Protecting your privacy and personal information
VISITING OUR WEBSITE
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SIGNING UP TO OUR REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS
You can choose to hear news and updates about the CCF by joining our mailing list. We will ask you for the following information:
- Your first name and surname.
- Your e-mail address to send you our updates.
- Your location information such as a postcode to send you locally focused updates.
- If you have a link to the CCF so we can send you with relevant updates.
We will only use your information to keep you up to date about the CCF. Sometimes, we might ask you to take part in voluntary surveys about the CCF and the updates we send you – you can of course choose not to take part in these.
You can ask to stop receiving news and updates about the CCF at any time by unsubscribing, at the bottom of the email.
JOINING THE CCF AS A CADET OR VOLUNTEER
We will ask you to share some of your personal information with us If you join the CCF as a cadet or volunteer. We will only use this to help us manage your time in the CCF. We have privacy notices for our cadets, their parents and carers, and for our Cadet Force Adult Volunteers that explain how we will collect, manage and store your personal information correctly.
SECURITY AND SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will keep any personal information you share with us safe by using secure IT systems and making sure that all our teams have the right training.
We will ask your permission if we share your information with our partner organisations who provide services to you on our behalf. We do not sell your information to other organisations. We may need to share your personal information with the police or other legal body where this will help them with investigating an alleged crime or where the law tells us to.
REQUESTING A COPY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You can request a copy of the personal information we may hold about you by making a Subject Access Request (SAR). You can e-mail our team direct if your request is about this website. You can follow the guidance on obtaining information about you as a cadet or volunteer that is held by the MOD.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW WE USE AND STORE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You can speak to the MOD Information Rights Team if you have a concern or complaint about how we use and store your personal information. You can contact the team by e-mail or by writing to the team at Ground Floor, Zone D, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, London SW12 2HB.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the national body for data protection. You can raise a complaint to the ICO by visiting their website, calling their helpline on 0303 123 1113, or by writing to Information Commissioner’s Officer, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AL.
We update this page regularly so you always have the correct information. This page was last updated in December 2023.