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Privacy Policy

British Wireless for the Blind Funds Privacy Policy This policy is written in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Our promise to you

BWBF value our supporters. We would not be able to continue our work without you.

It’s important to us that you feel informed about our news, future developments and fundraising.  We want to share with you how your amazing support helps to change the lives of people living with sight loss across the UK.

If you do not wish to be contacted, or you would like to change how we contact you, let us know using the form below:

Change Your Information

We respect your privacy and remain committed to ethical and responsible fundraising and communications. Your details will be stored securely and we will never sell them. However, from time to time we may need to share your details with trusted partners authorised to work on our behalf such as our printers or agents (e.g. your local blind association)

For further information please refer to our privacy policy below.

Personal Information

Personal Information is information that can be used to identify you. It can include your name, address, telephone number, date of birth and credit/debit card details. N/B We do not store credit/debit card details.

We collect personal information when you ask about our activities, register with us (for example filling in the contact us page), order products through out Marketing Arm BWBF Direct, make a donation or otherwise give us personal information. The information given is used for that specific purpose. It is also used for administrative purpose, and if we need to contact you about your equipment, donation etc.

How do we use your information?

We use your information to give you the information, services or products you ask for. We can also use your personal information for administrative purposes, to let you know about changes and, if you agree, as part of our fundraising activities. We sometimes also share your information with our service providers who work with us to get the information or service you ask for.

British Wireless for the Blind Fund is responsible for collecting your personal information. Your personal information is not shared with third parties or used in any other way (other that described in this policy or as required by law) unless you agree. (In some cases we will have received your personal information from third parties at your request – e.g referral for our equipment)

Where indicated – usually by a tick box asking for permission – we use your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences. This information will enable us to offer services which may benefit you, invitations to events we are attending. This information is not shared with other organisations.

We reserve the right to share your personal information if we are legally obliged to and to enable us to apply to our terms and conditions and other agreements. This includes exchanging information with other organisations for fraud and credit risk reduction.

Unfortunately, no data over the internet is 100 per cent secure. As a result, whilst we try to protect your personal data, British Wireless for the Blind Fund cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. When we collect your personal information we use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.

Cookies

British Wireless for the Blind Fund uses Google analytics to track website visitors. you can read more about Googles tracking cookies on their website.

If you choose to create an account on this website to purchase a radio we use cookies to keep track of basket data. This site uses three cookies:

  • woocommerce_cart_hash
  • woocommerce_items_in_cart
  • wp_woocommerce_session_

The first two cookies contain information about the basket as a whole and helps this website know when the cart data changes. The final cookie (wp_woocommerce_session_) contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within these cookies.

E-Newsletters

You can unsubscribe from our E-Newsletter at anytime. Just click on the ‘unsubscribe’ link in the email.

Newsletters

You can request to be removed from our mailing list at any time by calling us on 01622 754757 or emailing your details to info@blind.org.uk

Accessing and updating our personal information held by British Wireless for the Blind Fund

You can ask us what information we hold about you by contacting us. Please note that we may charge a fee of £10 to cover our admin costs.

Please keep your information up to date by letting us know of any changes.

Changes to this policy

We may change our privacy policy from time to time, so please check back periodically.