Privacy Policy
East Cheshire Eye Society is committed to respecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe.
We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and subsequent amendments).
We will not give your information out to any third party, other than those who are engaged in providing a service agreed with you or where there is a legal/safeguarding need.
Who we are
This privacy notice covers all personal data that is gathered by East Cheshire Eye Society, a registered charity in England (Number 1174656).
Information collected
We may collect personal information about you. We do not usually collect sensitive personal information about our service users or supporters unless there is a clear charitable reason for doing so.
For website users, the personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when. If you make a donation online your card information is not held by us, it is collected by our third party payment processors, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions.
Use of cookies
Like most websites, our site uses small data files stored on your computer called cookies. The East Cheshire Eye Society site sets and reads cookies for anonymous session data only, to record things like pages visited. We don’t make use of third-party cookies, and refusing to accept cookies from this site will not adversely affect its behaviour in your browser. We recommend that you check your browser settings to determine which cookies you accept or decline.
How we use your information
We may use your information in a number of ways and for a number of purposes including:
- To provide you with information on products or services that you have requested from us or that we feel may be of interest to you where you have consented to being contacted;
- To provide you with information about our work or our activities where you have agreed to receive communications from us;
- To process donations we may receive from you;
- To fundraise in accordance with our internal policies and procedures and to tell you about how your support and donations help us;
- For administrative purposes (for example, we may contact you regarding an event for which you have registered or may be interested in, or with a query regarding a donation you may have made to us);
- For internal record keeping relating to any donations, feedback or complaints;
- To analyse and improve the operation of our website;
- When it is required or authorised by law.
How we contact you
Depending on the type of information you have provided (i.e. postal address, telephone number or email, and if you have agreed), then we may contact you for marketing and fundraising purposes by direct mail, telephone, email or text message. Please note that by consenting to communication from East Cheshire Eye Society, you grant us permission to use your details for marketing and fundraising purposes.
Our pledge
We pledge to make it clear and easy for you to choose how you hear from us. We will only use your personal data for marketing or fundraising purposes as outlined above if you have given us your details for us to do so.
We will never sell your data to third parties
Changing preferences
You can also update or change any of your marketing and fundraising preferences at any time (including telling us that you don’t want us to contact you for marketing or fundraising purposes) by contacting us: by email info@eastcheshireeyesociety.org.uk; by telephone on 01625 422602; or by writing to us at East Cheshire Eye Society, 11 Market Place, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 1EB.
Other information
We’re committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children and vulnerable people.
You can change your mind at any time about how we contact you or ask us to stop contacting you.
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date.
You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us at info@eastcheshireeyesociety.org.uk If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly.
How to make a complaint
To tell us if you’re not happy with how we’ve handled your personal information please contact us via email info@eastcheshireeyesociety.org.uk or by telephone 01625 422602