This is a website owned and operated by Higham Active Retirement Association. Your use of this website is subject to the following Terms of Use which you are deemed to accept:

1. Definitions. "we" "our" "us" mean Higham Active Retirement Association and any other parties involved in producing or delivering this website.
2. Rights in material. The copyright and all other rights in the material contained in this website are owned by us or are included with the permission of the owner of such rights. You may not copy adapt or distribute any of the content of this website without our express written consent except as permitted under applicable law.
3. Trademarks. Higham Active Retirement Association and the Higham Active Retirement Association logo and other marks may be registered in certain territories to Higham Active Retirement Association. All other trademarks and logos are acknowledged as belonging to their respective owners.
4. Territory. The services and products offered by Higham Active Retirement Association in this website may not be available in all territories.
5. Risk. Your use of this website is at your own risk. We will not be liable for any losses or expenses of any kind which may arise directly or indirectly through the access to or use of or browsing of this website or through your downloading of any material from this website or any other errors failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections.
6. Warranties. All content and information contained in this website are provided to you "as is" without warranty of any kind either express or implied.
7. Liability. You will not transmit to this website any material which could constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability. We assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from the content thereof whether or not we monitor such transmissions.
8. Confidentiality. Any communication or material you transmit to this website in any manner and for any reason will not be treated as confidential or proprietary unless specifically stated within the website. Information obtained from this website will be treated by you as privileged information and will not be divulged to any third party without the express written consent of Higham Active Retirement Association.
9. Linked websites. Although this website may be linked to other websites, we are not directly or indirectly implying any sponsorship or endorsement or affiliation with the linked website unless specifically stated therein. We have not reviewed all the websites linked to this website and are not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other website linked to this website. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other websites is at your own risk.
10. Online transactions. All transactions carried out via this website will be governed by the Standard Terms and Conditions of Higham Active Retirement Association and any other terms and conditions specific to the relevant service or product.
11. Cookies. If you are authorised to log-in to our website, a temporary session cookie will be set in order to keep you logged-in. No personal information is saved in the cookie. Any session cookie will be removed by your browser on closing.
12. Changes to the website. We reserve the right to make changes at any time to any of the information contained in this website without notice or obligation.
13. Applicable law. These Terms of Use shall be governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising in relation to this website.

All members MUST read the GDPR on the back of both New Membership Forms and Renewal Forms. By signing the relevant form, you agree to these conditions..

We are dedicated to maintaining both a high standard of privacy and a high standard of data protection in all of our activities.

This Data Privacy Notice is to assure you of our compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and The Privacy & Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

Higham Active Retirement Association is the Data Controller of any personal information you provide to us. We can be contacted via our website www..hiara.org.uk or our 'Contact us' page.

We may keep your personal information as provided by you and as appropriate for the event or activity that you are interested in.

In addition we may keep your IP address and other technical information relating to your use of this website including but not limited to browser type. This information is kept in server log files and deleted within 12 months.

Should you complete forms on our website including but not limited to 'Contact Us'  we may keep your personal information because it is our "legitimate interest".

We will use your personal information for communicating with you about the event or activity that you are interested in.

We may communicate about other events or activities of ours, provided you have given explicit consent.

We will keep your personal information until the end of the event or activity and for a period thereafter of up to six years.

We will keep your personal information securely on computers and servers within the UK and not pass it to third parties unless they are helping us to process information for the specific event or activity. The third parties may include but are not limited to ticket sellers and website providers.

You may request a copy of your personal information using the website or email address above.

You may request an update to your personal information.

You may request that we limit use of your personal information.

You may withdraw consent to use your personal information.

You may request removal of your personal information.

We will respond to any such requests within 30 days. Should we refuse any request you will be given the reason.

Should you be dissatisfied with our use of your personal information and we have not responded to your satisfaction, you may contact the Information Commissioner's Office on 0303 123 1113 or visit their website www.ico.org.uk/concerns for advice..