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Privacy Policy

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Pawfection Rehoming is committed to respecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe, whether you are a supporter, volunteer, shopper or fundraiser. This Privacy Policy sets out how and why we obtain and use your personal information, as well as how we protect it.

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Who are we?

By Pawfection Rehoming (the Data Controller) we mean:

  • The non-profit organisation, Pawfection Rehoming;

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How and when we collect information from you?

Pawfection Rehoming will only ever use any data collected in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018

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We may collect personal information about you. We only collect sensitive information about you when there is a specific reason to do so, and with your consent, or where we have identified an alternative valid legal basis. These  may include:

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  • Adopt or rehome an animal from us

  • Volunteer

  • Fundraise

  • Donate

  • Ask a question/make an enquiry

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What personal information we collect about you

Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable living individual. We only collect personal data that is relevant to Pawfection Rehoming.  Information we may collect from you may include:

 

  • Contact information, such as your name, postal address, telephone number, mobile number, email address 

  • We may collect your date of birth in order to verify you are an adult as some services we offer, such as animal adoptions, are not open to individuals under the age of 18.

  • Images, photographs or videos if you volunteer or take part in an event with us

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How we ensure we are using your information properly

We want you to feel confident about your information and how we use it when you support Pawfection Rehoming and the work we do.

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The legal basis that Pawfection Rehoming relies upon to process your personal data will be one of the following, depending on the circumstances in which it has been collected and used:

  • Where you have provided your consent to allow us to use your data in a certain way, such as receiving news by email

  • Where the processing is necessary to honour a contract with you - for example, we will need to process your name, address and other details in order to rehome an animal to you, provide veterinary services/training or regarding an application to volunteer with us

  • Where the processing in order for us to abide with a legal 

  • Where it is in our legitimate interests to perform administrative functions - for example processing donations, requests regarding fundraising or volunteering with us. 

 

Pawfection Rehoming will not rent, swap or sell your personal information to other organisations for them to use in their own marketing activities.

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Consent

Pawfection Rehoming will always ask for your consent before we communicate with you for certain purposes. 

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You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing pawfectionrehoming@gmail.com.

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Legitimate Interest

Legitimate interest is a legal ground for processing your data. It means that our use of your information must be fair and balanced to ensure we consider your rights and interests as an individual.

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Legal Obligation

We will not use or disclose information about you unless we are legally obliged to do so.

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Changes to your data (rights of access)

From time to time we may contact you to ensure that the information you have provided us with remains accurate and up to date. Should you wish to change your preferences you can do this by contacting us:

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Pawfection Rehoming

124 South Street

Keighley

West Yorkshire

BD21 1EN

pawfectionrehoming@gmail.com

 

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the Information Commissioners' office: https://ico.org.uk

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Cookies and Web Privacy/Security

We at Pawfection Rehoming guarantee our commitment to respecting and protecting your online privacy and this includes your need and your right to know what we do with the personal information you share with us. Financial transactions made online to Pawfection Rehoming using this site are secure.  No one can access your credit card details via the internet.

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