Policies
Privacy Policy
What we collect, why, who we share it with, and how to reach us about it.
Who this applies to
This policy covers the Victorian Elite Cricket League website at vecl.au, and the information we collect through it.
Registration and payment happen in a separate system. The website explains the league and hands you over to our booking application, which is where player records, consents and payments are held. That system collects more than this website does, and it tells you what it collects at the point it asks.
Your information belongs to you
We work out what we actually need to run the league and try to collect only that. Where we can, we delete or anonymise information once it is no longer needed.
When you enter sensitive information such as card numbers, it is encrypted in transit. Card details are passed to the payment provider to be processed. We never store complete card details.
We protect your information from others
If someone asks us for your personal information, we refuse unless you have given permission or we are legally required to provide it. Where we are legally required to share it, we will tell you in advance unless we are legally forbidden from doing so.
What we collect
When you visit this website, we automatically collect information about your device: browser, IP address, time zone, and cookies set on your device. As you browse we collect which pages you looked at, what referred you here, and how you used the site.
We measure this with Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel. The Meta Pixel tells Meta (Facebook and Instagram) when someone who saw one of our ads visits the site, starts a registration or registers for an information session, so we can see which ads work and show them to people likely to be interested. It never receives your name, email address or anything you type into a form. You can control ads based on this activity in your Facebook or Instagram ad settings, or by blocking cookies in your browser.
We also use Google Ads. When you arrive from one of our Google ads, Google adds a click reference to the address. If you then register for a trial, we pass that reference to our booking application with you, and once the trial is paid we tell Google which click it came from, with the time and the amount, so we can see which ads lead to bookings. Google receives no name, email, phone number or anything about the player.
When you make an enquiry, we collect what you type into the form — the player’s name and date of birth, contact details, the club and grade they play, and what you are asking about. That reaches our booking application as an enquiry record so a person can answer it.
When you use the contact form, we collect your name, email address, optional phone number and your message. Like an enquiry, it reaches our booking application as a record and is sent on to info@vecl.au. We use what you send only to reply to you.
When you register a player on this site, we collect the player’s name, date of birth and sex; their cricket profile (role, batting and bowling, current club, the levels they have played at, whether they have played VECL before, and any profile link you give us); the try-out night or nights chosen; any injury or medical condition you choose to tell us about; and the name, email address and mobile number of the parent or guardian, or of the player if they are 18 or over. It is stored in our booking application as the player’s registration, and used to run selection and to contact you about it. A medical note is optional, is collected only with your consent, and is seen only by the staff running the try-out or competition.
When you pay, your card details are entered into a secure field provided by Square, or you pay through PayPal. Card and PayPal details go straight to them and are never seen or stored by us. Square and PayPal handle them under their own privacy policies.
How we use it
To answer enquiries, to run registrations and competitions, to communicate with you about cricket you have registered for, and to detect fraud or misuse.
Marketing is separate and optional. Where a form offers to send you news, it is an unticked box, and not ticking it does not affect your enquiry.
Who we share it with
We may share personal information with service providers who help us run the league, and with government authorities, banks and regulators where we are required to by law — for example in response to a subpoena, a search warrant or another lawful request, or to protect our rights.
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, material on this website is copyright © Victorian Elite Cricket League. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, you must not copy, frame, modify, transmit or distribute material from this site without the copyright owner’s consent.
Contact us, or complain
For anything about how we handle your information — including a complaint, or a request to see or correct what we hold — write to info@vecl.au, or to the postal address at the foot of this page.
Who this is from
Victorian Elite Cricket League
87 Elm Park Drive
Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029
Australia
Payments are made to Victorian Elite Cricket League, which is the name shown on the payment page and on your receipt. The league's own company, VECL Proprietary Limited, is being set up; when that happens the affected policies are re-issued with a new version and effective date.