We respect your privacy. Simple as that. We’ll only collect what we need to run Bank Bound Carp Socials properly, and we won’t do anything daft with your data.
This page explains what we collect, why we collect it, and what we do with it — no waffle.
Bank Bound Carp Socials organises UK carp fishing socials and exclusive venue bookings for the angling community via bankboundsocials.co.uk.
We only collect the basics we actually need to manage your swim and event bookings, including:
1. Your name.
2. Email address.
3. Phone number.
4. Booking details (which social you’ve booked, swim/venue details, deposit status, and remaining balance records)
5. Messages, support notes, or enquiries you send us.
We don’t knowingly collect data from anyone under 16, and we’re not interested in collecting anything we don’t need.
We collect information when you:
1. Book onto a Bank Bound Social or pay a booking deposit on bankboundsocials.co.uk
2. Fill in a contact form or enquiry field on the site
3. Sign up for event announcements or waiting lists
4. Email, message, or contact us directly
5. Use our website (standard functional cookies and basic analytics to keep the site running smoothly — nothing creepy)
Your data is used to:
1. Manage lake bookings, swim allocations, and run socials smoothly on the bank
2. Contact you about your booking (including automated balance payment reminders for your second installment)
1. Answer your questions and handle swim transfers
2. Send community updates or event announcements you’ve opted into
3. Maintain site security and improve how we do things
We will never sell your data. Ever!
Under UK GDPR, we process your data because:
1. Contractual Need: We need it to fulfill the social booking you’ve purchased.
2. Legitimate Interest: It’s necessary to run, organize, and manage Bank Bound events safely.
3. Consent: You’ve explicitly given us permission (e.g., signing up for email updates).
4. Legal Obligation: Accounting, tax records, and official venue compliance.
We only share information when strictly necessary to run the store and events, and only with trusted third-party providers, such as:
1. Payment Gateways: Secure payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) to handle deposits and final balance clearings safely.
2. Email & Automation Services: Systems like ShopMagic to deliver your booking receipts and payment reminder notifications.
3. Hosting & Web Infrastructure: Our secure web server providers keeping bankboundsocials.co.uk online.
4. Fishery / Venue Management: Sharing angler names with host venues purely for gate list security and lake access.
They only receive what is necessary and are required to keep your data secure.
We take reasonable technical and organizational steps to keep your booking data safe. Access to site backends and booking lists is restricted strictly to those who need it to manage the event — not everyone, and definitely not random third parties.
We don’t keep data forever:
1. Booking & Transaction Records: Retained for up to 6 years (standard UK tax and accounting legal requirement).
2. General Enquiries: Retained for up to 12 months.
3. Marketing / Updates: Retained until you unsubscribe (no hard feelings!).
You’ve got rights — and we respect them. You can:
1. Ask to see the personal data we hold about you
2. Ask us to correct any incorrect information
3. Ask us to delete your details
4. Object to or restrict how your data is used
5. Withdraw consent at any time
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if needed (though we’d always appreciate you coming to us first so we can sort it out!).
We use standard website cookies to help the site work properly (such as keeping track of your session during booking). You can disable cookies in your web browser if you prefer — the core site will still work fine.
If we link out to fishery sites, tackle partners, or external social media platforms, those sites have their own privacy policies. We aren’t responsible for how they handle data over on their platforms.
If we update this policy, we’ll update this page. No sneaky changes.
For any privacy questions or to request updates to your data, contact us at:
Email: Barry@bankboundsocials.co.uk
Website: bankboundsocials.co.uk