Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

This privacy policy explains how Watch Greyhound Racing (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data when you visit watchgreyhoundracing.co.uk (“the Website”). We are committed to handling your information responsibly and in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Data Controller

Watch Greyhound Racing is the data controller for personal information collected through this Website. If you have questions about how your data is handled, you can reach us using the contact details published on the Website.

What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data when you use the Website:

Automatically collected data: When you visit any page, our servers and third-party analytics tools may record your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, time and date of access, and approximate geographic location derived from your IP address.

Cookies and similar technologies: We use cookies to understand how visitors interact with the Website, to remember preferences, and to measure the effectiveness of content. Full details are set out in our Cookie Policy.

Voluntarily provided data: If you contact us via a form or email, we collect the information you choose to provide, such as your name and email address. We do not require you to create an account or submit personal data to read content on the Website.

How We Use Your Data

We process personal data for the following purposes:

Website operation and improvement: Analysing traffic patterns and user behaviour helps us understand which content is useful and how to improve the Website. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in maintaining and developing an informative editorial resource.

Responding to enquiries: If you contact us, we use the information you provide to respond to your message. This processing is based on your consent, given by initiating contact.

Legal compliance: We may process data where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as responding to a lawful request from a regulatory authority.

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases: legitimate interests (for analytics and website improvement), consent (for non-essential cookies and voluntary communications), and legal obligation (where required by law). Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have assessed that our processing does not override your rights and freedoms.

Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share data with the following categories of recipients, solely for the purposes described in this policy:

Analytics providers: We use third-party analytics services to collect and analyse Website usage data. These providers process data on our behalf under data processing agreements that require them to protect your information.

Hosting providers: The Website is hosted by a third-party infrastructure provider that stores server logs containing automatically collected data.

Law enforcement or regulators: We may disclose data if required by law, regulation, or legal process.

International Transfers

Some of our third-party service providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), to protect your data to a standard equivalent to UK GDPR.

Data Retention

We retain automatically collected data (such as server logs and analytics data) for no longer than 26 months from the date of collection, after which it is deleted or anonymised. If you contact us, we retain your correspondence for as long as necessary to resolve your enquiry and for a reasonable period afterwards, unless you ask us to delete it sooner.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Right of access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

Right to erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.

Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data.

Right to data portability: You can request that we provide your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.

Right to object: You can object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling.

Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details published on the Website. We will respond within one month of receiving your request, as required by law.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete it promptly.

Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption of data in transit via HTTPS and restricted access to data systems. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection. You can contact the ICO through their website at ico.org.uk.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.