We are GoFundMe.org.uk, a charitable incorporated organization registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales with registered Charity No. 1192829. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”)describes and governs how we collect, use, share and protect information collected in the context of our Services. Before you use or submit any information through or in connection with the Services, please carefully review this Notice. By using any part of the Services, you acknowledge the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as outlined in this Policy. To the extent allowed by law, the English version of this Notice is binding and other translations are for convenience only.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland (collectively "Europe"):
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
GoFundMe.org.uk does not collect information from you unless you send it to us directly or donate to us through our use of online donation platforms.
Information You Send. You may send us your information in connection with a donation or grant, or as an inquiry. This may include your full name, email address, home or work address, phone number, bank records, or any other information you choose to provide us, especially as it relates to Gift Aid.
Information from Other Services. GoFundMe.org.uk may use third party services so that we can raise money for a charity. For example, it may use a crowdfunding platform such as GoFundMe or PayPal Giving Fund. In those cases, if you permit it, your information as a donor on such platforms may be sent to GoFundMe.org.uk.
Information That is Passively or Automatically Collected. When you interact with GoFundMe.org.uk, we may receive information from the devices you use to learn about us or donate to us. This includes browser information or ip addresses which may identify the city or country from where you logged into view our site.
OUR USE OF INFORMATIONCOLLECTED
GoFundMe.org.uk uses the information collected in a manner that is consistent with this Notice. We use the information that you provide for the following purposes:
Communicating With You. We process this information as necessary (i) to fulfill our obligations under our contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or (ii) for our legitimate interest, such as, to maintain our relationship with you or to protect you and us against fraud.
Legal. We process information to comply with legal obligations.
OUR DISCLOSURE OFINFORMATION COLLECTED
There are certain circumstances in which we share information collected with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below.
Claiming Gift Aid. If you choose to claim Gift Aid on a donation made toGoFundMe.org.uk, we will share your taxpayer information and details about your donation with our processor therefore. If you do not wish for us to share your data with our processor, do not elect to claim Gift Aid on your donation. It is necessary for us to share your data with our processor so that we can claim Gift Aid on your behalf.
Business Transfers. As we develop our organization, we might sell or buy business or assets. In the event of a sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, similar event or steps taken in anticipation of such events, user information may be part of the transferred assets.
Agents, Consultants, Vendors and Related Third Parties. GoFundMe.org.uk contracts with other companies to perform certain organizational functions on GoFundMe.org.uk’s behalf, and we provide access to or share your information with these companies. Examples of such functions include issuing grants or processing donations. We limit the personal information provided to these service providers and entities to that which is reasonably necessary for them to perform their functions, and we require them to agree to maintain the confidentiality of such information
Legal Requirements. GoFundMe.org.uk can access, disclose, transfer and preserve your information when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to: (i)comply with the law including with subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, and other legal process; and respond to inquiries or requests from government, regulatory, law enforcement, public authorities, or content protection organizations; (ii) protect and defend the legal rights, privacy, safety or property of GoFundMe.org.uk, its employees, agents, contractors, or its users;(iii) permit us to pursue available remedies, commence, participate in, or defend litigation, or limit the damages we may sustain; or (iv) enforce this Notice.
Your Consent. In certain situations, we may share your information in the event that you consent to the sharing of your information. For example, we may partner with third party organizations to arrange for specific fundraisers. If you consent to our providing your contact information to a specific partner, we share, with the partner organization, your name, email address and other information you’ve provided in connection with your donation to the specific fundraiser.
LINKS TO OTHERWEBSITES
This Notice applies only to the activities ofGoFundMe.org.uk. Our site may link to other web sites not operated or controlled by GoFundMe.org.uk, which is operated by a different entity (the "Third-Party Sites"). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third-Party Sites. The links from our site do not imply that GoFundMe.org.uk endorses or has reviewed the Third-Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their respective privacy policies. That said, we use the GoFundMe Platform often, and thus provide the link to the privacy policy for that Third-Party Site here.
RETENTION OF YOURINFORMATION
We retain your information for as long as we deem necessary for the purpose for which that information was collected and for our legitimate business operations; provided, however, that your information is only retained to the extent permitted or required by applicable laws. When we no longer need to retain your information, we will take reasonable steps to remove it from our systems and records and/or take steps to anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it in accordance with our internal document retention policies.
CROSS BORDER DATATRANSFERS
GoFundMe.org.uk has staff that sit in a number of countries outside of the United Kingdom, including the United States.GoFundMe.org.uk has implemented appropriate cross-border transfer solutions, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by appropriate regulatory authorities, to provide adequate protection for transfers of certain personal data from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland to the United States.
USERS IN EUROPE
If you are located in Europe, you have the right to ask for an overview of the information we process about you, and for a copy of your information. In addition, you may request us to update and correct inaccuracies, delete your information, restrict processing of your information, or exercise your right to data portability to easily transfer your information to another company. In some cases, you may object to the processing of your information and where we have asked you for your consent to process your information, you can withdraw it at any time. You may also withdraw a previously given consent for processing your personal information; the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal. The above rights may be limited under applicable law.
You can make a request to exercise any of these rights in relation to your information by sending the request to us at info@gofundme.org.uk For your own privacy and security, at our discretion, we may require you to provide your identity before providing the requested information. Please note that GoFundMe.org.uk may take up to 30 days to fulfill such requests.
The above rights can be limited under applicable law. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the local data protection authority if you believe that we have not complied with applicable data protection laws. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority of your residence, place of work or where the incident took place.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACYNOTICE
GoFundMe.org.uk reserves the right to update or modify this Notice at any time and from time to time. We will notify you of any material updates or changes we make to this Notice. If you disagree with our revisions to the Notice, please stop visiting the site. Please review this Notice periodically for any updates or changes.
By visiting our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms of the Notice as updated or modified.
CONTACTINGGOFUNDME.ORG.UK
Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this Notice at info@gofundme.org.uk.