The following information provides details on how Spa Hill Allotment Society Ltd (“SHAS”) may collect, use and where appropriate share personal information for the administration and management of our allotment in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Our contact details
Name: Hon. Secretary
Address: 180 Spa Hill, Upper Norwood, London SE19 3TU
E-mail: secretary@spahillallotments.org.uk
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
- Names
- Addresses
- Email Addresses
- Phone Numbers
- Commencement date of the tenancy
- Plot Rental Details
- Details of the SHAS shares allocation
How we get the personal information and why we have it
We collect personal information by email and through face to face contact with you, or on occasion an agreed representative nominated by you.
We will use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Maintain and administer the Allotments systems;
- Maintain our accounts and financial records, process relevant financial transactions, and follow up outstanding plot rental payments;
- Identify you when you contact us and when we contact you;
- Contact you in the event of problem with your tenancy/plot or notify you of changes to your plot or agreement e.g. repairs, maintenance;
- Send out allotment’s communications;
- Investigate and respond to issues related to the SHAS allotment site;
- Investigate complaints, such as property damages, anti social behaviour or other concerns;
- Monitor complaints, comments and other feedback;
- Maintain Share register.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
- Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting secretary@spahillallotments.org.uk
- We have a contractual obligation.
- We have a legal obligation.
- We have a vital interest.
- We need it to perform a public task.
- We have a legitimate interest.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored. We will only retain your personal information 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.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at secretary@spahillallotments.org.uk if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at the above email address
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The Information Commissioner is the UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Issued June 2023