Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 12, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Sankara Eye Foundation Euriope. We are a registered charity in the United Kingdom (Charity No. 1109767 ).

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and share your personal information when you:

  • Visit our website at www.giftofvision.co.uk
  • Use our services
  • Make donations
  • Sign up for newsletters
  • Register for events
  • Contact us

We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we use your data. This policy is compliant with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

2. Who We Are

Sankara Eye Foundation is the data controller of your personal information. This means we determine how and why your data is processed.

Our contact details:

  • Address: 123, Roehampton Vale, Roehampton, London SW15 3PG
  • Email: info@giftofvision.org.uk
  • Phone: +44 208 780 2570
  • Charity Registration Number: 1109767

3. Personal Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal information about you:

Identity Data includes first name, last name, title.

Contact Data includes email address, telephone numbers, postal address.

Financial Data includes bank account details (for direct debits), payment card details (processed securely through our payment processor).

Transaction Data includes details about donations you have made.

Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.

Profile Data includes your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.

Usage Data includes information about how you use our website.

Marketing Data includes your preferences in receiving communications from us.

Special Category Data: In some circumstances, we may collect information that the UK GDPR defines as "special category data" such as health information (for event participation) or information about your beliefs (where relevant to our charitable activities). We only collect this with your explicit consent.

4. How We Collect Your Personal Information

We collect data from and about you through:

Direct interactions: You may provide us with your personal data when you:

  • Make a donation
  • Sign up for our newsletter
  • Register for an event
  • Complete a survey
  • Contact us
  • Apply for a job or volunteer position

Automated technologies: When you use our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your browsing actions and patterns. We collect this data by using cookies and other similar technologies.

Third parties: We may receive personal data about you from:

  • Payment processors (e.g., donation platforms)
  • Analytics providers
  • Social media platforms (if you interact with us through them)

5. How We Use Your Personal Information

We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
  • Where you have given us consent to use it in a certain way.

Specifically, we use your data to:

  • Process your donations and claim Gift Aid
  • Send you information about our work and how you can support us
  • Administer events you have registered for
  • Respond to your enquiries
  • Improve our website and services
  • Comply with our legal obligations

6. Marketing Communications

We would like to send you information about our projects, fundraising activities and appeals that may be of interest to you.

If you have consented to receive marketing communications, you may opt out at any time by:

  • Clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any marketing email
  • Contacting us at info@giftofvision.org.uk
  • Updating your preferences in your account settings

We will never sell your data or share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

Types of cookies we use:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the operation of our website
  • Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors
  • Functionality cookies: Recognise you when you return to our website
  • Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our website, pages visited and links followed

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

8. Data Sharing

We may share your personal information with the following parties:

  • Service providers acting as processors based in the UK and EEA who provide IT, system administration, payment processing, and other services.
  • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
  • Third-party analytics providers to help us understand how our website is used.
  • Third-party event platforms when you register for our events.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes.

9. International Transfers

Some of our external third-party service providers may be based outside the UK, which means processing of your personal data may involve a transfer outside the UK.

Whenever we transfer your personal data outside the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • We only transfer your data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
  • Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved for use in the UK which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK.

10. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. We also limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a legitimate need to know.

We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

11. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider:

  • The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data
  • The potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure
  • The purposes for which we process your personal data
  • Whether we can achieve those purposes through other means
  • The applicable legal requirements

In some circumstances, we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

12. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal information, including:

  • Right to access: You can ask for copies of your personal information.
  • Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate personal information.
  • Right to erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to limit the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
  • Right to object: You can object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to data portability: You can ask that we transfer information you have provided to another organisation or to you in certain circumstances.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data or to exercise any of the other rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

13. How to Exercise Your Rights

If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:

Email: info@giftofvision.org.uk Post: Data Protection Officer,Sankara Eye Foundation123, Roehampton Vale, Roehampton, London SW15 3PG Phone: +44 208 780 2570

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on April 12, 2025.

Historic versions of our privacy policy are available on request.

15. How to Complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at info@giftofvision.org.uk .

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data:

Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 Website: https://www.ico.org.uk

Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how [Your Charity Name] ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website at www.giftofvision.co.uk

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several reasons:

  • To make our website work properly
  • To improve your experience on our website
  • To understand how visitors use our site
  • To remember your preferences
  • To help us with our fundraising efforts

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and use its features. They cannot be turned off.

Performance/Analytics Cookies These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages they

Last updated: 4/12/2025