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Additional GDPR Guidance for Clubs

Prior to the new General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect on 25 May we sent an update to clubs about the resources that we have available for them.

You can see below information on what is available to your club as well as how you can ensure you, and others in your club, continue to receive the information that you want from England Athletics.

A new framework

In addition to the advice, guidance and templates that we have made available over the last 6 months, working with Black Penny Consulting, England Athletics have developed a practical tool that clubs and other Athletics and Running organisations can use to document, audit and check and challenge their processes involving data.

This framework will act as step-by-step guide and checklist for clubs covering the following:

  • Map how data is collected, stored, transferred and retained
  • List all data processing activities undertaken
  • Record why the data processing exists
  • Identifies risks
  • List third- parties that data is shared with
  • Provides templates to record ongoing data protection activity.

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To help, much of the framework is pre-populated so it reflects the type of data and processing that happens across the sport.

We hope that clubs will find the framework useful and you can use it as your record and audit trail if you ever have to respond to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).

Please access the framework, templates and all our guidance through Club Hub.

Stay in the loop

Also, under new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), for certain communications, we need to be able to prove we have permission to email people in the sport. We would like to take this opportunity to ensure that, when we need your consent to do so, we are emailing only those who really want to hear from us!

We would welcome it if clubs could promote this fact to your athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers. Please signpost them to this information on Club Hub.

Or you may wish to use the following wording in an email, on your website or Facebook Page:

England Athletics has been asking people involved in the sport, particularly as athletes, coaches or officials to log in to their England Athletics profile to confirm details including their mailing preferences.

This is being done due to important changes in the ways England Athletics has made to how it communicates with the sport and the new General Data Protection Regulations that recently came into effect.

If you have not yet done so, please go to www.englandathletics.org/myprofile to confirm your details, and use the Forgotten URN or Forgotten Password links if needed. (In the event that you have not received a link / reminder within one hour, please check your spam and junk folders.)

This will enable you to receive key information and other information in line with your stated preferences.

Clubs and Facilities