St John’s Hospice, North Lancashire & South Lakes Privacy Notice
Owner: Board of Trustees
This is the privacy notice for St John’s Hospice, North Lancashire and South Lakes.
This document sets out the basis upon which information is collected about you by us through the use of the Hospice website and any other communication networks by St John’s Hospice and the use of the personal information you provide to us in person or online, via email, phone, in writing or other correspondence.
St John’s Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with The Charity Commission as charity number: 1157030. Our registered address is:
Slyne Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 6ST
Under this notice, ‘we’ and ‘St John’s Hospice’ refers to both charity and trading company.
St John’s Hospice is registered with the Information Commissioners Office registration no Z5180152, and any data collected will be used and held in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
St John’s Hospice will look after any personal information that you share with us.
This is central to our values as a caring organisation. We want everyone who supports us, or who comes to us for treatment and care, to feel confident about how any personal information they share will be used.
Developing a better understanding of our supporters through their personal data allows us to make better decisions, fundraise more efficiently and, ultimately, helps us ensure our beneficiaries live and die with dignity. We have made improvements to this notice to make it more understandable to supporters.
We have moved to an ‘opt-in only’ communication policy. This means that we will only send marketing communications to those that have explicitly stated that they are happy for us to do so via their preferred channel(s) (email, SMS, phone or post).
Our marketing communications include information about our events, fundraising campaigns and palliative and end of life work. If you would like to receive such communications but have not opted in please contact us on 01524 382538 or www.sjhospice.org.uk/preferences
You can be confident that:
We will never release your information to organisations outside St John’s Hospice for their marketing purposes.
We only use personal information in the ways we need to and that is expected of us.
If you wish to see our Policy on the safe storage, handling and use of personal data please contact our Caldicott Guradian, (Head of Nursing & Quality), on 01524 382538. This document also refers to how we manage personal data held on employees and volunteers.
How we collect personal information
We obtain personal information from you when you enquire about our activities, register with us, send or receive an email, make a donation to us, ask a question about our services or otherwise provide us with your personal information. Sometimes we may obtain your personal information from third party data suppliers only if they provide the appropriate evidence that you have agreed for your personal information to be shared with other organisations.
We also gather general information about the use of our website such as pages visited and areas that are of most interest to users. We use this information to improve our website and make it a better experience for everyone. For further information, please see the cookies section below.
What information do we collect?
The personal information we collect might include name address email address, telephone numbers date of birth bank account details (for setting up regular direct debit or payment information). GDPR recognises that certain categories of personal information are more sensitive. These are known as special categories of data and cover health information race, religious beliefs and political opinions. We do not usually collect special categories of data about our supporters unless there is a clear reason for doing so such as participation in a run or walk or similar fundraising event or where we need to ensure we provide the appropriate facilities or support to enable you to participate in an event.
How do we use your information?
We may use your personal information for:
Consent on how personal information is used
We will give a clear explanation of the purpose for which personal information is collected and processed. Where necessary, we will also ask for consent to be given by a positive opt in choice. Sufficient information will be provided for an informed choice to be made. The personal data will not be used for any extra purpose without additional consent being obtained. It will also be made clear how consent can be withdrawn.
Data Security
We have in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the personal information we collect.
We do use external ‘data processors’ to manage ticket purchases, online donations and donation information and hold email mailing lists. All of our data processors have provided statements on how they keep your personal data safe and secure in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018.
All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are legally obliged to respect the confidentiality of our supporters’ personal data.
No sharing of personal information
We do not share personal information with any third parties for marketing purposes.
No indirect collection of personal information
We do not collect personal data indirectly, for instance by tracking people individually when they have used our social media accounts.
Automated Decisions
We do not use automated decision making or profiling.
Retention of data
We will not retain personal data if you have unsubscribed from one of our mailing lists.
Paper records such as forms will be destroyed in line with the Hospice Disposal and Retention policy. A copy of this policy is available on request.
Your rights
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force on May 25th 2018 you have the following rights:
Rights to access, remove or correct personal information
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you and, depending on the amount of information we provide, we may make a small charge for this. Please contact us on:
If a member of the public asks for their personal data to be removed from our current record systems, this will be done within 28 days of the request being received. The same timescale will apply when we are notified that personal information needs to be corrected or updated.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file downloaded on to the hard drive of a computer or mobile device when the user logs on to a website.
We also set Google Analytics cookies to collect general statistical information to help us understand how our website is used and to improve the service we provide. We learn whether visitors have used the website before, which pages are the most popular and how users move around the site. This information does not allow users to be identified individually.
It is important for us to be able to include your visit in our statistics. By continuing to use the website without changing settings, you are agreeing to our use of these cookies.
To find out more general information on cookies, and how to control or delete them, please go to AboutCookies.org
Our full cookies policy can be available on request by contacting us on 01524 382538.
Other websites
On our website we occasionally provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. Please be aware that these sites may have different security and privacy policies and we have no control over and take no responsibility for any information submitted to these sites.
Changes to our privacy notice
This notice will be amended in the light of any relevant changes in legislation or related good practice. This privacy notice was approved on the 25th May 2018
How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy notice and policy. Our contact details are as follows:
Privacy statement: 3rd March 2022
Review date: 3rd March 2023
