Privacy statement

The United Kingdom Sports Council ('UK Sport') is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy explains how we use the information we collect about you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.

The information we collect and how we use it

If you register for any services on uksport.gov.uk or eventIMPACTS.com and another websites owned by us we may need to know your name, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number.,

Where we provide services that require your registration we gather this information to allow us to process your registration. The relevant information may then used by us, our agents and sub-contractors to and to communicate with you on any matter relating to the conduct of your account and the provision of our services in general.

We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services and may pro-vide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include in-formation that can be used to identify any individual.

From time to time we may provide your information to our customer service agencies for research and analysis purposes so that we can monitor and improve the services we provide. We or our agents and sub-contractors may contact you by e-mail to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services.

We may also wish to provide you with information about special features of our web-site or any other service or products we think may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an e-mail message to eventimpacts@uksport.gov.uk with the word 'Unsubscribe' in the heading and your name.

Our use of cookies and other information gathering technologies

Cookies are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive so that the website you have visited can remember who you are. Cookies keep track of your use of the website and provide you with visitor specific content. UK Sport does not collect or use cookies in the operation of its websites.

How we protect your information

The internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy.

We operate and protect our systems with the use of, but not limited to, firewalls, lim-ited access to information, use of passwords and encryption and such other technolo-gies that may assist UK Sport the security, protection and keep private the informa-tion we hold.

We also keep your information confidential. The internal procedures of UK Sport cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.

Transfer of UK Sport

If UK Sport or any part of it is transferred or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.

Updating your details

If any of the information that you have provided to UK Sport changes, for example if you change your e-mail address, name or payment details or if you wish to cancel your registration, please let us know the correct details by sending an e-mail to, eventimpacts@uksport.gov.uk

Your consent

By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. We will also e-mail you should we make any changes so that you may consent to our use of your information in that way. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

Owing to the global nature of the Internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in this policy. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try to improve the security of your information. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers. Currently UK Sport servers are located within the United Kingdom, should we propose to move the servers to outside the European Economic Area we will take steps to ensure adequate protections are in place and will request your consent be-fore transferring your personal information. We will not transfer your personal infor-mation without your consent.

How to contact UK Sport

We welcome your views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an e-mail to eventimpacts@uksport.gov.uk