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Tue 07 Sep 2010
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The BKSA is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and your options regarding the ways in which your personal data is used. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to our processing please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Information collected

The BKSA collects the details provided by you on registration together with information we learn about you from your use of our service and your visits to our web site and other sites accessible from them. Our Totally secure third party collector Worldpay also collect information about the transactions you undertake including details of payment cards used.

We may collect additional information in connection with your participation in any promotions or competitions offered by us and information you provide when giving us feedback or completing profile forms. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site use which enables us to improve the service we provide.

Use of your information and your preferences

We will use your information to provide and personalise our service. We will also use your contact details to communicate with you. We may use your information to send you offers and news about the BKSA products and services or those of other carefully selected companies which we think may be of interest to you. We may contact you by post, email, or telephone for these purposes.

Once you have registered with the BKSA you will be provided with access to a “your membership details " page that will allow you to change the details we hold about yourself.

If you do not wish to receive newsletters there is an opt out – however you may not receive vital information as we do not send postal reminders due to costs.

We like to hear your views to help us improve our service. From time to time, we may contact you by post, email, or telephone to ask your opinions.

Please note that there may be instances where it may be necessary for us to communicate with you, in any event, for administrative or operational reasons relating to our service.

Disclosures of your information

Your information may be passed to and used by all BKSA departments. We will never pass your personal data to anyone else, except for other companies that may process membership data on our behalf both in the UK. We may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individual customers are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes.

Other web sites

Our web site may contain links to other web sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

Cookies

"Cookies" are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. You can find out more about the way cookies work on http://www.cookiecentral.com. The BKSA may uses cookies for a number of purposes, for instance to enable us to simplify the logging on process for registered users, to help ensure the security and authenticity of registered users, to provide the mechanisms for online shopping and to enable traffic monitoring.

Whilst you do not need to allow your browser to accept cookies in order to browse much of our web site or to access many of our services, you must have cookies enabled if you wish to shop online or access any areas reserved for registered users.

Most browsers allow you to turn off the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. As described above this will restrict the online BKSA services you can use.

Access rights

You have a right to access the personal data that is held about you. To obtain a copy of the personal information the BKSA holds about you, please email us – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Opt-Out

To comply with the Data Protection act 1998 and our statement of intent when you became a member, we are giving you the option to opt-out of any mailings and promotions.

To opt-out please email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the words OPT-OUT FROM MAILINGS as the subject. Make sure you include your full name, address and membership number (if available) in the body of the email.

Alternatively send a letter stating your name, address, and email  to:

BKSA Opt-out of Mailings

Manor Barn

Stottingway Street

Weymouth

Dorset DT3 5 QA

Phone 01305 813555

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 April 2010 13:11