297th Bradway

Who we are

297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scout Group

Our Privacy and Fair Processing 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 Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).

Who are we?

Our Scout Group, 297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scouts, is a youth charity. Our mission is to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. We are incorporated by royal charter and are regulated as a member of the UK The Scout Association, (see www.scouts.org.uk for more information.)  As part of The Scout Association we are not required to be individually registered with the UK Charity Commission.

Every year we hold an annual general meeting where members of the charity executive committee (our trustees), are elected, any parent of a youth members can decide to be in the executive at the AGM and every parent has the right to attend the Annual General Meeting.

We are based at the Scout Hall, Bradway Primary School, Bradway Drive, Sheffield, S17 4PD.  Our website is www.bradwayscouts.org.uk 

Our Group Executive Committee is the data controller for the information we collect from you. Any personal data that we collect will only be in relation to the work we do with our members and through our relationship with supporters, donors and funders.

Enquiries

When makes an enquiry through the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Bradway Scouts does not share any personal data you enter on this website with anyone.

How long we retain your data

If you make an equity, the enquiry and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Data Protection and Personal Information held for Members, Parents and Adult Helpers

Your personal data – what is it?

    Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data.  Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in our Scout Group’s (the data controller’s), possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “DPA”).

    How we gather personal information

    The majority of the personal information we hold, is provided to us directly by yourself or by parents / legal guardian in either paper form or via our online membership systems, in the case of an adult member, 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 18, this information will only be obtained from a parent / guardian and cannot be provided by the young person.

    How do we process your personal data?

    We comply with our obligations under the “DPA” by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

    We process the data to have the ability to contact the member, parents and guardians, to inform them of meetings, events that the group itself may be running or attending.

    We use personal data for the following purposes: –

    • we collect personal and medical information for the protection of that person whilst in the care of the Scout Group
    • we collect religious data to respect a person’s beliefs with regards to activities, food and holidays
    • To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of the public in a particular geographical area as specified in our constitution
    • To administer membership records
    • To fundraise and promote the interests of the Scout Group
    • To manage our volunteers
    • To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);
    • To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at 297th Sheffield (Bradway).

    What is the legal basis for processing your/your child(ren)’s personal data?

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

    1. We need to use the information to comply with our legal obligations
    2. We need to use the information to contact with you, regarding meetings, events, collection of membership fee’s etc, (i.e. for the day to day running of the group)
    3. it is fair to use the personal information in your interests, where there is no disadvantage to you – this can include where it is in our interests to contact you about products or services within scouting.
    4. The processing is necessary for the persons legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our Scout Group unless there is a good reason to protect the individual’s personal data which overrides those legitimate interests

    How we store personal data

    We are committed to the protection of your personal information.

    Each Section Leader maintains records relevant to their section, and the Executive maintain records on adult helpers.  Records may be held in a number of appropriate ways i.e spreadsheets, paper records in a locked cabinet, Online Scout Manager (OSM).

    We also store personal information in two secure digital online database systems, where access to that data is restricted and controlled.

    scouts.org.uk: – is the online membership system of The Scout Association, this system is used for the collection and storage of Adult personal data.

    Online Scout Manager is an online membership system run by Online Youth Manager Ltd, this is a secure membership database where we store the personal information of Adults and Youth members for the day to day running of the group. Cubs is currently trialling this system

    Printed records and Event data

    Paper is still used within the sections to capture and retain some data for example the following: –

    • New joiners form.
    • New joiners waiting lists.
    • Health and contact records update forms.
    • Gift Aid Collection forms.
    • Events consent from parents.
    • Events coordination with event organisers.
    • Award notifications/nominations

    In the case of Joining forms, Health and contact update forms, this information is securely held by the leader or waiting list manager.  If a secure digital system is being used by the section, then once the information is transferred, the paper forms are destroyed.

    Gift Aid collection forms, will be securely held by the Groups Treasurer to aid in the collection of Gift Aid for monthly membership fee’s, we have a legal obligation to retain this information for 7 years after our last claim.

    Events

    As a member of 297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scouts it is hoped you will take up the opportunity to attend events and camps, where 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), as often the events are held where internet and digital access will not be available.

    We will ensure:

    1. Transfer of paper is secure, such as physical hand to hand transfer or registered post.
    2. Paper forms are securely destroyed after use.
    3. Secure destruction will be through a shredding machine or securely burned.
    4. Always keeping the paper records secure, especially when in transit, by using:
      1. A lockable brief case.
      2. A lockable filing cabinet if long term stored.
    5. If transferred to somebody, we will audit that they return them when the event is complete.

    Awards

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

    Sharing and transferring personal Information

    We will only normally share personal information within our Scout Group leaders and executive members.

    We will however share your personal information with others outside our Scout Group where we need meet or enforce a legal obligation, this may include, Sheaf District Scounts], South Yorkshire Scout County, The Scout Association and its insurance subsidiary “Unity”, local authority services and law enforcement, we will only share your personal information to the extent needed for those purposes.

    If you move from 297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scouts, to another Scout Group or Explorer Scout Unit we will transfer your personal information to them.

    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 Scouting or Duke of Edinburgh award) such nominations would require we provide contact details to that organisation.

    Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential.  We will only share your data with third parties outside of the organisation where there is a legitimate reason to do so. We will take steps to anonymise the data we provide (i.e. collective reporting on gender, ethnicity, age, etc.).  If identifiable data is to be shared we will seek your consent.

    Third Party Data Processors

    297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scouts, employs the services of the following third-party data processors: –

    • The Scout Association via its adult membership system scouts.org.uk which is used to record the personal information of leaders, adults and parents who have undergone a Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS) check.
    • 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
    • Google occasionally used for secure transfer of limited personal information for events.

    Automated decision making

    297th Sheffield (Bradway) Scouts does not have any automated decision-making systems.