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Privacy policy

Registered name: Dentaid Limited

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Privacy Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

Dentaid The Dental Charity
116 Commercial Road, Totton, Hants SO40 3AD
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.dentaid.org
Email: info@dentaid.org
Phone number: 01794 324249

What information we collect, use, and why

Dentaid take your privacy seriously. We will only use the information you give us to facilitate your volunteering and/or your participation in Dentaid activities. We may use this information to enable you to get involved in Dentaid activities.

We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:

  • Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)

We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:

  • Website and app user journey information
  • Records of consent, where appropriate

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Charities or voluntary sector organisations

Who can see the information you give us

We will store your information securely. Access to this information is restricted to Dentaid Leadership Team (the Trustees), members of staff, volunteer leaders/event organisers who have been authorised by the Trustees. Your contact details will not be shared with others without your consent.

Cookies and your rights with respect to personal data

Our website, https://www.dentaid.org (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website. Click here to read our cookie policy.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

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

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

 

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