Privacy Policy

HUDDERSFIELD COMMON GOOD TRUST

PRIVACY POLICY

The Huddersfield Common Good Trust (registered charity number 231096) (we/us) are committed to protecting your privacy, including your personal data.  We will be the data controller of any personal data which we collect from or about you. This Policy sets out the terms on which we will hold and process your personal data.   If you have any queries about this Policy or how we use your data, you can contact us using the contact details below.

Please read this Policy carefully.  By providing us with your personal data, you acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with this Policy.

When Do We Collect Information?

We will collect information from you when you complete our standard form of application for financial support.

Information may also be collected about you when you visit our website (for example via cookies), such as your IP address and other browser-generated information. 

What Information Will We Collect?

We may collect the following information:-

• Your contact details such as name, address, telephone number and email address

• Details of your participation in the activities of the organisation on whose behalf you have requested our financial support

How We Will Use Your Information

We use information held about you in the following ways:-

• to process your application for financial support;

• to help protect your information and prevent unauthorised access to it;

• to deal with any queries you may have;

• to enable you to participate in the interactive features of our website and to ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer/device;

• to generate statistics relating to use of our website.

   

  Our use of your personal data will be for one or more of the legitimate interests described above.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your information:-

• to our trustees and to the trustees of other charities that are associated with us;

• to our IT providers and others who provide us with support services so that we can process your application for financial support;

• to our appointed accountants, lawyers and other professional advisers (including our bankers), to the extent that they require access to the information in order to advise us;

• if required to do so by any legal requirement to HMRC if obliged to do so by law.

We will not disclose your information to third parties other than as outlined above.

Storage of Your Personal Data

We will keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected, as set out above in this Policy, and for as long as we are required to keep it by law.

We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorised access and disclosure. 

You can update your personal data by contacting us.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users to enable us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and to allow us to improve our site.

Your Rights

You have the following rights which can be exercised by contacting us using the details provided below:-

The right:

to access personal information held about you and to obtain a copy of it

to prevent any processing of personal data that is causing or is likely to cause unwarranted and substantial damage or distress to you or another individual;

to obtain the rectification or completion of personal data which are inaccurate or incomplete;

to restrict or object to the processing of your personal data and to request its erasure under certain circumstances;

in certain circumstances, to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly-used and machine readable format and the right to require us to transmit that data to another data controller where technically feasible;

to be informed about any use of your personal data to make automated decisions about you, and to obtain meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of this processing;

to lodge a complaint about the way in which your personal data is being used; and

to withdraw your consent to any use by us of your personal data otherwise than for one of the legitimate purposes set out above.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Policy at any time.  We advise you to check our website regularly to ensure that you are familiar with the most up-to-date version.

Contacting Us

If you have any queries, comments or requests regarding this Policy or would like to exercise any of your rights set out above, you can contact us at:-

Email:             scstott@btinternet.com

Post:                3-13 Lord Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1QA

If we cannot resolve your concerns, you may report a concern to the Information Commissioner at ico.org.uk/concerns or telephone (0303) 123 1113 for further information about your rights.