Welcome to the Leicester Cobras Wheelchair Basketball Club Privacy Policy. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (https://www.leicestercobras.org.uk) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
1. Important Information and Who We Are
Leicester Cobras Wheelchair Basketball Club is the data controller and responsible for this website (referred to as “the Club”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy).
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at cobraswbc@gmail.com
2. The Data We Collect About You
Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
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Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, or username.
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Contact Data: Includes email address and telephone numbers.
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Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
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Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our website.
3. How Is Your Personal Data Collected?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
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Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms on our site (such as our contact form, newsletter sign-up, or club membership application) or by corresponding with us by post, phone, or email.
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Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
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To respond to enquiries submitted via our contact forms.
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To process club memberships and register players.
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To send club updates or newsletters if you have explicitly opted in to receive them.
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Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
5. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those club volunteers and committee members who have a business need to know.
6. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
7. Your Legal Rights
Under UK data protection laws (UK GDPR), you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:
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Request access to your personal data.
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Request correction of your personal data.
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Request erasure of your personal data (“the right to be forgotten”).
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Object to processing of your personal data.
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Request restriction of processing your personal data.
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Right to withdraw consent at any time.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at cobraswbc@gmail.com
Last Updated: June 2026