We recognise that your personal privacy is a serious issue. This policy explains how we treat your personal information. We encourage you to read the entire policy as it sets forth our understanding with you when you visit our website.
At Handicap International UK we are committed to protecting your privacy. This statement is made in the light of the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 in order to alert valued contacts to Handicap International UK’s data processing practices which will govern the processing of your data.
How do we collect information?
We will obtain personal information from you when you enquire about our activities, register with us, sign our petitions, make a donation to us or otherwise provide us with personal information. We may also receive information about you from third parties, from example from a friend who wants to tell you about the website.
What information do we collect?
The types of information collected might include names, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, fax number and credit/debit card details.Anonymous information is collected, such as the number of visitors to the website in a given period. It is purely statistical and cannot be used to identify an individual user.
How do we use the information?
We will use you personal information to provide you with the services, products or information you have requested, for administration purposes and to further our charitable aims, including fundraising activities. We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organisations and agents for these purposes.
We may share your information with other organisations which are supportive of our aims and objectives. We only use your personal information for direct marketing purposes if we are allowed to do this by law or if we have your consent. You can change your mind at any time by contacting Beatrice Cami at Handicap International UK, Waterman House, 101-107 Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5BW or contact.
How do we protect personal information?
We use a secure server when you make a donation via our website.
We also take appropriate measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.
Will we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?
We do not sell or rent your information to anyone.
As indicated above, we may pass your information to our service providers, agents and associated organisations, and, if you have consented, to other organisations who may share our objectives.
We may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
Your consent
By providing us with your personal data, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the above purposes and this privacy statement.
You also consent to our transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary for the above purposes. If we do make such a transfer, we will, if appropriate, put a contract in place to ensure your information is protected.
Right of access
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.
Changes
If your personal details change, please help us to keep your information up to date by notifying us to the above address.We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement. If we do so, we will post notice of the change on our website and you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.<//span>