The following table explains the types of data we collect and the legal basis, under current data protection legislation, on which this data is processed.
We Are Stronger Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity number: 1181286) (“We Are Stronger”, “we” or “us”).
We are committed to protecting your personal data and making every effort to ensure that your personal data is processed in a fair, open and transparent manner.
We are a [“data controller”] for the purposes of the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“Data Protection Legislation”). This means that we are responsible for the processing of your personal information. 1
For further information about our privacy practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer2 by:
Emailing to [info@wearestrongercharity.org]
The following table explains the types of data that we currently collect and the legal basis, under the Data Protection Legislation, on which this data is processed.
| How we get your Personal Data | The type of Personal Data we collect (key elements) | Legal Basis for processing your Personal Data |
|---|---|---|
| Enquiring about our organisation and its work | Name, email, message | We have a legitimate interest. It is necessary for us to read and store your message so that we can respond in the way that you would expect. |
| Subscribing to email updates about our work | Name, email | Your Consent - you have given your active consent. |
| Making a donation | Name, email, address, payment information | We have a Legitimate interest. This information is necessary for us to fulfill your intention of donating money and your expectation of receiving a confirmation message. |
| Signing up as a member | Name, email | You have a contractual obligation. By paying membership fees, you have entered into a contractual relationship with us as set out in our terms and conditions. |
| Enquiring for advice and support | Our service is available by telephone, email, text message, letter, and face to face. | We have a Legitimate Interest. Once you enquire for our services and if you want us to reach you again, you will share your personal information which may include your name, number and email address. We look after your information to keep it safe and secure. We only store essential information and contact you to provide ongoing support. If you no longer wish to be contacted by the charity, you can let us know and we will remove your details. |
| Website functionality | Website activity collected through cookies | We have a Legitimate interest. It is necessary for us to store a small amount of information, usually through cookies, to deliver functionality that you would expect, such as remembering the contents of your order before you have fully completed the process. |
We will only use your data in a manner that is appropriate considering the basis on which that data was collected, as set out in the table under section 2 of this policy.
For example, we may use your personal information to (without limitation):
We will only pass your data to third parties in the following circumstances:
In addition, we will only pass data to third parties outside of the European Union where appropriate safeguards are in place as set out under Article 46 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
Confidentiality means not sharing the information that you have disclosed to us with anyone outside We Are Stronger Charity or our internal persons who do not need to know for legitimate purposes. It means you can trust that we will keep it private and confidential. Only in certain circumstances when we are concerned for you or someone else’s safety, will we need to share this outside of We Are Stronger Charity. We take this very seriously and think hard about why we may need to share your information. The following are examples of scenarios when we might need to share your information.
When we might need to share information, you have disclosed to us:
Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have rights over your data including (without limitation):
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.
A full summary of your legal rights over your data can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website here: https://ico.org.uk/.
If you would like to access the rights listed above, or any other legal rights you have over your data under current legislation, please get in touch with us at [info@wearestrongercharity.org].
Please note that relying on some of these rights, such as the right to erasure, will make it impossible for us to continue to deliver some services to you. However, where possible we will always try to allow maximum access to your rights while continuing to deliver as many services to you as possible.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded onto your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.
Where cookies are used to collect personal data, we list these purposes in section 2 above, along with other personal data that we collect. However, we also use some cookies that do not collect personal information but that do help us collect anonymous information about how people use our website. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website usage by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information collected by Google Analytics about usage of our website is not personally identifiable. The data is collected anonymously, stored by Google and used by us to create reports about website usage. Google’s privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and will publish the most current version on our website. If a modification meaningfully reduces your rights, we’ll notify people whose personal data we hold and is affected.
