St Kilda Club SCIO privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

Post

Registered Office: c/o Govier, 1F3, 7 Montpelier Terrace, EDINBURGH, EH10 4NE.

Membership Office: Membership Secretary, St Kilda Club, 5 Park Lane, Musselburgh, EH21 7HF

Telephone

Membership Office: 07867972500

Email

[email protected]

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information for club administration, to receive donations and subscriptions, and organise activities:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)
  • Photographs or video recordings (in connection with the AGM and Trustee Board meetings).
  • Payment history of membership and method of payment
  • Records of meetings and decisions and their attendance.
  • Information provided by members with regards to their St Kilda work parties and visits.

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods (e.g. the Reunion):

  • Names and contact details
  • Pronoun preferences
  • Addresses
  • Dietary information (including allergies and health conditions)
  • Payment history.

We collect or use the following personal information for service updates or marketing purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Names and contact details
  • Identification documents
  • Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the purposes of administering the Club, receiving subscriptions or donations, organising and marketing activities (e.g. AGM and reunion) as well as providing updates and Club publications, including delivery, are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legitimate business interests – We collect and process your personal data for purposes that are in our legitimate organisational interests, such as marketing. However, we only do this if there is no overriding prejudice to you by using your personal information in this way.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you

How long we keep information


All data will be retained for no longer than 7 years from the date of the cancellation of your membership.

Who we share information with

We do not sell or share information with other parties for marketing purposes. However, we may share personal information with:

  • Relevant regulatory authorities
  • Suppliers and service providers.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

31 October 2025