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Rifle clubs across the country are scratching their heads after the NRA issued a letter stating that fullbore shooters’ names and ages must be supplied to them by affiliated clubs – with some people worrying the move may be linked to insurance.

https://ukshootingnews.wordpress.com/20 ... l-details/

All a bit odd. Some people have been told this is to do with insurance cover, others have been told differently.

We started to collect birth dates but is was hard work, so we queried it and were told not to bother.
Fred

Any club doing do is breaking the law if they dont have the members permission.

Mark

bigfathairybiker wrote:Any club doing do is breaking the law if they dont have the members permission.

Mark

Data Protections Act?

Definitely data protection issues here.

What BASC say on the subject:

http://basc.org.uk/join-basc/shooting-a ... ction-act/

Well they have my details, I am an NRA member and use their facilities regularly.

I am also a member of an afilliated club. Apart from the DPA, as a member I would expect the NRA to know who was using our facilities, particularly these days regarding insurance or not.

Another snort of indignation from the "lets kick off about something else because we can" brigade.

IF it does involve insurance I should bloody well hope that ANYONE on the same property as my with a firearm woudl also be suitably insured.

Why not ask the NRA

Chuck wrote:Definitely data protection issues here.

What BASC say on the subject:

http://basc.org.uk/join-basc/shooting-a ... ction-act/

Permitted disclosures, other than those made with the consent of the data subjects, are restricted to those third parties that are necessary for running the club or syndicate (BASC, for example).

Surely this would include the NRA as running of the club...?

Gaz wrote: All a bit odd. Some people have been told this is to do with insurance cover, others have been told differently.

May be they just want to know how many of their members are nearly dead.

Maggot wrote:Well they have my details, I am an NRA member and use their facilities regularly.

I am also a member of an afilliated club. Apart from the DPA, as a member I would expect the NRA to know who was using our facilities, particularly these days regarding insurance or not.

Another snort of indignation from the "lets kick off about something else because we can" brigade.

IF it does involve insurance I should bloody well hope that ANYONE on the same property as my with a firearm woudl also be suitably insured.

Why not ask the NRA

Did you actually read the link, or do you just see I've posted something and immediately start spouting off like a broken water fountain?

(I know the answer, as does everyone else here, but I'm interested to see your reply)

edit to add - you've never booked onto a Bisley range as a club RCO either, have you? If you had, you'd know full well the NRA has no idea who's there on a day-to-day basis, just what clubs are using the ranges.

TattooedGun wrote:

Chuck wrote:Definitely data protection issues here.

What BASC say on the subject:

http://basc.org.uk/join-basc/shooting-a ... ction-act/

Permitted disclosures, other than those made with the consent of the data subjects, are restricted to those third parties that are necessary for running the club or syndicate (BASC, for example).

Surely this would include the NRA as running of the club...?

I'd say no. If you consent to giving your data to your club for the administration of the club, then you haven't consented to your data being passed to the NRA for insurance purposes. Up until now the comp card has been entirely administered at club level and the records only pulled in if there's an incident.