COSARAF Foundation Privacy Policy

This Privacy Notice highlights how we collect, store and use personal data. At the COSARAF Foundation, we are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.

About the Foundation
The COSARAF Foundation is an independent charity with clear-sighted objectives to deliver meaningful impact to communities in need in the UK and overseas. The COSARAF Foundation is registered with the Charity Commission, charity number 1118481. The Foundation’s registered address is:

5th Floor, Metropolitan House, 3 Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1AG

At the COSARAF Foundation, we take data protection seriously and we are committed to ensure that we are GDPR compliant.  The COSARAF Foundation will be the Controller of the personal data and will only use your personal information when you apply to the Foundation for a grant or when you consent to being a supporter of the Foundation.

How do we collect information?
We collect information about you when you access our website through our grant application forms through the website or via email.

We collect personal data that allows us to communicate with you and to process grant applications. Additionally, if you consent we may email you to invite you to events that might be of interest to you or inform you of recent developments in the work of the Foundation.

The COSARAF Foundation complies with its obligations under GDPR by keeping personal data up to date and by storing and destroying it securely.

Security
The website is hosted with Freethought Internet, registered in England and Wales, which we understand to be GDPR compliant.

Cookies

When you visit our website, we use cookies which are small pieces of information that allow us to maintain your connection to our website.  These cookies do not collect or store any personally identifiable information.  Our website only uses those cookies needed to enable Google Analytics, described below.

Google analytics
The Foundation’s website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (text files placed on your computer) to help the website operators analyse how users use the site.

We take your privacy seriously and for that reason this site uses the anonymizeIp method for collecting data so that your full IP address is never written to disk on Google servers. More information about IP Anonymization in Analytics.

The anonymised Google Analytics cookies are transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your anonymised IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

 

More information on Google Analytics’ cookie usage is https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Why do we collect information?
We require basic personal data in order to communicate with grant applicants and supporters of the COSARAF Foundation. We will not collect any personal data from you that we do not need to process grant applications. We collect information in order to fulfil our charitable purposes and will always have a lawful purpose for any information we collect.

What type of information is collected?
The personal information we collect might include:

  • your name
  • email address
  • IP address
  • Bank details
  • Financial information
  • Job title

Access to your information and correction
For further information on how your information is used, how we maintain the security of your information, your rights to access information we hold on you, please contact us on info@cosaraf.org.