Drone Scene

Privacy Policy

Grey Arrows Drone Club is the UK's leading flying association for drone enthusiasts.

Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you engage with our services.

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our sites and gather data when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When you visit our sites we use a third party service provider, Google, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the sites.

When registering on our sites, you may be asked to enter your name and contact information. You may also be asked to optionally provide additional information relating to your CAA operator or flyer information and membership details of other clubs. Your contact information may be verified. You may visit our sites without registering.

We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our servers.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalise your experience — your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
  • To improve our club — we continually strive to improve our offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To send periodic emails — The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
  • To manage your Club membership.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

What is your data retention policy?

We will:

  • Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server no more than 5 years.
  • Retain the IP addresses associated with registered users and their posts no more than 5 years.

Your Rights To Erasure

Under Article 17 of the GDPR individuals have the right to have personal data erased. This is also known as the 'right to be forgotten'.

To cancel your membership, delete your account and all of your personal data that we have stored, please visit the Account Termination section on our Terms of Service page.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your device via your web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable our sites to recognise your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account and log you in automatically.

We use cookies to save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better experiences in the future.

We use cookies to provide both personalised and non-personalised advertising via a third party vendor, Google (Google Advertising Products).

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

Google (in particular, Google Advertising Products) will have access to some data that we collect. This is to provide the personalisation of adverts and cookies and may be further used for personalised and non-personalised advertising. You can view Google's Privacy and Terms policies at https://policies.google.com/

We do not sell, trade, exchange or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information (PII). We may release your PII information when we are legally bound to do so by the relevant authorities, or when we believe release is appropriate to protect ours or others rights.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our sites. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

Your Consent

By using our sites you consent to this, our Privacy Policy.

Data Security

Grey Arrows Drone Club is committed to protecting member data and maintaining strong information security across all areas of the organisation.

The organisation is certified under the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Essentials scheme. This certification confirms that our systems, processes, and infrastructure meet established security controls designed to reduce exposure to common cyber threats.

The scope of our certification is defined as "Whole Organisation", meaning that all operational, technical, administrative, and governance activities are included within the assessment.

Our Cyber Essentials certification undergoes annual assessment by an independent, government-approved body to ensure continued compliance and impartial verification.

In addition, the organisation holds Cyber Essentials Certified Plus status. This enhanced level of certification involves an in-depth, practical evaluation by external security professionals to confirm that our security measures function effectively in a real-world environment.

Grey Arrows Drone Club is the only model flying association in the United Kingdom to hold both Cyber Essentials Certified and Cyber Essentials Certified Plus, demonstrating our commitment to maintaining high standards of operational security and safeguarding member information.

Our certificates are publicly available at:

Data Protection and GDPR

Grey Arrows Drone Club Limited is registered as a data controller with Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in accordance with Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018 in England.

ICO Registration Number: ZB491575

Our certificate is publicly available at https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/RegistrationCertificate/ZB491575

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

This document was last updated 10th October 2025.

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