Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website, and Al-Khair Foundation, the owner and provider of this Website. Al-Khair Foundation takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website. This privacy policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Terms and Conditions.

Please read this privacy policy carefully.

Definitions and Interpretation

In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:

Data: Collectively all information that you submit to Al-Khair Foundation via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws.
Data Protection Laws: Any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK.
GDPR: The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Al-Khair Foundation, or us: Al-Khair Foundation, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 109-119 whose registered office is at Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 6BE.
User or you: Any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Al-Khair Foundation and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Al-Khair Foundation and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.
Website: The website that you are currently using, www.alkhair.org, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

Scope of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Al-Khair Foundation and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website, including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.

For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Al-Khair Foundation is the “data controller”. This means that Al-Khair Foundation determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.

Data Collected

We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:

Name
Contact Information such as email addresses and telephone numbers
Financial information such as credit / debit card numbers
IP address (automatically collected)
Web browser type and version (automatically collected)
Operating system (automatically collected)
A list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on this Website, and the site you exit to (automatically collected)
Channel consent, Means to contact, Tax Payer status

How We Collect Data

We collect Data in the following ways:

Data given to us by you
Data collected automatically

Data that is given to us by you

Al-Khair Foundation will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:

When you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, email, or through any other means;
When you register with us and set up an account to receive our products/services;
When you enter a competition or promotion through a social media channel;
When you make payments to us, through this Website or otherwise;
When you elect to receive marketing communications from us.

Data that is collected automatically

To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:

We automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Website, and the way you use and interact with its content.

Our Use of Data

Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping;
Improvement of our products/services;
Transmission by email of marketing materials that may be of interest to you.

Who We Share Data With

We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons:

Our employees, agents, and/or professional advisors - to obtain requirements and professional advice from the advisors;
Third-party service providers who provide services to us which require the processing of personal data;
Third-party payment providers who process payments made over the Website (such as Worldpay, which handles all payment-related information securely at its end).

Keeping Data Secure

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:

Access to your account is controlled by a password and a username that is unique to you.
We store your Data on secure servers.
Payment details are encrypted using SSL technology.

Data Retention

Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.

Your Rights

You have the following rights in relation to your Data:

Right to access
Right to correct
Right to erase
Right to restrict our use of your Data
Right to data portability
Right to object

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us via [email protected].

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Al-Khair Foundation reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website, and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.