Lawful basis for collecting your data

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. Our lawful basis is our Legitimate Interest – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are that we must be able to contact members to inform you of Society events and the civic duties you are required to attend, we must understand our membership at any time and that we need to retain details for our historic membership roll dating back to the 1700s.

You give us permission to do this as part of the conditions of membership that you agreed to when you joined the Society. You must also be aware that exercising some of your data protection rights may make it impossible for us to contact you or manage your Society membership, which makes it impossible for you to continue as a member of the Society.