PRIVACY POLICY
Tattersalls Committee (Tattersalls Committee, we, or us) is an organisation situated in the United Kingdom. Tattersalls Committee provides Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services to bookmakers and racegoers on British racecourses only, primarily via our website www.tattersallscommittee.co.uk (our website) or through referral by the Betting Ring Managers on the racecourse, but also via direct contact from the consumer.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data (information which can personally identify a living individual and referred to as data is this policy) we collect from you, or that you or others provide to us, will be processed by us.
For the purpose of data protection laws, the data controller is Tattersalls Committee.
1 HOW AND WHY WE PROCESS DATA
1.1 Paragraphs 1.2 – 1.6 below explain how and why we process your data, as well as the legal basis on which we carry out this processing.
1.2 To assist with the efficient operation of the ADR process: When you submit a case of dispute for ADR, you will be asked to confirm your contact details (name, telephone number, postal and email address) so that we are able to communicate with you throughout the ADR process. We will not disclose your postal/email address or your telephone number to the members of Tattersalls Committee or the bookmaker with whom you have a dispute. We will, however, give them your name.
We will retain your data for a period of one year after the case is concluded, to ensure that we are able to assist you should you have any questions, feedback or issues.
1.3 To make our website better: We will also process your data in order to improve our website. We also use various cookies to help us improve our website (more details are set out in section 3) and share your data with third party analytics/search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website.
We will also process your data for the purposes of making our website more secure, and to administer our website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
We use your data in this way because we have a legitimate interest to provide you with the best customer experience we can, and to ensure that our website is kept secure.
Our use of cookies for these purposes is subject to your consent. You can prevent us from using your data in this way by contacting us by email at
1.4 To provide customer services to you: We may also process your data in order to provide various supporting customer services to you (such as where you contact us with a question in connection with our services). The legal basis on which we process your data in these circumstances is your consent. If you do not provide us with the data we request from you for customer services purposes, we may not be able to fully answer your queries.
1.5 If our organisation is sold or transferred: We will transfer your data to a third party:
1.5.1 in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets (at all times in accordance with data protection legislation); or
1.5.2 if Tattersalls Committee or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case data held by Tattersalls Committee about its customers will be one of the assets transferred to the purchaser.
in each case, the legal basis on which we process your data in these circumstances is our legitimate interest to ensure our business can be continued by a purchaser. If you object to our use of your data in this way, the relevant seller or buyer of our business may not be able to provide services to you.
1.6 In certain circumstances we may also need to share your data if we are under a duty to disclose or share data in order to comply with a legal obligation. For instance, we may be asked to pass on your contact details to the ‘competent authority’ (i.e., the Gambling Commission). If this is the case, we will inform you of our obligation before disclosing or sharing your data.
2 CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We will collect and process the following data:
2.1 Information you give us: This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our website or by corresponding with us by telephone, e-mail or otherwise. The information you give us may include names, addresses, bank details (to facilitate payment if you win the ADR), email addresses and phone numbers.
2.2 Information we collect about you: With regard to each of your visits to our website we will automatically collect the following information:
2.2.1 technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, screen resolution, operating system and platform; and
2.2.2 information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators, clickstream to, through and from our website (including date and time), page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs) and methods used to browse away from the page.
2.3 Information we receive from other sources: We may receive information about you when you use our website, or from third parties also involved in the racecourse industry. We also work with advertising networks, analytics providers, hosting providers and search information providers from whom we may also receive information about you.
2.4 We do not process any special categories of data, meaning data revealing:
2.4.1 racial or ethnic origin;
2.4.2 political opinions; religious or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership;
2.4.3 genetic or biometric data that uniquely identifies you;
2.4.4 data concerning your health, sex life or sexual orientation; or
2.4.5 data relating to criminal convictions or offences or related security measures.
3 COOKIES
3.1 Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website. By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
3.2 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. We only use (and store) non-essential cookies on your computer's browser or hard drive if you provide your consent.
We use Google Analytics to provide anonamous data about users of our site - this service uses cookies.
3.3 Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
3.4 You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
3.5 Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years.
4 USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
We will combine the information you provide to us with information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
5 WHERE WE STORE DATA
5.1 Except for financial data, the data we collect from you will be stored in the European Economic Area.
5.2 The financial data that we collect from you (if any) will be stored in a location outside of the European Economic Area. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. In particular, any transfer of your data made by us to a location outside of the EEA will be governed by the EU-US Privacy Shield, a copy of which we will make available to you on request.
5.3 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. You must not share your password with anyone.
6 YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT UNDER DATA PROTECTION LAWS
6.1 You have the right to object to us processing your data where we are processing your data:
6.1.1 based on our legitimate interests (as set out at sections 1.5 and 1.7 above). If you ask us to stop processing your data on this basis, we will stop processing your data unless we can demonstrate compelling grounds as to why the processing should continue in accordance with data protection laws; and
6.1.2 for direct marketing purposes. If you ask us to stop processing your data on this basis, we will stop.
7 YOUR OTHER RIGHTS UNDER DATA PROTECTION LAWS
Right of access
7.1 You have the right to receive confirmation as to whether your data is being processed by us, as well as various other information relating to our use of your data. You also have the right to access your data which we are processing. You can exercise such right by contacting us at
Right to rectification
7.2 You have the right to require us to rectify any inaccurate data we hold about you. You also have the right to have incomplete data we hold about you completed, by providing a supplementary statement to us.
Right to restriction
7.3 You have the right to restrict our processing of your data where:
7.3.1 the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
7.3.2 the processing by us of your data is unlawful, but you do not want the relevant data erased;
7.3.3 we no longer need to process your data for the agreed purposes, but you want to preserve your data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
7.3.4 we are processing your data on the basis of our legitimate interest (as set out at sections 1.6 and 1.8 above) and you:
7.3.4.1 object to our processing on the basis of our legitimate interest under section 6.1.16.1.1 above; and
7.3.4.2 want processing of the relevant data to be restricted until it can be determined whether our legitimate interest overrides your legitimate interest.
7.4 Where any exercise by you of your right to restriction determines that our processing of particular data is to be restricted, we will then only process the relevant data in accordance with your consent and, in addition, for storage purposes and for the purpose of legal claims.
Right to data portability
7.5 You have the right to receive your data in structured, standard machine-readable format and the right to transmit such data to another controller.
Right to erasure
7.6 You have the right to require we erase your data which we are processing where one of the following grounds applies:
7.6.1 the processing is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which your data were collected or otherwise processed;
7.6.2 our processing of personal your data is based on your consent, you have subsequently withdrawn your consent and there is no other legal ground we can use to process your data;
7.6.3 you object to the processing in as set out in section 6.1.1 of this policy and we have no overriding legitimate interest for our processing,
7.6.4 the data have been unlawfully processed; and
7.6.5 the erasure is required for compliance with a law to which we are subject.
7.7 You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office, the supervisory authority for data protection issues in England and Wales.
8 LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites or use our service, please note that you have left our website and these websites have their own privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or websites. Please check these policies before you submit any data to these websites.
9 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
10 CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to
This privacy policy was last updated on 31st January 2023.