ERG Privacy & Data Usage Policy
Essex Repeater Group (ERG) is a not-for-profit voluntary group founded with the
object to provide and maintain repeater and beacon stations in Essex for
the use of Radio Amateurs.
We take Data Protection seriously. By joining or providing details to Essex Repeater Group (ERG)
you are deemed to consent to its appropriate storage and usage by the ERG Committee
in line with the policy below:
ERG & Data Protection/Usage:
By providing details to ERG you are deemed to consent to
its appropriate storage and usage. ERG holds your name, callsign
(if applicable), and relevant contact details for the purposes of
administering membership and related services including our mailing lists,
news, events, publications, and technical support.
In delivering these services ERG may use volunteers and
third party services/platforms (such as our website, PayPal, Twitter etc) for
which we use best practice, on a reasonable endeavours basis.
Usage Examples:
Whilst our membership database is not disclosed to 3rd parties, there are some exceptions:-
- In the specific case of Digitally Linked Repeaters/Gateways, usage may include
realtime publication (such as online ‘Lastheard’ callsign lists)
- We also reserve the right to pass the relevant information onwards to the
Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and Ofcom when requested to do so for the
purposes of licensing and investigations
Useful Links / Info:-
ERG Committee
ICO.org.uk - Information Commissioner's Office, Data Protection / GDPR Guidance etc
22-May-2018