Milton Keynes Buddhist Association MK佛學會
Privacy Notice
Our commitment to privacy
This Privacy Policy sets out how Milton Keynes Buddhist Association (MKBA) uses and protects the personal information about you that we collect or that you provide, whether through our UK website at www.mkba.org.uk ('Website') or by other means. You should also check any user terms and conditions from time to time that generally apply to use of this Website.
Changes to our privacy policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time so please check that you have seen the latest version. We will aim to post changes to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy at least 30 days prior to them being implemented.
Personal information we collect
We collect personal information from you in various ways, for example:
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if you supply personal information when using this Website;
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when you supply personal details in the course of registering support;
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when you make a donation through our UK appointed partner, XXX (TBC)
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when you sign-up to receive newsletters or email notifications from us;
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if you order any merchandise; and/or
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if you raise a query or issue with us.
The type of personal information we collect includes your name, email address, home (or work) address, phone number and other personal details which you may choose to provide. Any credit card or debit card data you provide is securely handled by VMG as our third party payment processor (or such other third party payment processor) as we use from time to time. We never store your credit or debit card details.- TBC We may also collect information about your use of our Website (for example, the URL you came from; your browser type and the pages of our Website that were viewed during your visit). For more information on how we do this, please see the section headed 'Cookies’ below.
Use of personal data
We may use your Personal Data about you for the following purposes:
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providing you with access to our Website as well as administering or developing Website features or content;
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fundraising or direct marketing purposes. Where you have expressly consented to us doing so in accordance with applicable law, we may contact you for these purposes by telephone or electronic message (e.g. email or SMS). We may also contact you by post from time to time, unless you have told us that you do not want to receive these communications. If you wish to update your Personal Data or opt-out of receiving further fundraising or marketing communications from us please get in touch at email: mkbuddhist@gmail.com
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administering any on-going donations or support you provide;
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providing you with news about us or any projects, campaigns or events that we may be involved in;
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where you have agreed to take part in a survey or research;
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we may also use tools to geo-locate a UK IP address when someone lands on www.charitywater.org and offer them the opportunity to switch to our UK Website through a pop up message; and/or we may switch them automatically- TBC
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we may also occasionally use Personal Data for the purpose of profiling (see the Profiling section below).- TBC
Security to protect personal data
We employ appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect Personal Data from being accessed by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We also endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect Personal Data from external threats. However, please be aware that there are always inherent risks in sending information by public networks or using public computers and we cannot 100% guarantee the security of all data disclosed or transmitted to us.
Data retention
We will retain certain Personal Data in respect of financial transactions for at least as long as the law requires us to for tax or accounting purposes (which in the UK may be up to 6 years after a particular transaction). In respect of the holding of Personal Data for fundraising or direct marketing purposes, we will retain this data for a limited period in line with recommendations of the ICO.
Our cookie policy- maybe on another page TBC
By using this Website, you consent to us using 'cookies' and similar technologies that can track your activity. Cookies are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome or Firefox) on the computer or device you use to access this Website, which enables our server to collect information from your device browser.
Enabling some of these cookies is not strictly necessary for the Website to work but it should enable us to provide you with a better browsing experience. Cookies can be deleted or blocked through changing your web browser settings, however some features of the Website may not work as intended and you may not be able to access parts of the Website. The cookie-related information will not be used for personal identification of individuals and data relating to usage patterns on our Website is kept under our control. These cookies will used for the following purposes:
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to improve Website usability; so we can remember your device or computer between successive actions or sessions; and
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to perform anonymous statistical analysis to improve functionality of our Website or any services we offer through the Website.
Please note that when accessing the web and clicking on third party links that may be provided when using our site, those third parties (including, for example, providers of external services that are relevant the Services we offer) may also use cookies on their websites, over which we have no control.
Our Website also makes use of Google Analytics and similar or related analytic products to store information that you send to the server when using the Website. This data includes IP address, pages accessed, and documents uploaded, modified or deleted. For more information about Google Analytics and its privacy practices, please see: https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631?hl=en&ref_topic=1008008.
Third party platforms
This Website will link to third party websites that operate outside our control. If you access any other third party website using the links provided on this Website, the operators of those websites may collect personal data about you under their own privacy policies, so you should check the terms of any applicable privacy policy when you visit such third party website. We implement Google's Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect our site from spam and abuse. Use of this service is subject to Google's privacy policy and terms.- please check if this can be implemented? TBC
Contact
If you have further queries or requests relating to how we use Personal Data please contact mkbuddhist@gmail.com. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your Personal Data not in accordance with applicable law you can complain to the ICO.