At Go For It! (Lincolnshire) (“we,” “our,” or “us”), are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you interact with our charity, including when you visit our website, donate or subscribe to our communications.

If you are aged under 16, you must get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information to us.

Please read this policy carefully to understand how we handle your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data:

• Personal Identification Information: This may include your name, address, phone number, email address, and payment details.
• Donor Information: If you donate to us, we may collect your payment details (such as bank account or credit card details), gift aid status, and donation history.
• Website Interaction Data: This includes information about how you use our website, such as IP addresses, browsing patterns, and engagement with content (collected via cookies).

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To Provide Services: To process donations and provide you with information about our charity’s activities.
• Communication: To keep you informed about our work, fundraising campaigns, and events. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time.
• Fundraising and Donations: To process financial transactions related to donations, apply gift aid, and send donation receipts if applicable.
• To Improve Our Services: To analyse website usage and improve our online content and functionality.

3. How We Share Your Data

We will not share your personal data with third parties except in the following cases:

• With Service Providers: We may share data with trusted third-party service providers who assist in areas such as website hosting, payment processing, and email marketing. These providers are only permitted to use your data for the purposes of performing their services for us.
• Legal Compliance: We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or to comply with a legal process, such as a court order.
• Gift Aid: If you have agreed to Gift Aid, we may share your information with HMRC to reclaim the tax on your donations.

4. Security of Your Data

We take the security of your personal data seriously and use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect it from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, please note that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of information you send to us.

5. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification: You can request corrections to any inaccurate data we hold about you.
• Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Restriction: You can request that we limit the use of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Objection: You can object to processing of your personal data in some situations.
• Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at enquiries@goforitcharity.co.uk.

6. Retention of Your Data

We will keep your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. After this, we will securely delete or anonymise your data, unless we are required to retain it for legal reasons.

7. Cookies, Tracking Technologies and indirect information sharing

Our website uses cookies to improve your experience and to track the usage of our site. Cookies are small files stored on your device that allow us to collect information on how you interact with our website. You can control cookie settings in your browser, but please note that blocking some cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

When you interact with us on social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok 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.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:

Go For It! (Lincolnshire) Email Address; enquiries@goforitcharity.co.uk.