Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy for WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY

At Widows Rendezvous, accessible from http://www.widowsrendezvous.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Widows Rendezvous and how we use it.

WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY is registered in in England & Wales, Company number 07590263.

We refer to our organisation throughout this policy collectively as ‘Widows Rendezvous’ or ‘ WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY’ or ‘we’.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. 

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information:

WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

• WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY needs to perform a contract with you
• You have given WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY permission to do so
• Processing your personal information is in WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY legitimate interests
• WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY needs to comply with the law
• WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
• If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information, we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

What information do we collect?

The information we collect from you directly or from third parties with whom we work, may include:

• name
• address
• email address
• telephone number
• preferences for communication
• bank account information for the purpose of setting up a recurring direct debit
• credit card information for the purpose of processing credit card payments
• Employer information required to process a payroll gift
• status as a taxpayer for the purpose of claiming Gift Aid
• date of birth or age to verify you are over the age of 18
• Where applicable, gender (e.g., where registering for an event, such as a race). 

How do we use your information?

We may use your information for a variety of purposes, including the following:

• To send you information, products, or services that you have requested or that we believe may be of interest to you;
• To inform you about our work or activities.
• To invite you to participate in our website's interactive features.
• To process any donations, you may make.
• To raise funds in accordance with our internal fundraising policies and procedures.
• For administrative purposes (for example, we may contact you regarding a registered event, to provide information requested through Data Protection Officer or to inquire about a donation you may have made to us);
• For the purpose of maintaining internal records pertaining to any donations, feedback, or complaints.
• To invite you to participate in surveys or research on a voluntary basis.
• To contact you if you have been identified as a contact person for an organisation, such as a school (if we obtain your contact information in this manner, we will only contact you in your capacity as an organization's representative, unless you have indicated separately that you are happy to be contacted as an individual supporter).
• To conduct research and make improvements to the content and operation of our website.
• To conduct an analysis of and improvements to our internal business processes.
• To analyse the personal information, we collect about you and publicly available information in order to gain a better understanding of your interests, preferences, and potential donation level in order to contact you appropriately and avoid sending you unwanted communications.
• To personalise the advertising, you see on the Internet based on your interests, preferences, and other characteristics (as described below);
• To target advertisements and other communications to individuals who share your interests or share other characteristics (as defined below);
• To evaluate your personal information for the purpose of reducing credit risk or preventing fraud; and
• Where we are required by law to disclose or use your information in another manner.
• We may contact you for marketing purposes via email or text message if you have consented to this method of contact. We may also contact you via email or text regarding service communications, such as when you place an order for goods or services on our website or make a text donation.

How do we disclose collected information to third parties?

Your information may be shared with our service providers. You grant us permission to provide your information to third parties and other entities that help us achieve our charitable purposes.

Here, we'll give your email address and mobile phone number to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as digital advertising networks that help us by placing our ads on other websites and serving relevant audience segments. 

Contact our Data Protection Officer if you wish to opt out of your data being used to display advertising to you. Despite this, our advertisements may still appear to you at random, or because of cookie data.

When providing any of our services, we contract with these service providers, which means they must comply with data protection laws and have sufficient security safeguards in place to safeguard your information.

Your personal information will never be sold. You should be aware that we will only disclose your personal information to third parties (who are not working as our service providers) as stated in this Privacy Policy or with your consent or if we have another basis for doing so. While we are unable to purchase your data for general support, we will not make cold calls to members of the public for individual support, and therefore will not purchase your data.

If we are requested or required to do so by a regulator, law enforcement, or pursuant to our rights or to enforce or apply our terms and conditions, or to protect Widows Rendezvous, we may disclose your personal information.

How we protect your personal information?

To make sure that your personal information is kept secure, accurate, and up-to-date, we implement physical, electronic, and managerial measures.

Even after we have provided the proper safeguards, sending information across the internet is never absolutely secure. To protect your personal information, we use strong encryption whenever possible. However, as with any transmission of data over the Internet, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you send to us. Although credit or debit card data we obtain on our website is securely transferred to our payment processing company, we never directly handle payment card data ourselves.

In the event we find it necessary to use services provided by an out-of-EEA service provider, this may include a country that has no equivalent level of data protection. We can use a service provider outside the EEA only if the agreement is made with the service provider, as this is designed to protect your data. For additional information, please contact our Data Protection Officer. 

This Privacy Policy outlines how we will treat your personal data in accordance with your expectations of privacy. In order to protect Widows Rendezvous for example, in cases of suspected fraud or defamation, we may disclose your personal information if we are requested or required to do so by a regulator or law enforcement, or we must disclose your personal information to enforce or apply our rights, including our terms and conditions, such as to defend against claims of defamation.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
• The right of rectification.
• The right to object.
• The right of restriction.
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent
• Log Files
• Widows Rendezvous follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Why are we allowed to process your personal information?

Our Privacy and Cookie Policies consider several laws, including:

• the Data Protection Act 2018
• the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
• General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679
• Your personal information will be subject to these laws if the processing is done in compliance with this privacy policy based on one or more legal grounds, such as:
• The type of use of your personal information to which you have consented. We send you marketing emails and texts with your consent only. Additionally, if you choose to share highly personal information with us, we may also require your explicit consent.
• Where processing is required for your performance of a contract, or prior to entering a contract, for your specific request. Another possibility is that you apply to work for us on this particular basis.Where processing is necessary to comply with an applicable legal obligation In other words, we have to share your personal information with a regulator or HMRC since we are obligated to do so.
• Where the processing is necessary to serve a legitimate interest and your privacy rights are not being overridden.

Cookies and Web Beacons:

Like any other website, Widows Rendezvous uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies". -  Cookies and similar technologies | ICO 

Our Advertising Partners:

Some of advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

Google

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Widows Rendezvous.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Widows Rendezvous, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Widows Rendezvous has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies:

Widows Rendezvous's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Children's Information:

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Widows Rendezvous does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only:

Our Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Widows Rendezvous. 

This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent:

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or our processing of your personal information, please contact:

The Data Protection Officer:

WIDOW'S RENDEZVOUS HELPS MINISTRY 

39 Burgess Road,

Stratford, 

London,

E15 2AD 

Email: widowsrendezvous@yahoo.co.uk