Privacy Policy

Our Data Privacy Notice describes the categories of personal data we process and for what purposes. We are committed to collecting and using such data fairly and in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

1st Strensall (Robert Wikinson) Scout Group is a registered member of The Scout Association (registered charity number 306101).

Every year we hold an Annual General Meeting where members of the Group’s Executive Committee are elected. Any parent of a youth member can choose to stand for election on the Executive at the AGM and every parent has the right to attend the Annual General Meeting.

You have the right to object to how we process your personal information. You also have the right to access, correct, sometimes delete and restrict the personal information we use. In addition, you have a right to complain to us and to the data protection regulator. Requests should be channelled to the Group Scout Leader at matthewlarkin.scouting@outlook.com

The majority of the personal information we hold on you, is provided to us directly by yourself or by parents & carers in either paper form or via our online membership systems. Data may also be provided by third party reference agencies, such as the disclosure and barring service (DBS).

Where a member is under the age of 16, this information will only be obtained from a parent / carer and cannot be provided by the young person, however we will accept and potentially record any personal information, such as any ongoing medical treatment from any member no matter their age.

We collect your personal and medical information for the protection and identification of that person whilst in the care of the Scout Group.

We also collect the data so we have the ability to contact the member, parents & carers, to inform them of meetings and events that the group itself may be running or attending.

We only use your personal information where it is permitted by the laws that protect your privacy rights. We only use personal information where:

• We need to use the information to comply with our legal obligations.
• We need to use the information legitimately to contact you regarding meetings, events, collection of membership fees etc., i.e. for the day to day running of the group.

We will only normally share personal information within our Scout Group's Leadership Team.

We will however share your personal information with others outside 1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group where we (or an affiliate processing your data on our behalf) are required to do so by law, obligation, regulation or legal proceedings. This may also include organisers of events and camps the member is attending, so they may fulfil any legal obligations although generally such an event will have its own data collection form which will be securely held and disposed of after the event.

We would also share details in response to a valid, legally compliant request by a relevant public authority or law enforcement agency. We would also share details during an emergency when we believe physical safety is at risk if not sharing the details would cause harm or distress. In all cases we will only share personal information to the extent needed for those purposes.

We will never sell your personal information to any third party for the purposes of marketing.

Sometimes we may nominate a member for national award, (such as a Scouting or Duke of Edinburgh's award) such nominations would require we provide contact details to that organisation.

1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group, employs the services of the following third-party data processors: –

• The Scout Association via its membership system “Compass” which is used to record the personal information of leaders, adults and parents who have undergone a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• An Insurance company who is providing cover for activities or trips.
• Online Youth Manager Ltd (Online Scout Manager) which is used to record the personal information, badge records, event and attendance records etc., we have a data processing agreement in place with online youth manager, more information is available at https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/security.php

We will retain your personal information, throughout the time you are a member of 1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group.

We will retain your full personal information for a period of six months after you have left the Scout Group, and in a much more limited form (just name, date of birth, shortened address and attendance records) to fulfil our legal obligations for insurance and legal claims.

We will also keep any Gift Aid Claim information for the statutory 7 years as required by HMRC.

1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group will not transfer your personal information outside of the UK, with the exception where an event is taking place outside of the UK and it is necessary to provide personal information to comply with our legal obligations, although generally such an event will have its own data collection form which will be securely held and disposed of after the event.

1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group is committed to the protection of your personal information. We generally store personal information in one or two secure digital online database systems, where access to that data is restricted and controlled, as follows:

is the online membership system of The Scout Association, this system is used for the collection and storage of adult personal data.

is an online membership system run by Online Youth Manager Ltd, this is a secure membership database where we store the personal information of adult volunteers and youth members for the day to day running of the group.

Paper is still used within the 1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group to capture and retain some data for example the following: –

• Group Registration form
• Adult Application form
• Gift Aid Collection forms
• Events consent from parents
• Events coordination with event organisers
• Award notifications/nominations

This information is securely held by the leader or membership secretary, and transferred to our secure digital systems as soon as possible (wherever possible). Information will be deleted when the young person leaves the Group.

Declarations are kept in their original paper form to aid in the collection of Gift Aid for membership fees. We have a legal obligation to retain this information for 7 years after the last claim.

As a member of 1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group it is hoped you will take up the opportunity to attend events and camps, where it is necessary to fulfil our legal obligations we will be required to potentially have a less secure means to access personal information, such as printouts of personal contacts and medical information, (including specific event contact forms), rather than relying on secure digital systems, as often the events are held where internet and digital access will not be available. We will minimise the use of paper to only what is required for the event/camp.

We will ensure:

• Transfer of paper is secure, such as physical hand to hand transfer or post.
• Paper forms are securely destroyed after use.
• Secure destruction will be through a shredding machine or securely burned.
• Always keeping the paper records secure.
• If transferred to somebody, we will check that they return them when the event is complete.

Sometimes we may nominate a member for national award, (such as Queen's Scout Award or Duke of Edinburgh's award) such nominations would require we provide contact details to the awarding organisation, this is most often done on paper via post.

As part of the Group Registration Form, we ask for explicit consent for photographs to be taken in the form of a “Yes/No” response. If "No" is indicated, we will not publish any photographs of you or your child on a public forum such as social media from that point forward, we will be unable to confirm full removal of images and photographs from the historical record online or otherwise stored.

If we publish a photograph or image in any public forum, we no longer have control over that photograph, as it can be downloaded, screenshot, re-photographed and shared by others, stored in systems not related or controlled by 1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group.

Please note that the Group cannot control or stop images being taken by other individuals, parents or organisations not connected with the 1st Strensall (Robert Wilkinson) Scout Group.