The Football Association Limited Privacy Policy
The Football Association Limited ("The FA", "we", "our", "us") takes your privacy
very seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to see how The FA will
treat the personal information that you provide to us either when using this website
(the "Site") or in other circumstances when we collect data from you (including
via email). We will take reasonable care to keep your information secure and to
prevent any unauthorised access or use of it. We process all information in accordance
with applicable UK data protection legislation.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and the change will take effect
once the revised Privacy Policy is available on this Site. Therefore, please refer
to this Privacy Policy each time you submit your personal information.
The information you provide
We may ask you to provide information to us or collect date from you on different
occasions, including at a number of points on the Site, such as when you:
- (i) e-mail enquiries, contributions or your views to us;
- (ii) register to attend an event, or for a dependent to attend an event;
- (iii) enter competitions;
- (iv) register to receive or download information, newsletters or other documentation;
or
- (v) purchase goods or services from us.
The information that you are asked to provide will vary depending on the reason
for the collection. In some instances, for example, if you purchase goods or services
from us, the provision of certain information will be mandatory.
Please note that if you choose to participate in any discussion forum on the Site
you may disclose personal information about yourself to other participants. If you
do so this is at your own risk.
How The FA uses the information
We will use your personal information:
- (i) to respond to your enquiry;
- (ii) to acknowledge any contribution that you may make;
- (iii) to administer the relevant event;
- (iv) to administer the relevant competition;
- (vv) to send information to you;
- (vi) to fulfil any contract that we may enter into with you;
- (vii) for research purposes;
- (viii) to send marketing information to you in accordance with the provisions set
out below; or
- (ix) for other reasonable purposes for which you have provided such information.
If you become a customer of ours by purchasing goods or services from us we may
send you further information that is related to your purchase, by post or e-mail,
or contact you by telephone.
We would like to send you marketing information, by post, e-mail, or SMS. By providing
your information you are agreeing to The FA contacting you in this manner to provide
you with such marketing information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy
Policy.
In addition, our subsidiary companies and selected third parties (including FA Partners
(as shown on the Site) and other commercial partners) would like to send you marketing
information, by post, e-mail, or SMS. We will only allow them to do this if you
have indicated that you are happy to receive such information (either when you submit
your details to us or at a later stage). If you do not wish to receive any of the
above information or be contacted by us in accordance with the above, please update
your preferences online (where this facility is available) or alternatively write
to the Data Protection Officer at the address below.
If you submit your views to us via our contact form or the fans view telephone line
we will circulate them internally for training and management purposes. We may also
publish your views on this Site, any other website operated by us or our subsidiaries
or in other media. If you do not want us to do this, please let us know when you
submit your views.
We may aggregate the information you send to us with other data (so that you cannot
be identified from that data) and use that aggregated data for administrative purposes
and/or share it with other people.
Sharing information
We will share your information with our affiliates and third party service providers
if this is necessary or reasonably required for any of the purposes above. Such
third party service providers are not entitled to use your information for their
own purposes. We may also share your information with third parties for marketing
purposes (in accordance with the paragraph entitled "How The FA uses the information"
above) if you have indicated that you are happy to receive such information. Some
of these third parties may be located outside of the United Kingdom, including in
countries where data protection laws might not exist or be of a lower standard than
the EU.
Protection of information
We are committed to protecting your privacy and we implement various security measures
in relation to our processing and transfer of personal data. However, the nature
of the Internet is such that the data may in some circumstances flow over networks
without full security measures and could be accessible to unauthorised persons.
Cookies
When you visit the Site, we may collect, process and use informing about you which
may not personally identify you but which may be helpful for improving the operation
of the Site. Such information may be collected through "traffic data" and may entail
the use of "cookies", "IP Addresses" or other numeric codes used to identify your
computer. You can delete cookies or configure your computer to reject them, although
this may disable the Site’s ability to manage individual sessions.
Links
This Site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible
for the privacy practices of these sites. We encourage our users to be aware when
they leave this Site and to read the privacy statements applicable on those sites.
This privacy policy does not apply to information collected on third parties’ sites.
Your right to access the information
You have the right to access the information that The FA holds about you in accordance
with the Data Protection Act 1998. In order to do this please make a written application
to the Data Protection Officer, at the address provided below. The FA may require
you to provide verification of your identity and to pay an administrative fee (which
is currently £10) to provide a copy of the information that it holds. Please note
that in certain circumstances The FA may withhold access to your information where
it has the right to do so under current data protection legislation.
Updating your information
In the event that there is a change to your personal information for example your
contact details, please let us know of this by updating your details online (where
this facility is available) or writing to the Data Protection Officer, at the address
provided below, so that we can keep your information up to date and accurate.
Contact us
If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy, wish to stop direct marketing
by The FA, its subsidiaries or third parties or you wish to access or update your
information please write to the
Data Protection Officer,
The Football Association,
Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966,
London SW1P 9EQ.
