ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy sets out how we process any personal information we may collect from you or that you may provide us through our website (STUART : JOTFORM ??). It describes how we may use this information, how we will keep it secure and your rights in relation to it.

• Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing confirms that we will keep your personal information secure and that we will use reasonable efforts to comply with current UK Data Protection and legislation and regulations.

• We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice. You are advised to check our website for any amendments.

• By booking a lesson with Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing; or by visiting our website; or by telephoning us; or emailing us; (and providing personal information) then you are consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

SECTION A of this policy is specific to individuals  booking a fishing lesson with Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing.

SECTION B1 of this policy is intended for visitors (i.e. users) of the website. Section B1 also applies to members of the public who telephone or directly email Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing and may provide personal information to allow us to respond a request for additional information.

SECTION B2 of this policy describes Cookies that are used by our website.

SECTION C of this policy outlines an individual’s rights in relation to personal information.

Who we are:

Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing is a small business enterprise offering fly fishing lessons. Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing is an Angling Trust Level 2 Certified Advanced Coach

Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing owns and operates the website www.siff.uk

Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing will be a “controller” of the personal information that you provide to us in any form.

>>> SECTION A – Individuals booking lessons with Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing <<<<<

When you are register to book a fishing lesson we will ask you for the following personal information:

• Contact details: Name, telephone numbers and email address
• Categories: Age
• Special Requirements – e.g. physical injury or disability

Why we need your personal information:

• Promote and encourage participation in fly fishing by sending communications and booking information for upcoming lessons and promotions. Our lessons may be photographed or filmed for use in promotional, education and development purposes
• Respond to and communicate with individuals regarding your questions, comments, support needs or complaints, concerns or allegations in relation to fly fishing lessons
• Plan a fishing lesson taking into consideration any Special Requirements that have been made aware to us in advance
• Legal Obligations : STUART … rod licence, Anglers Trust, Insurance etc.

Where we process your personal information in pursuit of our legitimate interests, you have the right to object to us using your personal information for the above purposes. If you wish to object to any of the above processing, please contact Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing by email. If we agree and comply with your objection, this may affect our ability to undertake the tasks above for the benefit of you as a customer of Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing.

Other uses of your personal information

• We may ask you if we can process your personal information for additional purposes. Where we do so, we will provide you with an additional privacy notice with information on how we will use your information for these additional purposes
• We may be asked by fishing venues where we undertake fishing lessons to collect and store personal information about all visitors. Where we do this, we have a responsibility as “controller” to provide our customer details and we will not use such personal information for any other purpose

Who we share your personal information with

• If your personal information is included in any images or videos taken by us during fishing lessons, we may make use of such images or videos on our website and social media pages for the purpose of promoting our profile (where appropriate)
• We may be required to share personal information with statutory or regulatory authorities and organisations to comply with statutory obligations. Such organisations include the Health & Safety Executive, Police UK and Disclosure & Barring Service for the purposes of safeguarding children STUART ??
• We may also share personal information with our professional and legal advisors for the purposes of taking advice

In the event that we do share personal information with external third parties, we will only share such personal information as is strictly required for the specific purposes and take reasonable steps to ensure that recipients shall only process the disclosed personal information in accordance with those purposes.

How we protect your personal information

• Your personal information is stored on our electronic filing system, memory stick and a portable hard drive”. STUART ???

How long we keep your personal information

• We will only keep your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with fishing lessons. Unless you ask us not to, we will review and possibly delete your personal information from our ‘Active List’ when you have not been active with us for (5) five years

> SECTION B – Visitors to this website www.siff.uk <<<<<

Note: this section also applies to members of the public who telephone or directly email or contact (via the website) Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing and may provide personal information to allow us to subsequently respond to an information request.

Personal Information

We may collect, store and use the following types of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website:

Information you supply to us

You may supply us with information about you by filling in forms on our website. This includes information you provide when you submit a contact us/enquiry form. The information you give us may include your name, e-mail address and phone number.

Information our website automatically collects about you

With regard to each of your visits to our website we may automatically collect information including the following:

• • Technical information, including a truncated and anonymised version of your Internet protocol (IP) address, your geographical location, browser type and version, operating system and device type
  • Information about your visit, including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time); page response times, length of visit, what you click on, documents downloaded and download errors

Cookies

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 site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see SECTION B2 Cookies.

Sensitive Financial information

No sensitive financial information (bank details, debit or credit card information etc) is seen, stored or transmitted by Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing.

Why we need your personal information 

Personal information you supply to us

We will use this information to provide you with information and/or services you request from us.

Information automatically collected by our website about your usage of the site

We will use this information: 

• • To administer our site including troubleshooting and statistical purposes
  • To improve our site to ensure that content is presented or displayed in the most effective manner for you and for your device
  • Security and debugging as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure

This information is collected anonymously and is not linked to information that identifies you as an individual. We use Google Analytics to track visitor usage on our website.  See SECTION B2 Cookies.

Who we share your personal information with

Any personal information you provide to us will be directly emailed to us or may be stored on a secure server located in the UK. We use a trusted third-party website hosting provider (Hostinger) to facilitate the running of our website. Any data that may be collected through this website that Hostinger process, is kept secure and only processed in the manner we instruct them to. Hostinger cannot access, provide, rectify or delete any data that they store on our behalf without permission.

We will never sell or rent your personal data. We will not share your personal data with any third parties without your prior consent (which you are free to withhold) except where we are required to do so by law.

How long we keep your personal information

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Third-party links

Our site contains links to and from the third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

>>>> SECTION B2 – Cookies <<<<<

Cookies are small files that are placed on your device to help our website provide a better user experience. Cookies are stored on your individual device and you have full control over their use.

Like many website owners, Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing uses Google Analytics (GA) to measure how users interact with our website content. GA collects information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here, and what device you are using. The data collected may be used by ourselves to customise the content on our website to make for the best experience for users when visiting our website. For GA to work, cookies are deployed on your device to collect the relevant data. This information collected and stored by these cookies does not personally identify anyone.

You can set your browser settings to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly. Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time.

Third-Party Cookies

When you use our website to link to other providers (for example  Facebook, Instagram, Google,  and YouTube), you may also be sent third-party cookies.

Our service providers may use the information they obtain from your use of their cookies

• To recognise your computer when you visit their website
• To prevent fraud and improve the security of their website
• To personalise their website for you

>>>> SECTION C – Your rights – access to your personal data <<<<<

You can exercise any of the following rights by using the Contact Us form on the Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing website.

Your rights in relation to your personal information are:

• You have a right to request access to the personal information that we hold about you by making a “subject access request”
• If you believe that any of your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, you have a right to request that we correct or complete your personal information
• You have a right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information for specific purposes
• If you wish us to delete your personal information, you may request that we do so

Any requests received by “Stuart Ingledew Fly Fishing” will be considered under applicable data protection legislation. If you remain dissatisfied, you have a right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office at: www.ico.org.uk

Date of last update to this Privacy Policy: 1st August 2025