The EEDA website (www.eeda.co.uk/www.eeda.uk/www.eastessexda.co.uk) is operated by East Essex District Association of The Camping and Caravanning Club, (part of the Camping and Caravanning Club), a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteer members for members. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

What information does EEDA collect?

The EEDA website may collect such information as the IP address (location of your computer on the internet), what pages were accessed and file downloads from the site. Monitoring of such information helps EEDA determine the activity on the website and which pages are most popular. This information is used to develop and improve our online presence. Additionally, in the event of a breach of security this information may be used to aid detection.

Does EEDA share personal details?

No, EEDA does not provide your personal data to any third parties unless required by law (e.g a request from the Police following an incident involving EEDA)

Does the EEDA website use cookies?

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and in order to create reports. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

The only cookies in use on our site are for Google Analytics or to enable user identification for our members area. Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps website owners understand how visitors engage with their website. Google Analytics customers can view a variety of reports about how visitors interact with their website so that they can improve it.

Like many services, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions as in our case, where they are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We then use the information to compile reports and to help us improve our site.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. These cookies are used to store information, such as the time that the current visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before and what site referred the visitor to the web page.

Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this page

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that get put on your computer by websites as you surf them. Most cookies are just there to give you a better experience on the website (but not all). These cookies can store lots of information which can have privacy implications. For more information on cookies please visit AboutCookies.org.

Links to third party websites and services

Our website contains links to external websites. Links to other websites/services not operated by EEDA are solely for your convenience. EEDA is not responsible for the accuracy, content or the privacy practices of third party websites. Reference to any products, services processes, trade names, trademarks or other information of third parties does not imply or constitute an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by EEDA.

Members Area

The EEDA website contains a members area providing exclusive access to areas of the website the general public do not have access to. It is strongly recommended that you do not use a password to access this area that you use anywhere else. The information required to register for this area is only used by EEDA to verify your membership. Different levels of access to members is provided and access to youth pages is restricted to Youth members, Youth leaders, Youth members parents, selected committee members and the web team only. You may cancel your membership to our website at any time by clicking on the ‘Delete account’ butting on your membership profile or by email to website@eeda.co.uk

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

The EEDA website contains a booking feature for events. When making a booking we may collect information such as but not limited to your name, telephone, email and other contact information which is used to confirm your booking with us. In order for a booking to be valid this information is vital to us, but you may request it’s deletion upon the completion of the event.

EEDA Newsletter and Event Alerts

This is a subscription service to which you may unsubscribe at any time, but clicking on the unsubscribe link on any email or by emailing website@eeda.co.uk. This feature operates independently of any other subscription or membership services operated by EEDA and no data is transferred or shared between either source.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Have questions?

If you have any concerns about the information we do collect please contact us and we will do our best to answer your concerns and questions. Should you require information about the data we hold on you may request this via email website@eeda.co.uk

In addition to the above, additional information concerning your club membership and how the club handles your personal data may be found on the clubs main website https://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/aboutus/privacy-policy/