Privacy Policy
The privacy policy encompassing Dash's Top Surgery Fund
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
- Contact details
- What information we collect, use, and why
- Lawful bases and data protection rights
- Where we get personal information from
- How long we keep information
- Who we share information with
- How to complain
Contact details
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Donation, purchase, or viewing history
We collect or use the following information for research, for statistical, or for analytical purposes:
- IP addresses
- Website and app user journey information
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:
- Names
- Contact information
- Financial transaction information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for scientific or historical research purposes, for statistical purposes or for archiving in the public interest are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
- Third parties:
- Donation and payment processing platforms, such as GoFundMe.
How long we keep information
We will retain your information, if you don't ask us to delete it earlier, for the duration of the fundraiser. Any data held by the organisations and services we work with is subject to their policies.
Who we share information with
Data processors
This data processor does the following activities for us: Provide website analytics services.
Others we share personal information with
- Relevant regulatory authorities
- Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
- Publicly on our website, social media or other marketing and information media
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a data protection complaint to us by emailing: