{"id":5416,"date":"2026-02-07T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no4arearna.co.uk\/?page_id=5416"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:15:03","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/no4arearna.co.uk\/index.php\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Privacy Notice<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This is the privacy notice of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/no4arearna.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.no4arearna.co.uk<\/a> operated by the Number 4 Area of the Royal Naval Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In this document, \u201cwe\u201d, \u201cour\u201d, or \u201cus\u201d refer to No 4 Area of the Royal Naval Association. We are a Registered charity No 1066002 in the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1e88e5; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">1. This is a notice to inform you of our policy about all information that we record about you. It sets out the conditions under which we may process any information that we collect from you, or that you provide to us. It covers information that could identify you (\u201cpersonal information\u201d) and information that could not. In the context of the law and this notice, \u201cprocess\u201d means collect, store, transfer, use or otherwise act on information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">2. We regret that if there are one or more points below with which you are not happy, your only recourse is to leave our website immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">3. Our policy complies with UK law accordingly implemented, including that required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">4. The law requires us to tell you about your rights and our obligations to you in regards to the processing and control of your personal data. We do this now, by requesting that you read the information provided at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #004e72;\">https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">5. We do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any information collected through our website, except as stated below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">6. Information we process with your consent:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. Through certain actions such as when you browse our website or ask us to provide you with a password to access our restricted area of the website, you provide your consent to us to process information that may be personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">b. Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">c. Sometimes you might give your consent implicitly, such as when you send us a message by e-mail to which you would reasonably expect us to reply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">d. Except where you have consented to our use of your information for a specific purpose, we do not use your information in any way that would identify you personally. We may aggregate it in a general way and use it to provide us information, for example to monitor the performance of a particular page on our website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">e. We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent, or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">f. You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us at <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#98;&#x6f;&#98;&#x66;&#101;&#x61;t&#x68;e&#114;&#x73;&#116;&#x6f;n&#x65;&#64;&#x6f;&#x75;&#116;&#x6c;&#111;&#x6f;k&#x2e;c&#111;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">w&#101;&#x62;&#x6d;&#x61;s&#116;&#101;&#x72;&#x40;n&#111;&#52;&#x61;&#x72;ea&#114;&#x6e;&#x61;&#x2e;c&#111;&#x2e;&#x75;&#x6b;<\/a>. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use our website or our services further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1e88e5; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Use of information we collect through automated systems when you visit our website<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">7. Information we may collect:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. Information, dates and times you have used the website to request a password. This is important so that we can monitor user activity, provide security and try our best to improve the service we provide you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">b. We use tracking cookies to collect anonymous traffic data about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">c. You can read our&nbsp;Cookie Policy <a href=\"https:\/\/rnaportland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rnap_cookie_policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #004e72;\"><span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1e88e5; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Disclosure and sharing of your information<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">8. Our website is hosted in the United Kingdom, the servers are owned by 123 Reg Limited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">9. Your personal information is not passed outside the EEA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1e88e5; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Access to your own information<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">10. Access to your personal information:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">11. You may at any time request that we provide you with any of your personally identifiable information that we hold about you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">12. Removal of your information:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. If you wish us to remove personally identifiable information from our website, you may contact us at <span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\"><a style=\"color: #1e88e5;\" href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#x62;&#111;&#98;&#x66;&#x65;&#97;&#116;&#x68;&#x65;&#114;&#115;&#x74;&#x6f;&#110;&#101;&#x40;&#x6f;&#117;&#116;&#x6c;&#x6f;&#111;&#107;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;&#109;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#x77;&#101;b&#x6d;&#97;s&#x74;&#x65;&#114;&#x40;&#x6e;&#111;4&#x61;&#114;e&#x61;&#x72;&#110;&#x61;&#x2e;&#99;o&#x2e;&#117;k<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">13. Verification of your information:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. When we receive any request to access, edit or delete personal identifiable information we shall first take reasonable steps to verify your identity before taking any action. This is important to safeguard your information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1e88e5; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Other matters<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">14. How you can complain:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. If you are not happy with our privacy policy or if you have any complaint, then you should tell us by email. Our address is <span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\"><a style=\"color: #1e88e5;\" href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x62;&#x6f;&#x62;&#x66;&#x65;&#x61;&#x74;&#x68;&#x65;&#x72;&#x73;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x40;&#x6f;&#x75;&#x74;&#x6c;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x6b;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we&#98;&#109;&#97;&#x73;&#x74;&#x65;&#x72;&#x40;no&#52;&#97;&#114;&#x65;&#x61;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x61;&#46;c&#111;&#46;&#117;&#x6b;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">b. If you are in any way dissatisfied about how we process your personal information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office. This can be done at<span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #1e88e5;\" href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">15. Compliance with the law:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. Our privacy policy has been compiled so as to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">b. However, ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to use our website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">16. Review of this privacy policy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">a. We may update this privacy notice from time to time as necessary. The terms that apply to you are those posted here on our website on the day you use our website. We advise you to print a copy for your records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">17. If you have any question regarding our privacy policy, please contact <span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\"><a style=\"color: #1e88e5;\" href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#x62;o&#98;&#102;&#x65;&#x61;t&#104;&#x65;&#x72;s&#116;&#x6f;&#x6e;e&#64;&#111;&#x75;&#x74;l&#111;&#x6f;&#x6b;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we&#98;&#109;&#97;&#x73;&#x74;&#x65;&#x72;&#x40;no&#52;&#97;&#114;&#x65;&#x61;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x61;&#46;c&#111;&#46;&#117;&#x6b;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">18. You can find the National RNA General Data Protection Policy<span style=\"color: #1e88e5;\"> <a style=\"color: #1e88e5;\" href=\"https:\/\/no4arearna.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20240101-RNA-Data-Protection-Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">19. 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