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Privacy Policy

DB Racing Greyhound Syndicate

DB Racing Greyhound Syndicate — dbracingsyndicate.co.uk

Last updated: 8 June 2026

1. Who We Are

DB Racing Greyhound Syndicate is operated by Dave Branch, a sole trader based in England. We operate the website at dbracingsyndicate.co.uk. For the purposes of the UK GDPR, Dave Branch is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

For any privacy-related queries, you can contact us at:

  • Email: daveatbranch@gmail.com

2. What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal data when you visit our website or contact us. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

3. What Data We Collect

We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us through our contact form. This may include:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your phone number (only if you choose to provide it)
  • Any message or enquiry you submit

In addition, when you visit our website we automatically collect limited technical and usage information through cookies and analytics tools. This is described in Section 4 below.

4. Cookies and Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to help us understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as:

  • Your approximate location, derived from a truncated (anonymised) IP address
  • The pages you visit and the time you spend on them
  • Your device type, browser and operating system
  • How you arrived at our website (for example, via a search engine or a link)

This information is aggregated and used solely to measure and improve the performance of our website. We do not use it to personally identify you.

Google processes this data on our behalf and may transfer it to servers located outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, the transfer is protected by appropriate safeguards, including the UK International Data Transfer Agreement and the Standard Contractual Clauses approved for use under the UK GDPR.

Legal basis: we only set analytics cookies where you have given your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by:

  • Adjusting your cookie preferences on our website
  • Changing your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies
  • Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout)

Strictly necessary cookies that are essential for the website to function correctly may be set without consent, as permitted by law.

5. How We Use Your Data

We use the information you provide solely to:

  • Respond to your enquiry or contact request
  • Provide information about DB Racing Greyhound Syndicate membership
  • Follow up on any expressed interest in joining the syndicate
  • Measure and improve the performance of our website (via analytics)

We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not sell or rent your personal data to any third party.

6. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the UK GDPR, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:

  • Consent — for analytics cookies, and where you have voluntarily submitted your information via our contact form
  • Legitimate interests — to respond to enquiries you send us directly and to maintain the security and performance of our website

7. How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain the personal data you submit only for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter (typically no longer than 12 months), unless you request deletion sooner or we are required by law to retain it longer.

Analytics data is retained in accordance with our Google Analytics retention settings (a maximum of 14 months), after which it is automatically deleted or anonymised.

8. Who We Share Your Data With

We may share your data with:

  • Email service providers used to receive and manage contact form submissions, strictly to deliver your message to us
  • Google LLC, as our analytics provider, as described in Section 4

Any such providers act as data processors, are bound by appropriate data processing agreements, and may only use your data as instructed by us. We do not sell or rent your personal data.

9. Data Storage and Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss or disclosure. Personal data you submit to us is stored within the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area wherever possible; analytics data may be processed outside these areas under the safeguards described in Section 4.

10. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to access — you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Right to rectification — you may ask us to correct inaccurate data
  • Right to erasure — you may ask us to delete your data
  • Right to restriction — you may ask us to limit how we use your data
  • Right to object — you may object to our processing of your data
  • Right to data portability — you may request your data in a portable format
  • Right to withdraw consent — you may withdraw any consent you have given at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at daveatbranch@gmail.com. We will respond within one calendar month.

11. Right to Complain

If you believe we have not handled your personal data correctly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):

  • Website: www.ico.org.uk
  • Helpline: 0303 123 1113

12. External Links

Our website may contain links to external websites, such as Nottingham Greyhound Stadium or the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and recommend you review their own privacy policies.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact:

Dave Branch — DB Racing Greyhound Syndicate

  • Email: daveatbranch@gmail.com
  • Website: dbracingsyndicate.co.uk