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Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland General Data Protection Privacy Policy Notice (including use of Cookies)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (\u201cwe\u201d) promise to respect the confidentiality of any personal data you share with us, or that we have access to through Rotary International, to keep it safe, and we will always take every effort to protect your privacy. [For the purpose of this privacy notice, Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland (Rotary GB&I) also includes Rotary Foundation United Kingdom (RFUK) and the Rotary GB&I Donations Trust].<\/em><\/p>\n

We pride ourselves on our honesty and openness and will always be clear how, when and why we collect and process your information; we promise we will never do anything with your details that you wouldn\u2019t reasonably expect.<\/p>\n

Developing a better understanding of our members and donors is crucial, and your personal data allows us to manage your membership and provide the services you are entitled to.<\/p>\n

It is expected that club and district officers may also process member personal data on behalf of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and the Rotary organisation and they too will also be bound by this privacy notice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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We collect information in the following ways:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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When you give it to us DIRECTLY
\n<\/strong>There are many ways you may give us your information. For example, when you join as a member, begin volunteering, make a donation, purchase our products or communicate with us either by phone, in writing, including email or in person. We are responsible for your data at all times.<\/p>\n

When you give it to us INDIRECTLY
\n<\/strong>Your information may be shared with us by independent organisations, for example sites like Virgin Money Giving or BT MyDonate or other such services. These independent third parties will only share your information when you have consented. You should check their Privacy Notice when you provide your information to understand fully how they will process your data.<\/p>\n

Via Social Media
\n<\/strong>Depending on your settings or the privacy notices for social media and messaging services like Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Twitter, you might give us permission to access information from those accounts or services.<\/p>\n

Via information available publicly
\n<\/strong>This may include information found in places such websites (club, district, action groups etc), Companies House and information that has been published in articles\/newspapers.<\/p>\n

Cookies
\n<\/strong>We use cookies placed on the browser of your device to collect data about how you use our websites and systems. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your device in the browser.<\/p>\n

For more information about how we use cookies please refer to our Cookie Policy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What personal information we collect and how we use it<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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We will only ever capture the minimum amount of information that we need to in relation to your membership, donation or services we provide to you. The personal data we will usually collect is:<\/p>\n