This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this website and Romford Retired Greyhounds, the owner and provider of this website. Romford Retired Greyhounds takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the website. 

Romford Retired Greyhounds is a Essex based Community Interest Company (CIC) registered with Companies House.

Please read this privacy policy carefully

This policy covers all personal information collected by Romford Retired Greyhounds

Web and cookies

Cookies help us to assess and improve our website and can provide useful information on how visitors use our site. We do not try to find the identities of those visiting the website or associate any personal data with those visits.

What information we collect about you

We collect personal information about you that you intentionally provide to us such as your name, address, E mail address and telephone number. We only collect sensitive information about you when there is a specific reason to do so, and with your consent, or where we have identified an alternative valid legal basis.

Ways we may use your information

We want you to feel confident about your information and how we use it when you support our work in rehoming retired Greyhounds. Data may be used by us for the following reason.

1. Internal record keeping
2.  transmission of marketing material by E mail from us which you have opted to accept.

We may on occasions share your data with the following groups of people for the following reason.

1.  Our employees/volunteers and/or professional advisors to carry out validation of homing   suitability or to obtain advice from professional advisors.
2. providing microchip details and owner details to Microchip companies to register new keeper details or to check on current location.
3. animal medical details as requested from time to time by Pet insurance companies.
4. Where the welfare of a rehomed animal gives cause for concern and requires legal intervention by relevant authorities where mutual resolution is not possible
5. For any legitimate reason required by law or the prevention of crime.

We will and do not rent, swap or sell your personal information to other organisations for them to use in their own marketing activities.

Changing how you’d like to hear from us.

Please help us get things right by telling us when your contact details and other personal information changes. At any time, you can change how we contact you, or ask us to stop contacting you altogether via the contact section on the websites or by e mailing contact@romfordretiredgreyhounds.com 

Data retention

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your data for example.

1. Access to the restricted area is controlled by a username and password that is unique to you.
2. We store your data on secure servers which can only be accessed by a restricted list of users.
3. Unless a longer retention period is required by law, we only store your data for a period only necessary to fulfil the purposes of this privacy policy or until requested to be deleted by you.
4. You have the right for your details to be deleted or amended at any time.

Link to other websites

This website from time to time may provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.

Changes to this privacy policy

Romford Retired Greyhounds reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will immediately posted on the website, and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the website following the alteration.

This privacy policy was created on: 1st August 2023

Last Updated: 4th November 2024

Romford Retired Greyhounds CIC is registered as a Community Interest Company Registration Number 15071198, whose registered address is 57 Butts Lane, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, SS17 0NW.