How do we protect your privacy

NBCS Foundation CIO ("we" or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (www.nbcsfoundation.org) (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Important Information

Purpose of this Privacy Notice: This Privacy Notice aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for our newsletter, make a donation, or engage with our content.

Controller: NBCS Foundation CIO is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "NBCS Foundation", "we", "us" or "our" in this Privacy Notice).

Contact Details: If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, please contact us using the details set out below:

• NBCS Foundation CIO
• Email address: enquiries@nbcsfoundation.org

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to the Privacy Notice and Your Duty to Inform Us of Changes

We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review. This version was last updated on 22/03/2024.

Third-Party Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

The Data We Collect About You

Personal Data: Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title.
• Contact Data includes email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Transaction Data includes details about donations, purchases, or subscriptions you      have made from us.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser      type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types      and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the      devices you use to access this website.
• Profile Data includes your username and password, donations made by you, your      interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing      from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use, and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

How is Your Personal Data Collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact, Financial, and      Profile Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post,      phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • Apply for a donation;
  • Subscribe to our service or publications;
  • Request marketing to be sent to you;
  • Enter a competition, promotion, or survey; or
  • Give us some feedback.
• Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we may      automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing      actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.
• Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
  • Technical Data from analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
  • Contact, Financial, and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment, and       delivery services;
  • Identity and Contact Data from publicly available sources.

How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered      into with you.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party)      and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third-party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

Purposes for Which We Will Use Your Personal Data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Purpose/Activity

Type of Data

Lawful basis for processing including basis of    legitimate interest

To register you as a new donor - (a) Identity (b) Contact - Performance of a contract with you

To process and deliver your donation including: (a) Manage payments, fees, and charges (b) Collect and recover money owed to us - (a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e)   Marketing and Communications - Performance of a contract with you - Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts   due to us)

To manage our relationship with you which will include:   (a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or Privacy Notice (b) Asking you   to leave a review or take a survey - (a) Identity  - Legitimate Interests