Privacy Policy

Sporting Foundation Privacy Policy The Sporting Foundation takes your privacy very seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to see how the Sporting Foundation will treat the personal information that you provide to us either when using this website (the “Site”) or in other circumstances when we collect data from you (including via email). We will take reasonable care to keep your information secure and to prevent any unauthorized access or use of it. We process all information in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and the change will take effect once the revised Privacy Policy is available on this Site. Therefore, please refer to this Privacy Policy each time you submit your personal information.

The Information You Provide We may ask you to provide information to us or collect data from you on different occasions, including at a number of points on the Site, such as when you:

  • Email enquiries, contributions or your views to us;
  • Enter competitions;
  • Register to receive or download information, newsletters or other documentation; or
  • Purchase goods or services from us.

The information that you are asked to provide will vary depending on the reason for the collection. In some instances, for example, if you purchase goods or services from us, the provision of certain information will be mandatory.

Please note that if you choose to participate in any discussion forum on the Site you may disclose personal information about yourself to other participants. If you do so this is at your own risk.

How The Sporting Foundation Uses The Information We will use your personal information:

  • To respond to your enquiry;
  • To acknowledge any contribution that you may make;
  • To administer the relevant competition;
  • To send information to you;
  • To fulfill any contract that we may enter into with you;
  • For research purposes;
  • To send marketing information to you in accordance with the provisions set out below; or
  • For other reasonable purposes for which you have provided such information.

If you become a member of ours by participating in our competitions or enquiring about participating in our competitions we may send you further information that is related to your interest, by post or e-mail, or contact you by telephone.

We would like to send you marketing information, by post, e-mail, or SMS. By providing your information you are agreeing to The Sporting Foundation contacting you in this manner to provide you with such marketing information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

In addition, our Partners (as shown on the Site) and other commercial partners would like to send you marketing information, by post, e-mail, or SMS. We will only allow them to do this if you have indicated that you are happy to receive such information (either when you submit your details to us or at a later stage).

If you do not wish to receive any of the above information or be contacted by us in accordance with the above, please update your preferences online (where this facility is available) or alternatively write to the League.

If you submit your views to us we may also publish them on this Site, any other website operated by us or our subsidiaries or in other media. If you do not wish us to do this, please let us know when you submit your views.

We may aggregate the information you send to us with other data (so that you cannot be identified from that data) and use that aggregated data for administrative purposes and/or share it with other people.

Sharing Information We will share your information with our partners and third-party service providers if this is necessary or reasonably required for any of the purposes above. Such third-party service providers are not entitled to use your information for their own purposes. We may also share your information with third parties for marketing purposes (in accordance with the paragraph entitled “How The Sporting Foundation uses the information” above) if you have indicated that you are happy to receive such information.

Protection of Information We are committed to protecting your privacy and we implement various security measures in relation to our processing and transfer of personal data. However, the nature of the Internet is such that the data may in some circumstances flow over networks without full security measures and could be accessible to unauthorized persons.

Cookies When you visit the Site, we may collect, process and use information about you which may not personally identify you but which may be helpful for improving the operation of the Site. Such information may be collected through “traffic data” and may entail the use of “cookies”, “IP Addresses” or other numeric codes used to identify your computer. You can delete cookies or configure your computer to reject them, although this may disable the Site’s ability to manage individual sessions.

Links This Site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. We encourage our visitors to be aware when they leave this Site and to read the privacy statements applicable on those sites. This privacy policy does not apply to information collected on third parties’ sites.

Your Right to Access The Information You have the right to access the information that The Sporting Foundation holds about you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. In order to do this please make a written application to the League. The Sporting Foundation may require you to provide verification of your identity and to pay an administrative fee (which is currently £10) to provide a copy of the information that it holds. Please note that in certain circumstances The Sporting Foundation may withhold access to your information where it has the right to do so under current data protection legislation.

Updating Your Information In the event that there is a change to your personal information for example your contact details, please let us know of this by updating your details online (where this facility is available) or writing to the League, so that we can keep your information up to date and accurate.

Contact Us If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy, wish to stop direct marketing by The Sporting Foundation, its partners or third parties or you wish to access or update your information please write to the League.