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Privacy Notice to Individuals

Current version approved: February 2022 

Review / refresh next due: February 2023 

 

Personal Data We Collect

 
We only collect personal data that is deemed essential for the care and well-being of our services users and facilitates smooth communication between our colleagues, staff, trustees and volunteers. Any information we hold for anyone else who receives other services, such as training, events, donors, sign up for social media, communication through the website, e-newsletter sign up and any consultations of stakeholders we may engage in is hold on a strictly need to know basis.

For example, we might hold: 

  • Your full name and date of birth
  • Your postal address, email address and phone number
  • Your current living situation
  • Your current interests and activities insofar as they are relevant to your engagement with Intercom Trust

We will also collect and hold information about: 

  • Meetings with staff, key issues and actions when providing services to you
  • Contact preferences
  • Donor and Gift Aid status
  • Details of correspondence sent to you, or received from you
  • Any other information provided by yourself at the request of Intercom Trust

Sensitive Personal Information (Special Category Data)

 

Sensitive Personal Information can include information about a person’s health, race, ethnicity, political opinions, sexual activity for sexual health purposes, sexual orientation gender identity, or religious beliefs. Sometimes we collect this data because you are access a specific service where it is vital to the provision of that service (for example, in some sexual health matters), sometimes as part of our equalities and are reaching individuals from all communities). 
 
All information about you is treated with care and anything sensitive, we extra care and confidentiality and always in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

 

We will not pass on your details to anyone else without your permission except in exceptional circumstances such as anyone reporting serious self-harm or posing a threat to others or children contacting us and sharing serious issues such as physical abuse or exploitation. See our Confidentiality and Information Sharing Policy for more information.

What We Will Do With Your Data

 

When we ask you to provide your personal information, we will let you know why we are asking, and how we will use your data, by directing you towards this notice.
 
Depending on your relationship with Intercom Trust, and the preferences you have indicated, data we hold may be used by us to send you promotional, marketing or fundraising information by post or electronic means. These types of communications can include:
  • Informing you of opportunities, services or events related to Intercom Trust, such as fundraising events, or training opportunities.
  • News and updates about Intercom Trust and marketing or support e-newsletters if you have signed up to receive them.
  • Information about our fundraising activities, including occasional targeted requests to consider giving financial support to Intercom Trust, or to ask you to consider supporting us in other ways.
  • Dealing with enquiries and complaints made by you.
  • Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with your wishes.
  • Other relevant communications based upon your relationship with Intercom Trust.

Lawful Basis For Using Your Information

 

There are lawful reasons that allow us to process your personal information and one of those is called ‘legitimate interests’. This means that that Intercom Trust may have a ‘legitimate interest’ in processing your information.
 
Whenever we process your Personal Information under the ‘legitimate interest’ lawful basis we make sure we take into account your rights and interests and balance those against our ‘legitimate interest’. For example, we may need information about your health and well-being in order to provide you with the best service. This information is called ‘special category data’ but we will not share this unless with your express consent

NHS National Data Opt-Out

 

We only use the information we collect for and about clients for the purposes of individual care. We do not process or transfer any identifiable data for purposes beyond individual care. We are therefore not able to directly enable clients to opt-out of NHS Data being shared beyond the use of individual care and would advise clients to speak to their GP or similar provider if they wish to do so.

Lawfully Sharing Your Information

 

We may share your information with another individual or organisation with your explicit consent. In addition, we may disclose information about you:
  • To the extent that we are required to do so by law (safeguarding)
  • In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings

Security Of Your Personal Data

 

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Your data will be stored securely in locked filing cabinets and electronically in password protected files and databases.
 
We also store all the personal information you provide on our secure password- and firewall- protected servers. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
 
We are committed to ensuring the privacy of our users and the security of the data provided to us. Intercom Trust regularly reviews processes and procedures to ensure we are up to date with the latest security practices and holds all data in line with GDPR.

How Long Will We Keep Your Data?

 

If you are a service user we keep your data for 7 years after you have finished working with us and then we shred and delete. If you are a donor/supporter etc. we will also keep your data for as long as you give us permission to hold it but otherwise for 7 years after our first contact with you.

Automated Decisions 

 

We do not use any automated decision making.

Your Rights

 

We do not give out, sell or trade our mailing list data with third parties. The information you provide will be used primarily to deliver services to you, to further our charitable aims including fundraising activities, to gather feedback and also keep you informed about Intercom Trust’ activities. If at any time you no longer wish to receive communications from us or for any other query, please contact our Information Governance Lead using: info@intercomtrust.org.uk.
 
Access to your personal information
You have the right to request access to a copy of the personal information that we hold about you, along with information on what personal information we use, why we use it, who we share it with and how long we keep it for. You can make a request for access free of charge. Please make all requests for access in writing, and provide us with evidence of your identity.
 
Right to object
You can object to our processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. Please contact us as noted above, providing details of your objection.
 
Consent
If you have given us your consent to use personal information (for example, for marketing), you can withdraw your consent at any time.
 
Rectification
You can ask us to change or complete any inaccurate or incomplete personal information held about you.
 
Erasure
You can ask us to delete your personal information where it is no longer necessary for us to use it, you have withdrawn consent, or where we have no lawful basis for keeping it.
 
Portability
You can ask us to provide you or a third party with some of the personal information that we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, electronic form, so it can be easily transferred.
 
Restriction
You can ask us to restrict the personal information we use about you where you have asked for it to be erased or where you have objected to our use of it. 

Exercising Your Rights

 

Should you wish to exercise any of your rights or find out more about Intercom Trust’s Data Protection Policies, please speak to a member of staff or email: office@intercomtrust.org.uk
 
Should you wish to make a Subject Access Request – you can do so by using our Subject Access Request Form.

Complaints 

 

In the event that you wish to complain about the way that your personal data has been handled by Intercom Trust, you should write to the Information Governance Lead and clearly outline your case.
 
If you remain dissatisfied with the way your personal data has been handled, you may refer the matter to the data protection supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office, whose contact details are below:
 
Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
 

Website Privacy

 

Intercom Trust is committed to protecting the privacy of its website users. Accordingly, we strictly adhere to all accepted guidelines and will continue to review and improve our privacy policy and procedures to ensure the safety and protection of your information. Intercom Trust adheres to all UK Data Protection legislation made in Parliament and EU General Data Protection Regulations 2018 that governs the confidentiality of each website user and guarantees the privacy of all databases and client/inquirer lists. 
 
The databases remain the property of Intercom Trust and will not be given or shared with any other organisation, company or individual. Security systems have been put in place to mitigate against the likelihood of unauthorised access to our database and confidential information.

Use of Cookies

 

For information about how we use cookies on this site, please see our Cookie Policy.

Links 

 
This privacy statement applies solely to the technology of our website www.intercomtrust.org.uk
 
Our web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. 
We encourage you to be careful that when leaving our site you should ensure you read the privacy statements of each web site that collects your personally identifiable information.

Policies and Forms

Privacy

 

If you should have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact Intercom Trust. 
We recommend you periodically review our Privacy Statement as we may update it from time to time.
 
Contact details for Intercom Trust are as follows:

Email: office@intercomtrust.org.uk 
 
Telephone: +44 (0)1392 201015
 
Address: Intercom Trust,  Zone 5 Wrentham Business Centre, Prospect Park, Exeter, Devon, EX4 6NA
 

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Zero Tolerance Policy

We hope that your contact with the Intercom Trust is helpful. We feel it important to inform you that the Trust has a zero tolerance policy to protect our staff and other service users from ANY form of abusive language or behaviour. By continuing to make use of any part of the service, you are agreeing to these terms and we reserve the right to end any calls or contact in breach of this policy.