Privacy

Data Protection Policy statements

WGCG Privacy Statement – general

Anyone who joins the group enters into a contract which allows the Group to hold and use your data in order to run the Group effectively. We will use your data to contact you about the Group’s activities and to remind you about membership renewal.

Your data will be kept as long as you are in membership and will be updated annually from data on your membership renewal form. The data will be held securely within the group and will only be shared with the Group management teams. Your data will not be sold or shared with any other body or person.

Any personal data associated with financial transactions may be retained for up to 7 years in order to comply with financial legislation.

If you have contacted the Group without becoming a member but have asked to be informed of the Group’s activities, this will be taken as consent to hold your contact information in order to provide the information requested. You can ask to be removed from our contact list at any time.

If you have any queries about our privacy policies please email the Secretary on [email protected]


WGCG Privacy Statement – site conservation

The Group constitution states that the conservation of geological sites within Warwickshire and educating people about them are prime functions of the Group.

In order to achieve those aims we will seek to ascertain the details of the ownership of any sites that are considered as being of geological significance. We will also seek to obtain the contact details of the person who can permit access to the site. Such personal data will be treated as being given by consent and as such can be asked to be removed from our database at any time. We will seek to hold such data for as long as the site is considered to be of value. We will contact the persons named on the site files when we visit to ensure the information is up to date and to reaffirm your consent to hold the data.

Information on site ownership and access arrangements will be shared only with the appropriate Group management teams and with the planning authority relevant to that site location. Your data will not be sold or shared with any other body or person.

If you have any queries about our privacy policies please email the Secretary on [email protected]

Last Updated on 29 Mar 2021