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Privacy Policy

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At MP Foundation, we believe your data is an Amanah (Trust) – similar to your donations – and therefore, we are committed to protecting it and being open and transparent about how we store and use your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, manage, use and protect your personal information.

Who Are We?

MP Foundation is a UK-registered Charity (1188588) that aims to alleviate the suffering of the least fortunate in Southeast Asia. As well as responding to emergencies.

MP Foundation promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities from all backgrounds regardless of religion, race or gender.

Lawful Bases for Collecting Your Data

Under article 6 of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there are six lawful grounds for processing data, of which the following are more relevant to MP Foundation’s activities:

How Do We Obtain Your Personal Information?

Personal Information is collected from you when interacting with MP Foundation, for example this could be when you:

Information from third parties: We may also receive information about you from third parties if you have given them permission to share this information and indicated that you wish to support MP Foundation, for example, if you set up a fundraising page with ourselves through GoFundMe or JustGiving.

What Information Do We Collect?

When you communicate with us we may collect personal information. This may include your name, address, email address, telephone numbers, bank account details and whether or not you are a UK tax payer, so we can claim Gift Aid, images on film (e.g. CCTV images). Other personal details may be collected, based on the services sought from MP Foundation

Sensitive Personal Information: Data protection law recognises that certain categories of personal information as being more sensitive. MP Foundation does not collect sensitive personal data concerning our supporters unless it is deemed necessary to do so – such as participating in challenge events or international trips – to ascertain what services you require in order to offer you the relevant support.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We mainly will use your information for the following purposes:

Who Do We Share Your Information With?

We will not sell your details to any third parties, but we may sometimes share your information with our trusted service providers who are authorised to act on our behalf and partner organisations who work on our behalf or whom we work with in partnership to deliver our projects.

We may also use companies to deliver services and process your data on our behalf, including the delivery of postal mail, sending emails and text messages, processing card details and analysing stakeholder trends to assist us in offering better services to our supporters.

Important: These data processors will only act under our instruction and are subject to pre-contract scrutiny and contractual obligations containing strict data protection agreements, on the conditions of confidentiality and security.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We ensure that there are appropriate technical controls in place to protect your personal details. For example, our online forms are always encrypted and our network is protected and routinely monitored.

We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff and volunteers.

Payment Security: Any payment card details we receive through our website are passed securely to our payment processing providers who meet the required Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards. We do not store your credit or debit card details at all following the completion of your transaction.

Children's Data

While we do not actively collect information from children under 18s, we appreciate that our supporters are of all ages. Where appropriate, we will always ask for consent from a parent or guardian to collect information about children.

All Muslim Charity events will have clear rules on whether or not children can take part, and the collection of data will be managed in accordance with each individual event, with appropriate safeguards in place.

How Do We Use Cookies

MP Foundation uses cookies on this website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. Google’s privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information

You can request access to any information we hold about you by contacting our support team at MP Foundation. Your personal preferences and keeping your data accurate is of utmost importance to us.

If at any stage you do not want to hear from us or want to update your details you can write, email or call us. Any email we send you will contain information about how to unsubscribe from email marketing communications.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please do revisit this policy each time you consider giving your personal information to MP Foundation.
This Privacy Policy was last updated July 2022.
MP Foundation is a registered charity in England & Wales, Charity No: 1188588.

Have Questions About Your Privacy?

Our team is here to help you understand how we protect your data