At the AGM on 16th November 2024 NABO approved the use of revised Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. The new documents are on links at the bottom of the page.

The changes are described here:

Terms and Conditions: There was some duplication of statements so these are amended. There are some minor changes about communications and these reflect the move our current post covid practice for electronic communications. We will always support our long standing members who do not have access to electronic systems.

Privacy policy: This has been unchanged since the law changed in 2018. We have learnt a lot in this time and there is also much more experience for clubs like ourselves. Previously we have asked for your specific agreement to the privacy policy and maintained the records of this. We now adopt the consent to one of “legitimate interest” as the legal basis of consent. This means that if you join or renew, then you expect the club to keep your details and use them to communicate. If you don’t want this, then don’t join. Many clubs operate under legitimate interest and although more onerous for the Association legally, it is much less work for administration. No applicant or member has ever objected or refused agreement to the Privacy Policy. The alternative would be a major task to revalidate and record the agreement, a task that has little value and a lot of hassle chasing members. All the required legal commitments remain in place including the promise not to sell or share the membership list with others. We now require that all new members provide and maintain a valid email address. There are some minor edits about communications to match T&Cs

If you have any concerns over these document, as always we welcome comments and input.