Data Protection
For the purposes of GDPR, personal information includes name, address, DOB, email address, phone number and medical data collected for health and safety purposes. (“Personal Information”). Personal information can be stored, used by Dabchicks Sailing Club in connection with the organisation, staging and administration of the Event. Medical information will only be used to inform medical assistance given on the event date. Personal information and data may be used by Dabchicks Sailing Club and our event partners in connection with the compilation of statistical information and to improve health and safety procedures at future events. Names, boat names, sail numbers and home sailing/yacht clubs can be used by Dabchicks Sailing Club, and our event partners for the purposes of: the promotion and marketing of the event; promotional and marketing material in respect of similar events, other community based activities organised by Dabchicks Sailing Club. All necessary steps will be taken to ensure that personal information or marketing information pertaining or relating to you which comes into the possession or control of Dabchicks Sailing Club or our Event partners shall not be used or reproduced in whole or in part in any form except for the purposes outlined in these Conditions. If you would not like Dabchicks Sailing Club or our Event partners to use the Marketing Information or Personal Information other than for purposes related solely to your participation in the Event, please e-mail the Club Manager, at club.manager@dabchicks.org.
Pop-Up Blockers
In some situations where you have especially rigorous pop-up blocking you may find that you need to allow pop-up’s to permit all the site menu items to operate correctly, for example many detailed items open in a new window, which some browsers will recognise as a ‘pop-up’.
Use of “Cookies”
Cookies are small software files that are loaded automatically by many web sites into your PC when web pages are accessed. On the Dabchicks Sailing Club web site no use is made of cookies.
We do not collect any information using cookies and do not track your usage of the Internet. External sites, e.g. those accessed when you follow web links, may use cookies to track your usage, for example vendors often use cookies to track orders, and to allow them to send you “targeted” sales promotion material by email. Cookies can be disabled or monitored on most web browsers, however this will normally limit your ability to browse some of the more advanced web sites.
There are a number of well known sites that provide specialist usage tracking services, and it may be considered worthwhile specifically blocking these. Various software cookie management tools and Internet security aids are available, and can be used to control cookies, and pop-up adverts.
Browsers
This site is tested to work correctly using modern versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google Chrome. It should also work correctly in Netscape, and most other modern browsers. Please report any incompatibilities to the Webmaster
JavaScript
Popup windows & close buttons and some other features depend upon having JavaScript enabled. If you get script warnings, this is due to you having script permissions in your browser set to a higher than the default settings. You may safely accept the scripts on this site.
Flash Player
You need have Flash player enabled from your browser and my need to install v8, or greater, of Flash Player from Adobe to view Weather Display Live and other features within this site.
Anonymous Information
Using the logging facilities provided by our Internet Service Providers we may gather the following anonymous information in aggregate form: browser type (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator), operating system (e.g. Windows, MacOS, Linux), IP address, and Internet domain (e.g. Demon, AOL).
Virus and Firewall Protection
The Dabchicks Sailing Club recommends that you always run an effective virus scanning application, and that if you are a serious Internet user, you invest in proper Internet security arrangements including a firewall.
About this Web Site
This site is built using Adobe DreamWeaver and will operate correctly with most version 4+ browsers and with 1024×768 display resolution or better. Display at greater resolutions will cause some of the formatting to change, with “white space appearing”. This should not affect usability. If you are using a display with a smaller resolution, e.g. 800×600, you will need to scroll horizontally to see the entire page.
The site is directly accessible at www.dabchicks.org
Many thanks to all DSC members, and others, who have provided the source material, and to the originators of photographs, and other images used on this site.
Any copyright infringements in the information provided on the web site are unintentional and we request that they be advised to the webmaster
Web site technical support: webmaster@dabchicks.org