Setting up your Team eBird Account

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To log your bird sightings as a team on a Big Day, please follow the following steps:

1. Create an eBird Team Account
   1. Go to the eBird account creation page
   2. Enter team name as first name (e.g., Birdlife), and last name as “Team" (full name being Birdlife Team in this case)
   3. Enter full name without spaces for your username (e.g., BirdlifeTeam)
   4. NOTE: If you already have another account for your email address, after confirming username/password be sure to choose “I want to create another account”, and “YES” for “are you sure?"
   5. On Preferences, choose the "Data privacy” user preference to "Hide my data from the Top 100”
   6. We recommend using one internet browser to log into your Team Account, and one to log into your personal eBird account
2. Share participation instructions with team members
   1. Team members should go out on the Big Day, tally birds they find, and report a list of sightings from each specific location that they went birding at. Learn how to report sightings.
   2. Team members should report sightings on their individual accounts, and share their eBird checklist with the Team Account. To share, each team member should go to their list of checklists, tap ‘Share’, and enter the Team Account username (e.g., BirdlifeTeam) to send Shared Checklists to the group bird list.
3. As Team Captain, accept Shared Checklists to increase your bird list
   1. As Team Captain, go into the Team Account and ‘Accept’ the checklists that are visible on My eBird.
      1. PRO TIP: you can also go to “Contacts” in eBird (available by tapping your username in the upper right of any page on eBird), and set your Team Members as Friends, using their usernames. This will make them automatically copy the shared checklists into your account, without you having to manually tick ‘Accept’ for each one.
4. Share your team page for friends to follow your progress
   1. When logged in on your Team Account, go to ebird.org/profile (also available by tapping your username in the upper right of any page on eBird). 
   2. Click the button to “Set up your profile”, making it public. The link at the top of the page can now be shared, and anyone logged into eBird can see your species tallies as a team, and where in the world your team has birded.

Our contact details

Name: Global Birding.org 

Address: Fishponds Cottage, Old Stamford Road,  LE15 8AB UK

Phone Number: 01572724575

email: info@globalbirding.org

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information: 

This is collected for people who choose to register with or contact Global Birding.org

Individuals names or choice of a name they wish to be known by for the purpose of communication with Globalbirding.org

Usual country of residence

email address

Type of optical equipment used by that individual for birdwatching

Whether users who register on Globalbirding.org travel for birdwatching.

Whether any person registering is part of a team which has also registered to take part in the same event as that person, therefore linking them to that team or other persons so named or claiming to be part of the specific team registered.  The names of individuals being connected to specific named teams is the sole responsibility of the person registering as an individual or team and not the responsibility of Globalbirding.org.

We do not request nor hold information about age, gender, ethnicity, home or business addresses or telephone numbers of any sort nor any financial information whatsoever.  There is no charge for people to visit the website Globalbirding.org nor is there any form of financial transaction available direct to Globalbirding.org.  Any transactions of a chosen donation which can be accessed via Globalbirding.org are to Birdlife International and are either redirected to BirdLife International's own Donorbox  or JustGiving pages whereupon the individual choosing to make such. a donation is then compliant with the Birdlife International Privacy Policy as published on their website.   Globalbirding.org does not receive any payment or commission from BirdLife International for such transactions.

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons: 

You have contacted us to subscribe to globalbirding.org or you have made an enquiry or you have registered for an event organised by global birding.org

We use the information that you have given us in order to respond to your enquires, keep you up to date with any events you nave registered to take part in and to send out updates .You can unsubscribe at any time.  

We may share this information with our associate companies - Swarovski Optik and eBird and with our partner organisations as listed on our website.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is 

Your consent.  You are able to remove your consent at any time.  You can do this by contacting info@globalbirding.org at any time.

How we store you personal information 

Your information is securely stored by us on equipment which is not available on any public device.

We keep your personal information for a a minimum of one year so that we can contact you if you are interested in any globalbirding.org events.

We will dispose of your information by deleting all your details from our data information files at any time when you request us to do this.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - you have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - you have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances

Your right to restoration of processing - you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - you have the right to as that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights.  If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at info@globalbirding.org or write to Fishponds Cottage, Old Stamford Road, LE15 8AB UK if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at Fishponds Cottage, Old Stamford Road LE15 8AB UK

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO's address is Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Helpline number 0303123111 

ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk