Privacy notice
At the International Relief Foundation (IRF), we are committed to ensuring good governance and best practices are standard. Keeping your personal data secure and confidential is important to us.
We do not share personal data with other organisations for their own marketing purposes and we do not sell personal data.
This privacy policy is designed to help all users of our services and website to understand how we use your personal data.
Who we are
International Relief Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales with the Charity Commission (registration number 1163745) and a company limited by guarantee (07788248). Our registered office is Kingsbury House, 468 Church Lane, London NW9 8UA. We are subject to the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales and any data protection legislation that applies in that jurisdiction.
Your rights regarding your data
Under GDPR, which came into effect on the 25th of May 2018, individuals have been given specific rights regarding their data. These rights are:
The right to be informed: Individuals have the right to be informed about collecting and using their data.
The right of access: Individuals have the right to access their data.
The right to rectification: Individuals have the right to have inaccurate personal data rectified or completed if it is incomplete.
The right to erasure: Individuals have the right to have personal data erased, but this right is not absolute and only applies if it is not required for legal or similar purposes.
The right to restrict processing: Individuals have the right to request the restriction or suppression of their data. This is not an absolute right and only applies in certain circumstances. We will place your data in a suppression list when the process is restricted to ensure it is no longer used.
The right to object: Individuals have an absolute right to stop their data from processing in certain circumstances, such as direct marketing.
What personal data do we collect?
The data we collect depends on the nature of our relationship with you. At any time you can ask us to see what information we hold about you, ask us to correct or update information, or ask us to delete the information we hold.
For Donors and supporters
In order for us to keep our donors and supporters updated about our work and opportunities for them to get involved, we need to keep the following information about you:
- Your name
- Contact details including your address, telephone number(s) and email address
- Information about how you like to be contacted
- Information about your interests
- Profiling information such as your age, gender identity, and ethnic group
- Information about organisations you may have links to
- If you are a current UK tax-payer (for Gift Aid purposes)
This information will be stored in a way that enables us to keep track of your donations, process gift aid declarations, and monitor fund balances where applicable. It helps us to ensure any money you donate is spent in accordance with your wishes and helps us to ensure the needs of London’s communities are met.
For beneficiaries and their representatives
We collect personal information from people representing the groups we support or who apply for grants, or about individuals who apply for grants. This will include:
- Your name
- Contact details including your address, telephone number(s) and email address
- Information about how you like to be contacted
- Information about your connection to the beneficiary or applicant organisation
- Profiling information such as your age, gender identify, and ethnic group
- Information about other organisations you may have links to
Communications
We will from time to time use this information to communicate with our supporters. When we do so, we will be processing your data in line with one of the legal bases permitted by current data protection legislation. In most cases this will be because we have a legitimate business interest in contacting you as a donor, supporter, or beneficiary (or a representative of a beneficiary), but it may also be because you have given us specific consent to do so. You can withdraw consent at any time by following the unsubscribe link in our emails, or by contacting us.