Privacy policy

Movement for Change (“we” or “us”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy, which should be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use, sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect about you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.  

Data collection and use

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.movementforchange.org.uk (“our site”). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.
  • If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
  • Details of transactions you carry out through our site.
  • Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own donation processing purposes or otherwise, and the resources that you access.

Access to information

You may remove or change your email contact details and mailing preferences at any time. You have a right of access to information about you that is held on our files. You can do this by written request and on payment of an administration fee. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us at the address below.

Donating to Movement for Change

If you donate to Movement for Change then by doing so you agree to be contacted by members and affiliates of Movement for Change in relation to our projects and fundraising. Such affiliates might include (without limitation) other organizations with similar objectives to ours (which might include the national and local Labour Parties), and their affiliates.

If you donate more than £500 to Movement for Change then you must be on the UK electoral register and we will check to confirm this. The Isle of Man and Channel Islands are not part of the UK for donation purposes.  If you make a donation of more than £7,500 then your name and the amount (but not your address) will be published by the Electoral Commission.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties associated or affiliated with Movement for Change. Such third parties might include (without limitation) our affiliates mentioned above. By using our site you agree to be contacted by such third parties.

IP addresses and cookies

We may automatically capture and store your IP address and the location of your computer for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We may also use such information in the aggregate to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of our site.

A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. We may use cookies in order to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. However we will only access the information that we stored in your cookie file. We will not access any information stored in a cookie by other websites. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. The cookies on our site do not contain any personally identifiable information.

Site registration and email service

When you register with our site or subscribe to our mailing list, we ask you for contact information (such as your name and e-mail address), geographic information (such as your postcode), and other details about you and your interests. This is used to help us provide you with information about Movement for Change and its activities and affiliates to match your interests.

Volunteers

If you apply to undertake voluntary work with us, we ask for your contact details, postcode and information on the type of volunteer work you are interested in, as well as other details, for example about your skills and previous experience. This information helps us identify suitable volunteer opportunities for you within Movement for Change.

Links to other sites

Our site may contain from time to time links to other sites and servers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

How we protect your information

We use a secure third party server to store all collected data.

Choice/unsubscribe
If we contact you by email, we will provide you the opportunity to opt out of receiving further communications from us easily and promptly. Unsubscribe requests are processed automatically when made in this way. Alternatively, you can  opt out at any time by contacting us at the address below.

Correcting your information

If you need to change your e-mail address, you can unsubscribe from our mailing lists and sign up again using your new information.

Contacting us about privacy

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller is Movement for Change.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the information we have collected from you, the practices of our site or your interaction with our site, please contact us by email at the following address: office@movementforchange.org.uk.

We will continue to evaluate our efforts to protect your information and will update our privacy policy whenever necessary. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.