Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Introduction

This privacy policy covers the websites and applications and mobile applications of Good to Give Ltd (“Good to Give” or “we”) that include a link to this policy.  This privacy policy also applies to Good to Give’s marketing and advertising practices where and when it is referenced.

It is meant to inform you about our collection and use of your personal data.

Personal Data we collect.

You may choose to give us personal data online to allow us, amongst other things, to communicate with you, process your orders, provide you with services, or for employment consideration. Data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with Good to Give, the choices you make, including your privacy settings, and the products and features you choose. The personal data we collect can include the following:

Name and contact data. Your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number and other similar contact data in order to communicate with you, process orders or provide you with products or services. We may also collect your employer name, if you are procuring products or services on behalf of an organisation, and information related to your prior purchases and online buying preferences.  Some forms may ask for your customer number or product details such as a serial number.

Credentials. Passwords, password hints and similar security information used for authentication and account access.

Demographic data. Data about you such as your country of residence and preferred language.

Payment data. Data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your credit card number, and the security code associated with your payment card.

Location data. Our Mobile applications Do Not collect your location data, however our website based applications may collect data about your location, which can be either precise or imprecise. Precise location data can be Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data (e.g. GPS), as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, that we collect when you enable location-based products or features. Imprecise location data includes, for example, a location derived from your IP address or data that indicates where you are located with less precision, such as at city or postal code level.

Social Media Data. We may provide social media features that enable you to share information with your social networks.  Your use of these features may result in the collection or sharing of information about you by the social networking site.  Please review the privacy policies and settings of social networks you use to understand their practices.

Job Applications/CVs/Resumes. Information usually appearing on job applications/CVs/resumes which you provide to us if you submit a job application to Good to Give either directly or indirectly. You acknowledge that your application may include sensitive personal data. Good to Give uses this information in order to evaluate your application and perform related employment activities.

Feedback/product reviews. Information you provide to us and the content of messages you send to us, such as feedback and product reviews you write, blog posts or questions and information you provide for customer support. When you contact us via our website, a Good to Give application or a Help Desk, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded. Your feedback, posts and reviews will also be monitored to seek improvements in our products and services.

IP Address. Information about your visits to our websites, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and language, location information and details of your browsing patterns. This is more fully described under the section entitled “Cookies, Web Beacons and AdChoices” below. We collect this information to determine such things as the number of visitors to various parts of our websites, to personalise your experience on our sites, and tailor our interactions with you.

Products. Certain Good to Give products (including certain Good to Give online applications accessed through online third party portals) may have a separate privacy policy that will be presented to you at the time of agreeing to the terms in relation to that Good to Give product.

Third Party Sources. We also obtain data from third-parties. These third-party sources vary over time, but they are sources deemed credible by us and may be publicly available or available on a commercial basis. They can include:

  • Data brokers from which we purchase demographic data to supplement the data we collect.
  • Social networks when you grant permission to a Good to Give product to access your data on one or more networks.
  • Designated entities within your business or enterprise (such as a member of your IT department) in the course of providing services to you
  • Service providers that help us determine a location based on your IP address in order to customise certain products or provide services at your location.
  • Partners with whom we offer branded services or engage in joint marketing activities. If you purchase Good to Give services or products from a Good to Give partner, we may receive certain information about your purchase from that partner;
  • Fraud prevention agencies or credit reporting agencies in connection with credit determinations; and
  • Publicly available sources such as open government databases or other data in the public domain.

How we use personal data

We collect and process personal data with your consent, as required by law or as necessary to fulfil the legitimate interests of Good to Give, including to: (i) provide you with products and services; (ii) manage, administer and operate our business; (iii) meet our contractual and legal obligations; (iv) carry out direct marketing; (v) prevent fraud; and (vi) protect the security of our systems and our customers.

Personal data that is submitted in a business capacity may be merged with available business database directories.

 Good to Give uses personal data submitted online to:

  • respond to your questions and communicate with you;
  • provide customer support;
  • share news, updates, or helpful tips about Good to Give products and services;
  • enable online shopping;
  • inform you of special promotions and other advertising;
  • sign up for online services;
  • create reseller partnerships;
  • receive and evaluate job applications;
  • customise, analyse, and improve our products, services, technologies, communications and relationships with you;
  • deliver products and services requested by you;
  • notify you about administrative matters that pertain to your Good to Give products or services; and
  • in the event of a merger or acquisition of Good to Give or a substantial portion of its assets, Good to Give may disclose or transfer personal information collected online to the surviving or acquiring party, respectively.

How we share your personal data

We share your personal data as necessary to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorised. For example, we share your information with third parties when you tell or allow us to do so. When you provide payment data to make a purchase, we will share your payment data with banks and other entities that process payment transactions or provide other financial services, and for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction.

We share personal data among Good to Give-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries to efficiently manage the operation of our business. We also share personal data with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this Policy. For example, companies we've hired to provide customer service support or assist in maintaining and servicing products via our systems and services may need access to personal data to provide those functions. In such cases, these companies must abide by our data privacy and security requirements and are not allowed to use personal data they receive from us for any other purpose. We may also disclose personal data as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets.

Finally, we will access, transfer, disclose and preserve personal data when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
  • Protect our customers, for example to prevent attempts to defraud users of our products, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone; or
  • Operate and maintain the security of our products, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks.

Where we process and store personal data

Personal data collected by Good to Give may be transferred to, stored and processed in your region, or any other country in which Good to Give or its subsidiaries, affiliates, sub-contractors, agents or partners maintain facilities.

Our subsidiaries, affiliates, sub-contractors, agents and partners are required by contract to safeguard any personal data they receive from us and are prohibited from using the personal data for any purpose other than to perform the services as instructed by Good to Give. We also take steps to provide adequate protection for any transfers of your personal data in accordance with applicable law.

Sometimes we transfer personal data from the UK, European Economic Area and Switzerland to other countries. When we do, we use a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts, to help ensure any required rights and protections apply to your data.

Our privacy guidelines are communicated to Good to Give employees on an annual basis as part of our mandatory training program. Good to Give We take steps to ensure that the data we collect under this privacy policy is processed according to the provisions of this policy and the requirements of applicable law wherever the data is located.

Period of Storage

Good to Give retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and fulfil the transactions you have requested or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes and enforcing our agreements. Actual retention periods can vary. The criteria used to determine the retention periods include: (i) how long personal data is needed to provide our products and operate our business; (ii) whether the personal data is of a sensitive type; and (iii) whether Good to Give is subject to a legal, contractual or similar obligation to retain the data.    

Your rights regarding personal data

  • If the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have a right to withdraw consent at any time for future processing;
  • Where applicable, you have a right to request from us, (i) access to and receipt of personal data, (ii) transfer of personal data, and (iii) rectification or deletion of your personal data;
  • You may also have a right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal data;
  • You have the right to object to direct marketing; and
  • You have a right to file a complaint with a regulator or data protection authority.

You may contact Good to Give to check the accuracy of your personal data or to request that your information be updated or deleted by writing to dpo@goodtogive.co.uk Please indicate "Subject Access Request" in the subject line and let us know the details of your request in the body of the message. You may also contact us at the Good to Give Privacy Hotline at 020 7731 2041. Good to Give reserves the right to confirm your identity and to modify the scope and number of requests.  In certain cases, your request may be denied on the basis of a legitimate exception or where we are legally prevented from honouring such request.

You have choices about the data we collect. When you are asked to provide personal data, you may decline. However if you choose not to provide data that is necessary to provide a product or feature, you may not be able to use that product or feature.

Children

Good to Give does not direct any part of its website to children under 13 years old (or such age as a child is defined by local law if higher) and does not knowingly collect personal data from children or target its website or products to children.

Security of Personal data

Good to Give is committed to protecting the security of your personal data and maintains strict access control over it.  We utilise reasonable and appropriate physical, technical and administrative procedures to safeguard personal information we collect and process.

Only authorised Good to Give personnel, and those of our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and partners are allowed to handle information submitted to Good to Give online.

Good to Give websites store personal data in password-protected environments on servers that are subject to Good to Give's information security policies, standards, and procedures. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive personal data, such as a credit card number or password, over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption.

Credit card data is encrypted.

To ensure that you can purchase with confidence from Good to Give websites, Good to Give protects credit card information submitted online with industry-standard encryption technology or tokenisation.

Our agents and partners protect personal data.

When you provide personal data online to Good to Give, it may be necessary to transfer personal data to our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents or partners, who then fulfil the orders or provide the services. Good to Give requires that its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and partners handle personal data with the same concern for personal data privacy as Good to Give.

 

 

Cookies, Web Beacons and Privacy Choices

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise your device, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your experience.

How does Good to Give use cookies?

Good to Give uses cookies to recognise repeat visits to our websites and to facilitate Web navigation and online shopping. The cookies store your country and language, along with an assigned random session ID. In some cases, the cookies store name and address information so you do not have to re-enter this information in multiple forms.

The cookie information that Good to Give collects helps us track the number of visitors to our websites over time and determine whether these were new or repeat visits.

Good to Give also works with third party advertising partners that use cookies to deliver Good to Give advertising on other websites and to measure the performance of our advertising campaigns.  For example, we use Google Analytics to track website usage and activity.  Read more about how Google Analytics uses your information here.

What is a Web Beacon?

A web beacon is an electronic image that can be used to recognise a cookie on your computer or other device when you view a web page or email.

How does Good to Give use Web Beacons?

Good to Give and our third party advertising partners may use web beacons on our websites, in our emails, and in our advertisements on other websites to measure the effectiveness of our websites and our advertising. For example, web beacons may count the number of individuals who visit our websites from a particular advertisement or the number of individuals who open or act upon an email message.

Can I block cookies and web beacons?

Yes, the ability to enable, disable or delete cookies can be controlled though your website browser. Consult the “Help” menu of your browser application for details. If you block the use of cookies, you will not be able to use some of the features on Good to Give websites, including the shopping cart and online account management services. You can make some web beacons unusable by disabling cookies.

Links to non-Good to Give websites.

Other websites that may be accessed through our website, such as through social media buttons or other links, may collect certain information about you through the use of cookies, web beacons and other features. We do not have access to or control over the cookies or other features that these third party sites may use, and the information practices of these third party websites are not covered by this privacy policy. Please contact the third party site directly for more information about their privacy practices.

Privacy Choices: How does Good to Give use Interest-Based Advertising

Websites cooperate with online advertisers to collect information about visitors to present ads that are more useful and relevant. This is known as interest-based advertising or online behavioural advertising. Good to Give and our third party advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons to deliver interest-based ads that are relevant and targeted to our customers and prospects. When delivering interest-based ads, Good to Give adheres to the Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioural Advertising.

What information do Good to Give websites collect for interest-based advertising?

Good to Give and our third party advertising partners may use cookies or web beacons to collect information for the purposes of interest-based advertising based on your visits to Good to Give.com and other web sites. These cookies identify the pages you view, the links and ads you click on, other actions you take on those websites, and the referring website. Similarly, online advertisers use cookies to deliver advertising to you for companies other than Good to Give based on your visits to Good to Give.com and other websites.

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Good to Give Communication Preferences.

Good to Give may send commercial email to you advertising our products and services. You can also subscribe to various product and service-specific communications on our websites. If you receive commercial email from Good to Give and wish to discontinue these mailings, you may unsubscribe via an ‘opt-out’ provided in the communication. You may also mail an unsubscribe to our contact address listed on our website.

This unsubscribe option does not apply to communications primarily for the purpose of administering order completion, contracts, support, product safety warnings, software updates, or other administrative and transaction notices, the primary purpose of which is not promotional in nature.

Privacy Contacts

Good to Give commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information. Inquiries or concerns regarding this privacy policy and your rights under privacy laws can be directed to the Good to Give Directors Office.

To report your inquiries or concerns to the Directors Office please contact the Good to Give Helpline.

  • UK Office: 020 7731 2041

You may also contact us via postal mail at the contact address listed on our website: https://www.goodtogive.co.uk/contact-us

 

 Good to Give

If you have questions about Good to Give products or services, please contact us at the details provided above. Policy Updates

Good to Give reserves the right to make changes to this policy. If we make changes, we will revise this privacy policy to reflect such changes and revise the effective date of the policy.

Policy Effective Date: [May 25th, 2018].

What was revised in this last update?

This privacy policy has been updated to reflect changes to address European General Data Protection Regulation.   

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