We understand the importance of your privacy, and take our responsibility to protect it seriously.
Our Privacy Policy is an integral part of our Terms of Use and contains important information on our practices with respect to personal information and your rights and choices when it comes to the personal information we control.
By accessing and using the Website, you agree that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and that you accept and consent to the practices and uses or disclosures of information about you that are described herein.
INTRODUCTION
This Privacy Policy explains how FOREGROUND Foundation (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects personal data when you use our website www.frgnd.org (the “Website”), including when you sign up for updates, submit forms, make donations, or interact with our content.
We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and applicable data protection laws.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect the following types of data:
Identity Data, including your name, birthday, and other personal or business details which you may choose to provide.
Contact Data such as your email address, business address, location, telephone numbers and professional and/or social network profile details.
Financial Data (such as donation details processed via payment providers).
Any credit card or debit card data you provide is securely handled by a third party payment processor(s) and/or bank institution. We never store your credit or debit card details.
Technical data (such as IP address, browser type, device information, time zone, operating system and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website).
Usage Data which may include information about how you use our Website.
Communication data (such as messages you send to us).
We may also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal information but is not considered personal information in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
We collect personal information from you in various ways, for example:
if you supply personal information when using our website
when you make a donation through a third-party platform or wire transfer
when you sign-up to receive our newsletters
if you order any merchandise
if you raise a query or issue with us
We may collect Identity Data and Contact Data about you where you contact us or submit any web forms on our Website. We will also automatically collect Technical Data and Usage Data about you through our and our technology partners’ use of cookies and similar technologies. For more information on how we do this, please see the section headed 'Cookies’ below.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Personal data provided to us will be collected and processed by us for the following purposes:
Providing access to our website;
Responding to your enquiries;
Administration of donations;
Newsletters and e-mail campaigns;
Research and statistical analysis;
Communication about our activities and productions;
Invitations to events (co)-organised by FOREGROUND Foundation;
Registration for our events;
Fundraising or direct marketing purposes
Administration and development of website features or content;
Delivering relevant website content to you;
Measuring and understanding the effectiveness of the content;
Using data analytics to improve our Website, content, marketing and user experience.
THIRD PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES
This Website contains links to third-party websites, social media, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
We use Google Analytics on our Websites for anonymous reporting of site usage.
COOKIES
Cookies are not themselves personal information, but are a technology that can be used to store or retrieve personal information that is kept locally on your device. Our site uses cookies to store or retrieve information about you. We use cookies for a variety of purposes, such as enabling functionality and to enhance the quality of our website and your user experience.
We use essential cookies (sometimes called “necessary cookies” or “functional cookies”) to help make our website and web applications usable by enabling basic functions like session management and single sign-on. They also help us comply with consent recordkeeping legal requirements like those of the laws implementing the EU e-Privacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation. Our site cannot function properly without these cookies. Most of the essential cookies we use are transient (sometimes called “session cookies”). A session cookie expires when you close your browser.
We also use analytics cookies that collect information about how visitors interact with and use our website. This information enables us to improve how our website works generally.
If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
We process Personal Information of Data Subjects who are located in the EEA for one or more of several lawful purposes:
Your consent to providing us information;
Performance of a contract (e.g. donation processing);
Compliance with laws and our own legal obligations;
Legitimate interests - when we process your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we consider this is necessary for our legitimate interests and that your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
SHARING OF DATA
We do not sell or share your personal information to other organisations.
We may be required to share some personal information as required to comply with the law.
SECURITY AND DATA RETENTION
We use SSL encryption to protect the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of your Personal Data transmitted through our Website. Donations and other payments are processed securely through trusted third-party payment providers (such as Stripe), and FOREGROUND Foundation does not store full payment card details. However, no transmission of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and you provide information through the Website at your own risk.
We retain your Personal Data:
For as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
For as long as necessary for the purpose for which we collect it.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
Some of our service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
YOUR RIGHTS
Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to:
Request access to your personal data;
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
Request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”);
Request restriction of processing;
Object to the processing of your personal data;
Request data portability;
Withdraw your consent at any time (where processing is based on consent);
Not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects.
You may exercise any rights you have under your applicable law with respect to Personal Data by contacting us at info@frgnd.org and let us have enough information to identify you. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal information (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
According to the EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (“GDPR”), if you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority or the relevant supervisory authority in your country of residence.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may, from time to time, update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes to our use of your personal information and as required to comply with changes in applicable law or regulatory requirements. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be informed of how we use your personal information.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights set out in this Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an email to info@frgnd.org.
