PRIVACY

At Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) we are committed to keeping your personal data secure and confidential.

We do not share personal data with another organisation for their own marketing purposes and we do not sell personal data.

We have written this privacy statement to inform you about why we collect and use your personal data, in what circumstances we may share your personal data with another organisation, and your individual rights with regard your personal data.

We are committed to being fully open and honest to you about why we collect and use your personal data. This is the right thing to do and it will also help you understand and exercise your rights over your personal data.

This privacy notice is categorised into the following sections for ease of reference.

At Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD) we are committed to keeping your personal data secure and confidential.

We do not share personal data with another organisation for their own marketing purposes and we do not sell personal data.

We have written this privacy statement to inform you about why we collect and use your personal data, in what circumstances we may share your personal data with another organisation, and your individual rights with regard your personal data.

We are committed to being fully open and honest to you about why we collect and use your personal data. This is the right thing to do and it will also help you understand and exercise your rights over your personal data.

This privacy notice is categorised into the following sections for ease of reference.

  • Who we are

  • Your rights over your personal data

  • Privacy statement for our supporters

  • Privacy statement for our employees

  •  Use of cookies

  • How long we keep personal data

  • Changes to the privacy statement

  • How to make a complaint

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or information we hold about you, please contact our Data Protection Lead

  • 0800 520 0000

  • 22-24 Sampson Road North, Birmingham, B11 1BL, United Kingdom

Right to withdraw consent: If we ask for your consent to use your personal data, you always have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

You can expect that any direct marketing that you receive from us will include clear and easy instructions on how to withdraw your consent. Please note that if you withdraw your consent for receiving email or SMS text from us, this will not prevent advertisements being shown to you on websites and social media based on cookie data (See ‘Use of cookies’ section).

If you want to stop the processing of your personal data for any marketing purpose (including post), please contact our supporter relations team:

Telephone: 0121 309 0290

Email: [email protected]

Post: 22-24 Sampson Road North, Birmingham, B11 1BL, United Kingdom

Right of access (also known as subject access): You have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you and to request a copy of that information.

Right to object and / or restrict processing: You have the right to know why your personal data is being collected and used and to request that this is restricted or stopped.

Right of data portability: You have the right to request that a copy of your personal data that we hold is transferred directly to another organisation.

Right of erasure: (also known as right to be forgotten): You have the right to request that your personal data that we hold is erased.

Right of rectification: If you believe your personal data that we hold is inaccurate, you have the right to request that it is corrected or updated.

If you want to exercise any of these rights or want to find out more information please contact our Data Protection Lead. You have the right to expect a confidential and professional service and to receive a full response.

Telephone: 0800 520 0000

Email: [email protected]

Post: Data Protection Lead, Islamic Relief, 19 Rea Street South, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6LB

Post: Data Protection Lead, Islamic Relief, 19 Rea Street South, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6LB

Like most websites, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit certain websites.

We use cookies to provide you with a smooth and efficient experience while using our online services. For example, we use cookies to enable the donation process, to statistically analyse site usage, and to customise our site’s content, layout, and services.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies, for example, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, this may impair your ability to use some of the features on our websites and subdomains such as fundraise.islamic-relief.org.uk.

There are several types of cookie that me may use on our websites and subdomains:

Session Cookies. We use these cookies to keep track of your online donations in the shopping cart. We do not store credit card details in the cookies we create. You need to have cookies enabled to make donations to us using our website.

Google Analytics. We may use this common cookie to collect anonymous information about how you use our website. This helps us improve your experience, for example, by helping us identify and resolve errors, and to determine relevant information to show you when you’re browsing.

YouTube. We may use this common cookie to collect anonymous information about how you use our website. This helps us improve your experience, for example, by helping us identify and resolve errors, and to determine relevant information to show you when you’re browsing.

Advertising or Targeting. We may collect cookies about how you use our website and social media sites to show you relevant advertisements and targeted content elsewhere on the internet such as on Facebook. Each third-party website may use their own cookies.

addthis.com. This is a common social sharing tool that is owned and operated by Clear spring Technologies.

Our websites and subdomains may contain embedded content from third-party websites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Snapchat, and you may receive cookies delivered from these websites. Islamic Relief does not govern the publication of third-party cookies. To understand more about their cookies and privacy statements, please visit the relevant sites.

We keep our privacy statement under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. If material changes are made we will place a prominent notice on our website.

This privacy statement was last updated on 25 Jan 2020.

If you are a volunteer, please see our ‘Privacy statement for our employees’ section.

When do we collect your personal data

  • When you make a donation to us
  • When you sign up to a campaign with us.
  • When you register for, or attend one of our events, or enter one of our prize draws.
  • When you contact us by email, telephone, letter or through our websites and such as [email protected]
  • When you visit and use our websites and subdomains (See ‘Use of cookies’ section).
  • When you interact with us on our social media platforms.

Why do we collect and use your personal data

  • To process your donations and gift aid declarations.
  • To keep you informed about our activities and ways to support us.Please note:
  • We will only send you marketing materials by email, phone or SMT text if you have provided your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time (See ‘Your rights over your personal data’ section).
  • To deal with your queries, requests and responses to our projects and campaigns.
  • To send you a confirmation of your donation and event registration.
  • To send you a confirmation for venue booking
  • To send a reply to your query
  • To personalise our services, for example, we may use personal data you have given us and your interactions with our services to help us predict your interests and to send you marketing materials that we think might be of most interest to you.
  • To improve our services, for example, if we are allowed, we may send you a survey to seek your feedback on our services.

In what situations do we collect personal data from other sources

  • When you agree to support us through a third-party fundraising site such as Just Giving or Facebook Giving.
  • If we are allowed to send you marketing materials, we may use sources in the public domain to check that your marketing preferences and contact details are accurate and uptodate. Examples of such sources include royal mail databases and the fundraising preference system.
  • When we receive significant donations or support we may run a background check using publicly available sources and a third party screening and due diligence service provided by Thomson Reuters. We carry out background checks in accordance with our due diligence policies and procedures in order to protect our charitable interests.
  • We may undertake programmes for high value fundraising using publicly available sources such as national and local press, charities commission, companies’ house and from social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. We will only use these sources where the data has been deliberately made public.

In what situations do we share personal data with other organisations

  • If we receive gift aid from you, we may be required to share your personal data with Her Majesty’s Revenues & Customs (HMRC) to receive the tax rebate.
  • With law enforcement agencies if we receive a valid legal instruction.
  • If you register for one of our events or challenges, we may be required to share your personal data with event organisers for health and safety purposes.
  • If you use a debit or credit card to make a donation or purchase, we will share your personal data with a payment processing partner.
  • If we are allowed to send you marketing materials, we may share your personal data with a marketing company (such as a mailing house) to help us prepare and send out marketing materials on our behalf.
  • If you have agreed to receive marketing emails or SMS texts from us, we may provide your email address and/or mobile phone number in an encrypted format to social media companies, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat or YouTube, or to digital advertising companies that provide services to us by displaying our advertising to you on social media platforms and other websites, as well as identifying audiences with interests similar to yours. If you have opted out from receiving marketing emails or SMS texts from us, this will not prevent our advertisements being shown to you on a randomised basis, through the social media platforms own targeting algorithms, or based on cookie data. To completely stop seeing advertising from us on your social media platforms you will need to review the privacy settings on your social media account.
  • If we receive a significant donation or support we may run a background check using a third party screening and due diligence service provided by Thomson Reuters. We carry out background checks in accordance with our due diligence policies and procedures in order to protect our charitable interests.

We contract a limited amount of third parties to store data on our behalf. This may include your personal data. Types of third parties we use include cloud storage, website hosting and software providers.

  • If we are required by law, we may share your personal data with data cleaning companies to ensure that the data we hold about you is accurate and up to date.

We only share personal data with another organisation if we have a legal basis to do so.

In all the above situations, we will ensure that we have a written contract (or valid legal instruction) in place with the organisation that includes data protection clauses to ensure that they do not use personal data for their own marketing purposes, and have security requirements in place to protect your personal data.

What is our legal basis for collecting and using personal data

Where we have your consent. For example, we will only send you emails, make telephone calls or send you SMS text messages with your consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time (See ‘Your rights over your personal data’ section).

Where the processing is necessary to enter into or fulfil the terms and conditions of a contract. For example, processing your donation made to us.

Where the processing is required under the law. For example, disclosing your personal data to a law enforcement agency if we receive a valid legal instruction.

Where the processing is in our legitimate interests. For example, we will send you communications and marketing materials unless you tell us to stop. (See ‘Your rights over your personal data’ section). We will only rely on this legal basis if your interests and fundamental rights do not override our interest.

We keep personal data in line with our data retention policy. The length of time we keep each category of personal data will depend on the reason it was collected and our statutory and contractual requirements, for example, we are required to keep a record of donations subject to gift aid for at least seven years to comply with HMRC rules.
For more information about our data retention policy including how long we keep your personal data, please contact the Data Protection Lead.

Telephone: 0800 520 0000

Email: [email protected]

Post: Data Protection Lead, Islamic Relief, 19 Rea Street South, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6LB

If you are unhappy about how we have processed your personal data or have a privacy concern, we want to know about it. To make a complaint or raise a concern please contact our Data Protection Lead.

Telephone: 0800 520 0000

Email[email protected]

Post: Data Protection Lead, Islamic Relief, 19 Rea Street South, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6LB

If you are unhappy with how we deal with your complaint or concern you should contact the UK data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO can be contacted at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

You also have the right to make your compliant to the ICO direct. However, they may advise you to contact us to see if the matter can be resolved in the first instance.