy policy
Any changes to this policy will be posted on this page, so please check back from time to time.
Contacting us
This website is owned and operated by YMCA Somerset Coast, George Williams Centre, Friarn Avenue, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RF. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.