Privacy and Cookies

Our Privacy Policy

Who are we?

Mr Alex Hairdressing Foundation (“we/us”)(Registered Charity Number 1078770

We are committed to protecting your personal information.

This policy will help you understand how we treat your personal information.

Information We May Collect From You

You may give us information about you by completing the funding application form on our website (‘our site) or by correspond with us by phone, email or otherwise.  This includes information you provide when you purchase tickets or register for fund raising events via our site, donate to us, subscribe to our e-newsletter, make an enquiry; when you volunteer to participate in an event or subscribe to any of our services or events.  The information you give us may include your name, address, certain financial information in relation to your request for funding; professional qualifications, educational achievements, work history; your role, e-mail address, phone number; home address.

Information We Receive From Other Sources

We may receive information about you from the college or other educational institution/training center you attend or have applied to attend, from the organization for which you work or other third parties.  We may also obtain information about you which is publicly available on third party sites such as social media sites, website of your employer or business or other professional bodies of whom you are a member.  The information we obtain from such sources may include your name and contact details, information about your employer, your educational and professional achievements.

Service Providers

We use service providers such as a marketing and direct mail companies, BT Donate and Just Giving to help us provide you with our services. We ensure there are appropriate systems in place to protect your personal data. 

When you use our online shop and donation pages, your donation is processed by a third party payment processors, for example Paypal, BT Donate and Just Giving who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions.

Some of our service providers may be based outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will endeavor to ensure they provide an adequate level of protection in accordance with UK Data Protection Law. By submitting your personal information to us you agree to this transfer, storing or processing at a location outside the EEA.

How we might use the information

It depends how it has been received by us, but in most cases it will fall into one of the following categories:

1. Application for funding
2. Supporters and Donors
3. Promotions

Application for Funding

The Head of our Advisory Board will process your information from application forms to present to the Advisory Board for consideration of the application for funding.  Applicants’ names, addresses, and dates of birth are excluded from the case presentations. The full files are password protected on our system and only seen by The Head of the Charity. Your data may be used to detect fraud.

Supporters and Donors

Your data will be used to provide you with our e-newsletter, information about any relevant goods or services and to process purchases, donations and gift aid. A record may be kept of our relationship and your data preferences.

Promotions

To help promote our work you may be asked to consent to us sharing your experiences for use on our website, e-newsletter, social media, promotional materials or campaigns. We will only do so if you give us your consent, or if under 18, obtain the consent from the parent or guardian.

Please note that where we have obtained your consent of that of your parent or guardian for processing of your personal information, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time.

Keeping Personal Data

Your personal information is processed and stored securely in the UK and Western Europe.  All information you provide to us is stored on our secured servers.  Where we have given you (or where you have created) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. 

How Long Do We Store Your Personal Data For

We will retain your information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this policy and/or for as long as your registration on our site is active.  We will also retain your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain information to comply with applicable laws, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

We may also retain certain data regarding the use of our site for internal analysis – this data is generally retained for a short period of time unless it is used to help us keep the site secure or to improve functionality, or we are otherwise legally required to retain such data for longer periods. 

When you use our online shop and donation pages, your donation is processed by a third party payment processors, for example Paypal and Just Giving who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions.

Some of our service providers may be based outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will endeavor to ensure they provide an adequate level of protection in accordance with UK Data Protection Law. By submitting your personal information to us you agree to this transfer, storing or processing at a location outside the EEA.

Unsubscribe Policy

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.  You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing info@mralex.org.uk or clicking the unsubscribe link or promotional emails. 

Links to other websites

Our website contains links to other websites run by other companies. This privacy policy applies only to our website. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of our third party sites and other sites even if they are accessed using links from our website.

Marketing Communications

If you have given consent for us to contact you with our news, marketing and fundraising activity we will use your preferred communication preference.

If you wish to unsubscribe from our e-newsletter you can click the unsubscribe button on the email or contact us directly.

If you would like to contact us, change how we communicate with you, update your contact details, or you would like to opt-out from receiving correspondence from us, please contact the Head of Charity:

Email info@mralex.org.uk

Telephone 07376 263 590

Mailing address for correspondence only to the following:

Mr Alex Hairdressing Foundation
27 Old Gloucester Street,
London, WC1N 3AX.

Cookies

How we use Cookies

Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit some websites. We use cookies to help identify your computer so we can tailor your user experience, track shopping basket contents and remember where you are in the order process. Cookies collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns but do not identify you as an individual.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

Like most websites we use cookies to improve the browsing experience. There are two main types of cookies that we use. These are:

Session Variables– these are a common type of cookie. We use them to do things like remember what items you have put in your shopping basket or to remember that you have already entered some information into a form so we don’t ask for it twice. These cookies are only used per session, so when you close your browser they disappear.

Tracking Cookies– this is another very common type of cookie. We use these to help us track how many people visit our website, what pages they look at and how often they come back. When you visit our website we automatically check to see whether this cookie is in your browser, if it is then we know you have visited us before.

Neither type of cookie allows us to identify individuals who use our website. This information is only collected when you enter it in a form to register or purchase a product. Our cookies do not analyse visits to other websites or track any Internet searches undertaken whilst on the Green Apple Property Solutions website.

Specifically, we use the following cookies:

For more information about cookies, and to learn how to delete them from your browser, visit - http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/online/cookies.aspx