Basket
×

Your basket

Join The FSA

Fans & data protection: Is your group ready for change in the law?

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

Later this year there will be changes to the laws governing data and how organisations protect the data they hold on their members – and this could have implications for supporter organisations up and down the country.

Fear not, however, as our chairman and Information Tribunal member Malcolm Clarke has written a short introduction to the changes and what you need to know.

Most well-run fan groups don’t have much to worry about but we reckon it’ll be a helpful resource for making sure you and your supporter group are prepared for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May.

We’re also consulting with industry experts to produce more comprehensive resources for supporter organisations in the near future – so watch this space!

Thanks to Marco Verch for the imaged used in this post. Reproduced here under Creative Commons license.

Related Articles

Qatar 2022: Getting ready for the World Cup

The 2022 World Cup kicks off in two weeks time and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has published advice for England and Wales fans making the trip to Qatar.

Fan group in focus: Sheffield Wednesday Women’s Supporters Group

Sheffield Wednesday Women’s Supporters Group formed in April 2023 and hit the headlines with some fantastic fundraising work earlier this season in response to an incident at Hillsborough. In one of our Fan Group In Focus features they explain more…

Spirit of Shankly join clubs and politicians in calling for new Hillsborough Law

Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly are backing a new campaign to “rebalance the scales” and ensure truth and justice during future investigations into major incidents.

Flare play: Pyro and the law

Last weekend’s FA Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool might have been short on goals, even if it was a great game, but viewers will have noticed an abundance of smoke bombs.

Funding partners

  • The Football Association
  • Premier Leage Fans Fund

Partners

  • Gamble Aware
  • Co-operatives UK
  • FSE
  • Kick It Out
  • Level Playing Field
  • Living Wage Foundation
  • Pledgeball
  • SD Europe