RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Online Course

*RYA Online Data Policy

*To enable access to your online course we need to share some of your personal data with the RYA via your user profile in www.ryainteractive.org. This learning management website is hosted and maintained by a third party called Learning Pool, who will not use your personal information for any reason other than enabling your course.
Your name and email address will be entered on www.ryainteractive.org in order to create your user account. On your first access to the site, you will be asked to enter your address and date of birth. You will have access to the site for one year in order to complete your online course. During this period, your personal information will be held on the website by Learning Pool and be available to this training centre and the RYA for the purpose of managing your course.
Instructional support will be provided by this training centre for a period of 1 year from the date of your course booking.
On completion of your course, your name, email, date of birth and address will be transferred to the RYA’s central database for the purpose of recording details of the course and any certification you gain as a result of it. This information allows the RYA to record your certification, to update any records they may already hold about you or your qualifications and to verify your certificate if required.
After one year from the date of your enrolment on a course, your user account will be removed from www.ryainteractive.org.
Full details of how the RYA will deal with your personal information will be displayed when you first access www.ryainteractive.org.
For the duration of your access to the site, your data will be held in accordance with the RYA Interactive Data Policy, Terms and Conditions.
If you receive a digital certificate downloaded from the RYA Interactive site on completion of your course, your name, address, date of birth and certificate details will be transferred to the RYA database and held in accordance with the RYA’s Privacy Policy.

*TERMS & CONDITIONS

• Parking is available close to DOSC for non-members/students; the DOSC carpark is reserved for full members only.
• Notification of cancellation or postponement must be made in writing to DOSC Sailing Team a minimum of 48 hours before the start of the course.
• Cancellation or postponement less than 48 hours due to any medical reasons must provide a sick note or certificate from the Doctor. Failure to provide one will result to loss of the session.
• Bookings may be transferable to later scheduled courses if the above cancellation or postponement notification were done or provided.
• Refund of the course fees will be processed within 10–15 days of submission of complete and correct bank details. An administrative cost of 10% will be deducted from the refund amount.
• Course fees are not refundable if notification of cancellation is received after the start of the course.
• In the event of adverse weather conditions, an outbreak of serious disease or pandemic, government action, fire and all similar events outside of our control, it may be necessary for DOSC to postpone your booked session. Your lesson will be rescheduled as per availability. In case of refund, our liability will be limited to the return of the fees after deducting 10% administrative cost.
• In the event of non-availability of the instructor or the boat is out of order, it may be necessary for us to postpone your booked session. Your lesson will be rescheduled as per availability. In case of refund, our liability will be limited to the return of the fees.
• In the event a course is cancelled for other than above reasons, it may be necessary for us to postpone your booked session. Your lesson will be rescheduled as per availability.
• The course will be taught in the English language only.
• You must have the necessary course pre-requisites. Failure to produce the correct certification and/or documents will result in DOSC removing you from the course without re-imbursement.
• The person engaging in the course must be confident in the water and of adequate fitness to engage in sailing lessons.
• Clients will abide by DOSC’s Code of Practice throughout their stay. DOSC reserves the right to ask any individual who is not conforming to the Code of Practice to leave the premises. There will be no refund in these cases. (A code of Conduct is available on request.)
• Although all possible measures are taken to ensure security, DOSC, its servants, employees or agents are not under any liability whatsoever in respect of loss or damage to clients’ property or belongings while attending a course.