BCHC Charity Privacy Notice

BCHC Charity is an official charity registered with the Charity Commission under the Registered Charity Number 1069427 to raise and receive legacies and donations for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Our fundraising is a way of providing 'extras' not funded as part of core NHS services. These are the things that will bring a smile to patients, to enhance their experience or improve their care with us, or it could be a piece of equipment, piece of research or a training course that will improve the care staff can provide.

We collect and use your data for administrative purposes. These include, but are not limited to your:

• Name and contact details (such as postal address, email address, or telephone numbers) should you choose to sign up to our mailing list for more information about the charity, upcoming events, and the work we do - we will not contact you unless you consent to receiving our updates, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

 

We will not collect any health information, or information regarding gender, sexuality, ethnic origin, religion, age, ability, or any other protected characteristic. If you choose to volunteer with us, this data may be collected in order to ensure the volunteering offer is inclusive and equitable; please see the BCHC Charity Volunteer Privacy Notice for further details.

 

Regarding financial data, we do not store any credit card or banking details, these are held with our payment partners:

• Square,
• JustGiving,
• EasyFundraising,
• Unity lottery.

 

We have contracts with these payment partners that include security and data processing obligations. All our partners have their own privacy notices, which will tell you what information they collect, how they use it, and what to do if you have concerns. You can find these on their websites.

We will keep your contact details for as long as you are subscribed to our mailing list. You may request to unsubscribe at any time, by simply contacting us by email via bchc.charity@nhs.net to do so.

We take our duty to protect your personal information and confidentiality seriously. We are committed to taking all reasonable measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of personal data for which we are responsible for.

 

We store all personal information on a dedicated, protected database.

We will not transfer your data outside the UK.

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

• Your right of access: you have the right to request a copy of information we hold about you.
• Your right to rectification: you have the right to ask us to correct information that is factually incorrect, or to include anything that is missing.
• Your right to erasure: you can ask us to delete your details from our mailing list at any time.
• Your right to restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
• Your right to object to processing in certain circumstances.

The personal information you provide to us is not used for:

• Automated decision making (making a decision by automated means without any human involvement).
• Profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain things about an individual).

You can contact us with any enquiries, concerns, or complaints about how we use your personal data and your associated rights:

• Email: bchc.charity@nhs.net
• Address: BCHC Charity, 3 Priestley Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4BN.
• Telephone: 0121 466 7314

 

The Data Protection Officer for Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust is responsible for ensuring that BCHC and BCHC Charity comply with Data Protection legislation. You can contact them at bchc.dpo@nhs.net

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):

Information Commissioner's Office

• Website: https://ico.org.uk
• Address: Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
• Telephone: 0303 123 1113