Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

TechForAll Foundation is a registered charity in England & Wales (charity number 1211494). We are the data controller for information collected through this website and our programmes.

Contact:
International House, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
Email: info@techforallfoundation.org
Phone: +44 7955 651941

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identity data: name, date of birth (where relevant)
• Contact data: email address, phone number, postal address
• Financial data: donation amounts and payment references (we do not store card details — payments are processed by PayPal or GoFundMe)
• Usage data: how you use our website (via privacy-friendly analytics)
• Volunteering & programme data: information you provide when applying to volunteer or participate in our programmes
• Communications data: any messages you send us

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data (such as health information) unless you explicitly provide it for a specific purpose.

3. How We Use Your Data

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries and provide our services
• To process and acknowledge donations and send Gift Aid-related communications
• To send newsletters and programme updates (where you have consented)
• To improve our website and understand how visitors use it
• To manage volunteer and programme participant relationships
• To comply with legal and financial reporting obligations (including charity commission requirements)

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Consent — for newsletter subscriptions and marketing communications
• Contractual necessity — to fulfil your requests or process donations
• Legal obligation — for financial record-keeping and audit compliance
• Legitimate interests — to manage our charitable activities and improve our services, where these interests are not overridden by your rights

5. How We Protect Your Data

Your personal information is stored on secure, encrypted servers with restricted access. We review our security practices regularly and limit access to authorised personnel only. We never sell your data to third parties.

6. How Long We Keep Your Data

• Donation records: retained for 6 years for financial audit compliance
• Newsletter subscriptions: retained until you unsubscribe
• Volunteer & programme applications: retained for 1 year after the application is closed
• General enquiries: retained for 2 years unless you ask us to delete them sooner

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure — request deletion of your data (subject to legal obligations)
• Restriction — ask us to restrict how we process your data
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests or for marketing purposes
• Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@techforallfoundation.org. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

8. Cookies & Analytics

Our website uses privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics (Plausible Analytics) to understand how visitors use our site. No personal data is shared with Plausible and no cookies are set. We do not use Google Analytics or other third-party tracking services that place cookies on your device.

9. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

• PayPal — for processing online donations
• GoFundMe — for crowdfunding campaigns
• YouTube — for embedded videos (subject to Google's privacy policy)

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties and encourage you to review their policies.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

For any questions about this policy or how we handle your data: