Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters’ Association Limited (“the Supporters’ Association”, “we”, “our”, “us”) uses and protects personal information provided to us when you use this website, make payments to us, fill out and submit our forms, or communicate with us by other means (e.g. by telephone, post or electronic message). It also sets out how our website uses cookies.  This website has the following address URLs: www.iomsrsa.org and www.iomsrsa.im.  You can contact us by:- writing to the chairman or by sending us an e-mailWe are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. If we ask you to provide information by which you can be identified when using this website, making a payment to us, filling out and submitting a form, or communicating with us by other means, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

What Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal information:-

* names and titles 

* gender, age or age range 

* contact information including email addresses and telephone numbers 

* additional information specific to: -


* administering memberships, donations and legacies 

* supplying goods and services 

* the use of this website 

What We Do With The Information

We use personal information in order to properly manage our organisation and to undertake our fundraising and support activities, in particular for the following reasons:


The numbers shown in brackets above indicate the following legal bases for us collecting, using and storing personal information:

[1] legitimate interests 

[2] performance of a contract 

[3] statutory, regulatory or other legal obligation 

[4] your consent. 

For information and guidance on understanding these legal bases, please visit the website of the 

Isle of Man Information Commissioner 

How We May Contact You

We may contact you by electronic message, post or telephone when responding to enquiries, administering memberships, donations and legacies, and fulfilling orders for goods and services.  If you are a member of the Supporters’ Association, we may contact you by electronic message or post with information about the Isle of Man Steam Railway, the Supporters’ Association, our fundraising, support and other activities, and related subjects which we think you may find interesting. This may include receiving notices of our general meetings, membership renewal invitations, our magazines and marketing and promotional material from us.  If you are not a member of the Supporters’ Association, we will only contact you with information about the Isle of Man Railway, the Supporters’ Association, our fundraising, support and other activities, and related subjects which we think you may find interesting, if you have told us that you wish this to happen. The information may include receiving an invitation to become a member of the Supporters’ Association and other marketing and promotional material from us.

Sharing Personal Information With Third Parties

Our website is hosted by Google and uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyse traffic - see our Cookies Statement below.  Information about your use of our website is automatically shared with Google.  We will not sell or license the use of your personal information to third parties. We may share some of your personal information with our preferred service providers, not for their own use but to facilitate their services to us (e.g. banking, payment processing, external audit, electronic messaging and postal services).  We will not otherwise share your personal information with third parties unless we have your consent, we are required to do so by law, or we receive a lawful request by a governmental or law enforcement authority to do so.

Controlling Your Personal Information : Your Rights

You can change your communication preferences at any time simply by writing to us at I.o.M.S.R.S.A., "Thornhill", Bayrauyr Road, Ballamodha IM9 3AT, Isle of Man or by emailing us at iomsrsa@manx.net.  You can ask us to provide details of the personal information which we hold on you. Please submit your request to us in writing by post.  If you believe that any information we are holding on you is inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us in writing by post or by email as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information held by us found to be incorrect.  You can ask us to restrict our use of the personal information which we hold on you, or to delete the personal information which we hold on you – provided there is not a compelling reason for us to continue to hold the information. You also have the right to object to our use of personal information on a legitimate interests basis or for direct marketing. Please submit your request or objection to us in writing by post.  For further information and guidance on your personal information rights, please visit the website of the Isle of Man Information Commissioner at www.inforights.im.

Secure Payment Gateway

Online membership, donations and the purchase of goods and services via this website, using a debit / credit / charge card, are carried out using a secure payment gateway, a direct connection from your computer / device to the payment service provider. Our chosen payment service provider is PayPal.  When you input your payment card details into the secure payment gateway page, you are communicating directly with PayPal. This means that your payment card information is handled by PayPal and is not processed or held by us.  When making an online donation via the PayPal secure payment gateway, you will be presented with a tick box option to allow PayPal to share your postal address with us for marketing purposes. If you tick the box, we may contact you by electronic message or by post with information about the Isle of Man Steam Railway, the Supporters’ Association, our fundraising, support and other activities, and related subjects which we think you may find interesting. You should be aware that personal information entered via the PayPal