Privacy and data protection
Your privacy
You can download our application form and contact Society officers by email from this website, but we will not store online any personal information that you might provide.
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We take your continued use of the website as your agreement to our using cookies in this way. If you wish to switch off cookies you should be able to do this by adjusting your browser settings, but the website might not work quite so well.
Our website provides links to other sites. Please note that the London Youlan Qin Society (LYQS) is not responsible for the privacy policies of those sites.
Credit and copyright
All content on this website is the copyright of the LYQS or the original creators, and may not be reused without their express permission. Authors of articles are credited. Every reasonable effort has been made to acknowledge the sources of photographs and videos and their copyright holders; any mistakes and omissions should be made known to the Webmaster for correction.
The opinions expressed in "signed" articles are those of the authors and are not necessarily those upheld by the LYQS. All correspondence pertaining to articles should be addressed to the Webmaster.
Data protection policy
What data we collect and why
When you become a full member or associate member of the LYQS, we collect some personal information from you on the application form (name, postal address, telephone number, email address, web site address and qin interest). We collect only the information we need to give you the benefits of membership - to contact you, organise events for you and update you on important Society matters requiring your attention. If you are on our mailing list but are not a member, then we only have your name and email address for the purpose of informing you of events and relevant news.
At Society events we may also take photographs or videos in which you appear and publish them on this website or on social media pages.
How we protect your data
We will keep your information secure offline and will not share it with anyone who is not a Society member for marketing or any other purpose without your specific consent.
Your rights over your data
You can ask to see the information we hold about you at any time, and have it corrected or deleted from our stored records within 30 days of a request in writing to the Society Secretary. You can also ask to have a copy of your information. When you leave the Society, we will destroy your application form and delete your personal information from our digital records unless you give us permission to do otherwise.
If you do not want your photo or video to be used in the ways described above, please let the Secretary know, preferably before or during recording at events so that we can accommodate your request within reason (i.e. by avoiding filming you etc).
