Privacy notice

This notice explains how SHORE uses personal information. SHORE is operated by Outdoor Technology Ltd, company number 17275265, which is the data controller.

What we collect

• When you request access: your name, work email address, organisation, job title, region, areas of work, your description of how your work relates to SHORE, an optional work mobile number, any event or referral code, and the IP address used to submit the request.
• When you use SHORE: your posts, messages, uploaded files, reactions, event responses, notification settings, and technical records such as sign-in times and IP addresses.

How we use it

We use this information to review membership requests, run the forum, send the emails you have asked for, keep the service secure and deal with reports of misuse.

The lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running a professional community. Showing your work email and mobile to other members is based on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time in your account settings.

Who can see it

Your name, organisation, job title, region, areas of work, profile photo and posts are visible to other approved members. Your contact details are shown only if you choose. Access requests are seen only by the SHORE team. Nothing on SHORE is visible to the public apart from the home page and these information pages.

We do not sell personal information or use advertising or tracking cookies. SHORE uses a single session cookie to keep you signed in.

Where it is stored

SHORE is held on servers located in the United Kingdom. Traffic passes through Cloudflare for security and performance.

How long we keep it

• Requests that are never confirmed are deleted after 7 days.
• Declined requests are deleted after 90 days.
• Member accounts are kept while you remain a member. When you delete your account, your profile and contact details are removed. Your posts remain, shown as from a former member, unless you ask for them to be removed.
• Backups are kept for up to 8 weeks.

Your rights

You can see and correct your details in your account settings, download a copy of your data, and delete your account. You also have the right to object to processing, to ask us to restrict it, and to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Contact

For any privacy question, please email [email protected].