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Data Protection and Privacy Statement
The Chedgrave Oxygen Centre respects your privacy and realises how important it is that your personal information remains secure. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (This encompassed much of the Data Protection Act 1998) and any other relevant statutory and self-regulation such as the Charities (Protection and Social Investment Act) 2006. We are a member of the Fundraising Regulator.
This document explains how we collect, manage and protect your details, but if you would like more information, please contact us. A copy of our Data Protection Policy can be provided on request.
What information does the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre collect about me and how is it used?
This depends on your relationship with the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre, but as a minimum it will include your name, postal address, e-mail (if you have one), and telephone number.
We collect your information to process your requests and to keep you informed about the work of the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre. Developing a fuller understanding of our supporters and service users, allows us to make better decisions, fundraise more efficiently and to ensure we provide support to more people who could benefit from our services.
If you support the charity, we may also hold a Gift Aid declaration form and your bank details. We use the information to process donations or other payments; to verify financial transactions and to claim Gift Aid on your donation.
If you are a registered client, to ensure we provide the right support, therapy and information, we may collect sensitive and personal information about your health condition including any drugs or treatments you are currently undertaking, your next of kin, emergency contact and details of other health professionals involved in your care. We use your information to gain a full understanding of your situation, so we can provide you with the best possible support.
If you are a member of staff or volunteer, we hold additional information such as next of kin, emergency contact and information relevant to your employment or volunteering. This information may be needed if you are ill or have an accident at work and we need to contact a family member or friend to inform them.
If you are a member of an organisation, business or community group we may hold the name and title of an individual who is representing the organisation as well as the organisational address.
How is this information collected?
Direct
Personal information is collected directly from you when you interact with the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre for example by registering as a service user; signing up to participate, donating, volunteering, or as a member of staff.
Indirect
We may also obtain personal information about you if a carer, family member or friend contacts us on your behalf
Third Party
Your information may be shared with us by individual event organisers or fundraising sites, but only if you are supporting the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre and have given this organisation your permission e.g. an online payment or fundraising site like Just Giving or a Charity Challenge Company.
Information Available Publicly
This may include information found in places like Companies House or in published articles and newspapers.
What contact will you make with me and how regularly?
Again, this depends on your relationship with the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre.
If you are registered client or primary carer we will provide you with up to date information about the services, support and information you have requested and to keep you informed of service changes, new services or new research which may be of interest or benefit to you.
If you give your consent to share your experience of the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre, this may be made public by us at events, in materials promoting our charity and fundraising work; or in documents such as our annual review. This may include photographs or film, but only where you have consented for us to use images as well.
If you are a Therapist, Member of Staff, Volunteer or Registered Client/Carer we will send out information about the Charity that is relevant to your role through internal communications.
Will you ever sell or swap my information to other organisations?
We will never sell or swap your personal details with other organisations for their marketing purposes. We may be required to disclose personal information if required to do so by law, for example for fraud prevention, or to another health professional who is involved in your treatment or care. This would be with your consent and knowledge only.
If we are using an external organisation to run an event on our behalf such as an overseas charity challenge, we would only pass on your contact details with your explicit consent and for that organisation to send you information relating to that event only.
How secure is the information I give you?
The Chedgrave Oxygen Centre takes the care of your personal information seriously and undertakes to protect your information in a range of ways including secure servers and firewalls (For further information see the Chedgrave OXYGEN Centre Information Security Policies). We follow payment card industry (PCI) security guidelines when processing credit/debit card payments.
Sensitive and health-related information about our registered users is kept secure and managed separately from other data provided to the charity.
On the Chedgrave Centre’s Social Media platform, we do not display full names and addresses without your prior consent. However, please be aware that when posting information on social media sites your information is publicly accessible and therefore you should avoid sharing personal information that may be used to identify you.
How long will you keep my information and what about If I don’t want any contact from you?
We have asked those on our database to tell us which information is most relevant to them – this is segmented into six categories. Once this is received we will update our database to ensure you receive only the information that is of most interest and relevance to you.
We will retain your information while you have an active relationship with the Chedgrave Oxygen Centre. If you request no further contact, we will mark your basic contact information as “do not contact” This is to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future and to ensure that we don’t accidently duplicate information.
Legally, we may be required to hold information for a longer period e.g. health records, but this will be kept securely in an archived file and we will not send you information unless you request us to do so.
Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information
If you wish to access the information we hold about you, please contact us at the address above. If your personal circumstances change, please advise us so we can update your details.
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