BWBF Privacy Policy – Speech Apps and Membership Area

British Wireless for the Blind Funds 'BWBF' Privacy Policy This policy is written in accordance with The GDPR, Privacy in Electronic Communications Regulations (PECRs), and Data Protection Act 2018

Our promise to you: BWBF values our supporters. We would not be able to continue our work without you. It's important to us that you feel informed about our news, future developments, and fundraising. We want to share with you how your amazing support helps to change the lives of people living with sight loss across the UK.

Change or update your information

If you do not wish to be contacted or would like to change how we contact you, let us know using the form here on the charity main website.

We respect your privacy and remain committed to ethical and responsible fundraising and communications. Your details will be stored securely, and we will never sell them. However, from time to time, we may need to share your details with trusted partners authorized to work on our behalf, such as our printers or agents (e.g. your local blind association). For further information, please refer to our privacy policy below.

Account deletion

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Personal Information

While using our BWBF Speech Applications or web platform https://bwbf.org.uk/membership/register/, BWBF may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • Salutation
  • First name and last name
  • Date of Birth
  • Phone number
  • Address, Town, County and Post Code
  • Sight Loss or disability classification

Personal Information is information that can be used to identify you. It can include your name, address, telephone number, or date of birth. We only collect this personal information when you complete the initial registration of the application or use our web platform to complete this registration - https://bwbf.org.uk/membership/register/

How do we use your information?

BWBF may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of these BWBF Speech Applications and the services it uses.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the service that are available to you as a registered user.
  • To contact You: To contact you by email, telephone calls, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, fundraising, and events, in relation to the charity British Wireless for the Blind Fund.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our application, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your usage information with 3rd Party Content Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our BWBF Speech Applications. This information will be only provided in an aggregated form, and no uniquely identifiable personal data will be shared at any time outside of British Wireless for the Blind Fund.

We reserve the right to share your personal information if we are legally obliged to and to enable us to apply to our terms and conditions and other agreements. This includes exchanging information with other organizations for fraud and credit risk reduction. Unfortunately, no data over the internet is 100 percent secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal data, British Wireless for the Blind Fund cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. When we collect your personal information, we use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.

Usage data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the BWBF Speech Applications. Usage Data may include information such as your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), the content you access, the time and date of access, the time spent accessing content, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. When you access the BWBF Speech Applications by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, your mobile operating system, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Cookies

British Wireless for the Blind Fund uses Google Analytics to track website visitors. You can read more about Google's tracking cookies on their website. No personal information is stored within these cookies.

E-Newsletters

You can unsubscribe from our E-Newsletter at any time. Just click on the 'unsubscribe' link in the email.

Newsletters

You can request to be removed from our mailing list at any time by calling us on 01622 754757 or emailing your details to info@blind.org.uk

Accessing and updating your personal information held by British Wireless for the Blind Fund

You can ask us what information we hold about you by contacting us. Please note that we may charge a fee of £10 to cover our admin costs. Please keep your information up to date by letting us know of any changes.

Changes to this policy

We may change our privacy policy from time to time, so please check back periodically.