GDPR Privacy Notice

1. Introduction
The British Chihuahua Club is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which any personal data that we collect from or about you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation [the GDPR], the data controller is the British Chihuahua Club.

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. Please check back regularly to see any updates or changes to this Notice.

2. Data Protection Contact
The contact details for our Secretary for any data protection queries are as follows:

3. Data Protection Principles
We will comply with data protection law. This says that the personal information we hold about you must be:

• Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way.
• Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes.
• Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes.
• Accurate and kept up to date.
• Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about.
• Kept securely.

4. Particulars of processing
We process personal data about members, judges, ring stewards and competitors/exhibitors at our events. The categories of person about whom we process personal data are described in more detail in the Annex to this Privacy Notice.

5. Your rights as a data subject
The General Data Protection Regulation provides the following rights (subject to some exemptions):

• The right to request access to the personal data that we hold about you;
• The right to request rectification of the personal data that we hold about you;
• The right to request erasure of the personal data that we hold about you;
• The right to request restriction of processing about you;
• The right to object to processing; and
• The right to data portability.

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) full contact details for which can be found at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

6. How we will use information about you
We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we have entered into with you.
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.
• 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.

• Where we need to protect your interests (or someone else's interests).
• Where it is needed in the public interest [or for official purposes].

• To maintain our records and other administrative purposes, including updating your details and preferences:
• To assist with queries, complaints and dispute resolution;
• For communications related to membership and invitations to participate in canine activities or canine health studies:
• To assist with upholding our club constitution and taking action in cases where there may be a breach of the Club rules or Codes of Ethics.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In the United Kingdom, the supervisory authority is the Office of the Information Commissioner, full contact details for which can be found at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Recipients of Data
We may use service providers to help us provide you with our services. Personal data may be transferred to such service provider, who act for or on our behalf, for further processing in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data was originally collected or may otherwise be lawfully processed. Such third parties have contracted with us as data processors under the requirements in the GDPR. They are contractually bound to only use personal data for the agreed purpose(s). Relevant persons working for these third parties will have access to your personal data under the terms of the data processor contract, but only to the extent necessary to perform their services for us.

These data processors agree to implement reasonable contractual and technical protections, to keep your data confidential, not sell your personal data to third parties and to not disclose your personal data to third parties except as may be required by law, as permitted by us or as stated in this Privacy Policy.

In appropriate circumstances we may disclose data to authorised bodies as required by law.

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10. Contact details
Please contact the Secretary above if you have any questions or concerns about personal data and privacy matters.

ANNEX

This Annex sets out the British Chihuahua Club's processing of personal data relating to members (including officers and committee members), judges and exhibitors/competitors at our events.

What personal data do we process, why do we process it and what is the lawful basisfor doing so?

Members
Data kept: name, address, email, phone, join date, paid upto
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
Purpose	Lawful basis
Provision of membership services including administration and transactional communications relating to membership	Contractual necessity
Upholding the Club/Society Rules and Code of Ethics	Contractual necessity
Compliance with Kennel Club Rules and Regulations	Contractual necessity
Contacting you regarding newsletters, invitations and information about club events/meetings, etc.	Legitimate Interests
(Officers and Committee Members only) Publication in the Club newsletter and yearbook or on the website	Consent
Judges
Data kept: Name, address, email, phone, breed/level
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
Purpose	Lawful basis
Administration and transactional communications relating to judging appointments	Contractual Necessity
Upholding the Club/Society Rules and Code of Ethics	Contractual Necessity
Compliance with Kennel Club Rules and Regulations (including sharing relevant required information)	Contractual Necessity
Publication in the Club Judges' List and for appointments in the show schedules	Legitimate Interests
Exhibitors
Data kept: Name, address, email, phone, and dog information
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
Purpose	Lawful basis
Administration and transactional communications for exhibitors/competitors entering our events	Contractual Necessity
Provision of services relating to our events	Contractual Necessity
Upholding the Club/Society Rules and Code of Ethics	Contractual Necessity
Compliance with Kennel Club Rules and Regulations	Contractual Necessity
Contacting you regarding future events	Legitimate Interests
Publication of your name, contact details and dog information in show catalogue (subject to the right to object)	Legitimate Interests
Publication of your name and dog information in event results on our Facebook page or website	Legitimate Interests
Customers (e.g. advertisers in yearbook or purchasers of merchandise)
Data kept: Name, address, email, phone
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
Purpose	Lawful basis
Supply and delivery of services or goods purchased	Contractual Necessity
(Yearbook advertisers) Publication of details as specified by you in the Club yearbook	Consent
Contacting you to resolve queries, provide related information, and information/marketing communications.	Consent

We also process personal data for the Club/Society's legitimate interests as we have outlined in the main Privacy Notice.  Please be assured that we will always take account of your personal data rights in doing so.

Where do we obtain your personal data from?

Most of the above personal data is received direct from you (the data subject). However, information may be received from third parties (e.g. the Kennel Club).

How long do we hold your personal data for?

Personal data will be retained in accordance with statutory requirements, Kennel Club requirements and recommendations and the club's retention policy which is available on request.

Are you obliged to provide us with your personal data?

You are not obliged to provide the personal data in question. However, if you do not provide the personal data, we will be unable to perform any contract we have with you for the provision of membership services, judging appointments or event services.

Recipients of your personal data

We disclose data to the following outsourced data processors for the purposes stated:

• Fosse Data - postal entries passed on for inclusion in catalogue
• Kennel Club - The Kennel Club will hold the personal data of officers of the Club/Society as a part of the implementation of Kennel Club Rules and Regulations.  We provide the Kennel Club with details of British Chihuahua Club officers and Challenge Certificate winners at our events in order to meet requirements in the Kennel Club Rules and Regulations.
  
  

Do we use your data for any automated decision-making?

No personal data is processed for automated decision-making. Any financial data arising from a transactional process will be held securely by the British Chihuahua Club in accordance and compliance with all statutory and HMRC requirements.