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PRIVACY POLICY

How and when we collect information about you
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When you directly give us information
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We may collect and store information about you when you interact with us. For example, this could be when you:

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  • support our work through a donation

  • submit an enquiry

  • register for or use our services

  • give us feedback

  • make a complaint

  • use one of our apps

  • register as a volunteer

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When you indirectly give us information
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When you interact with us on social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn we may also obtain some personal information about you. The information we receive will depend on the privacy preferences you have set on each platform and the privacy policies of each platform. To change your settings on these platforms, please refer to their privacy notices.

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We may obtain information about your visit to our site, for example the pages you visit and how you navigate the site, by using cookies.

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What information we might collect
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When you engage with us by phone, email, or online, we may collect information about you (referred to in this Privacy Notice as ('Personal information'). This may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, job title and details of your career, why you are interested in DGN and other information relating to you personally which you may choose to provide to us.

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Data protection law recognises that certain types of personal information are more sensitive. This is known as 'sensitive' or 'special category' personal information and covers information revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs and political opinions, trade union membership, genetic or biometric data, information concerning health or data concerning a person's sex life or sexual orientation.

Sensitive information will only be collected where necessary.

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With your explicit consent, we may also collect sensitive personal information if you choose to tell us about your experiences relating to our services.

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Why do you collect such personal information?
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We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

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  1. To provide and operate the Services;

  2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  4. To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;

  5. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

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Who do we share your information with?
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We will only use your information for the purposes for which it was obtained. We will not, under any circumstances, sell or share your personal information with any third party for their own purposes, and you will not receive marketing from any other companies, charities or other organisations as a result of giving your details to us.

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We will only share your data for the following purposes:

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  1. Third party suppliers: We may need to share your information with data hosting providers or service providers who help us to deliver our services, projects, or fundraising activities. These providers will only act under our instruction and are subject to pre-contract scrutiny and contractual obligations containing strict data protection clauses.

  2. Where legally required: We will comply with requests where disclosure is required by law, for example, we may disclose your personal information to the government for tax investigation purposes, or to law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime. We may also share your information with the emergency services if we reasonably think there is a risk of serious harm or abuse to you or someone else.

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We always aim to ensure that personal information is only used by those third parties for lawful purposes in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

 
How and why we use your information
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We will use your personal information for the following purposes:

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  • Donation processing: We will process personal information you provide in order to administer any one-off or on-going donations you make and claim Gift Aid.

  • Responding to a request: If you contact us with a query, we may use your personal information to provide you with a response.

  • Fundraising or direct marketing: We will only send you marketing information by email, SMS, or phone if you have given us specific consent. If you withdraw your consent and then subsequently opt in to receive marketing information again, then your most recent preference may supersede.

  • Processing an application to become a member of DGN: If you apply to become a member with us, we will need to process your personal data, including, for example, identification data (e.g. name, date of birth and bank details) and contact details.

  • Administration: We may use your personal information to record and deal with a complaint, record a request not to receive further marketing information.

  • Protecting your vital interests: We may process your personal information where we reasonably think that there is a risk of serious harm or abuse to you or someone else.

  • Market research and surveys: We may invite you to participate in surveys or market research to help us improve our website, fundraising, membership services and strategic development. Participation is always voluntary and no individuals will be identified as a result of this research, unless you consent to us publishing your feedback.

  • Legal, regulatory and tax compliance: Where required we are subject to a legal obligation, we may process your personal information to fulfil that obligation.

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How we protect your information
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We use technical and corporate organisational safeguards to ensure that your personal information is secure. We limit access to information on a need-to-know basis and take appropriate measures to ensure that our people are aware that such information is only used in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

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We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff, volunteers and contractors.

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Our online forms are always encrypted and our network is protected and routinely monitored.

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If you use your credit or debit card to donate or register a membership with us, buy something or make a booking online, we pass your card details securely to our payment processing partners. We do this in accordance with industry standards and do not store the details on our website.

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However, please be aware that there are always inherent risks in sending information by public networks or using public computers and we cannot 100% guarantee the security of data (including personal information) disclosed or transmitted over public network

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How long will we keep your information?
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We will keep your personal information in respect of financial transactions for as long as the law requires us to for tax or accounting purposes (which may be up to six years after a particular transaction).

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If you request that we stop processing your personal information for the purpose of marketing we may in some instances need to add your details to a suppression file to enable us to comply with your request not to be contacted.

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In respect of other personal information, we will retain it for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking into account guidance issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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Your rights to your personal information
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Data protection legislation gives you the right to request access to personal information about you which is processed by DGN and to have any inaccuracies corrected.

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You also have the right to ask us to erase your personal information, ask us to restrict our processing of your personal information or to object to our processing of your personal information.

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How can you withdraw your consent?
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If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at info@dgn.org or write to us at: 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London W1W 7LT

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How to make a complaint or raise a concern
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If you would like more information, or have any questions about this policy, to make a formal complaint about our approach to data protection or raise privacy concerns please contact us at info@joindgn.org.

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Changes to our Privacy Notice
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Our Privacy Notice may change from time to time, so please check this page occasionally to see if we have included any updates or changes.

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(Last updated: 04 Mar 2022)

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