Privacy Policy
I. INTRODUCTION:
1. Amara Giving (“We”, “Our”, “Us”, or “Company”) understands and respects that
you care about your personal data and how it is used. We value your trust in
sharing your personal data with us and are dedicated to protecting your personal
data when you visit our website, https://hetvichhabria.wixsite.com/amara-giving-1
(the “Website”), as further described in this Privacy Notice.
2. Amara Giving is dedicated to reducing food waste and feeding homeless and
vulnerable individuals across London. The charity collects surplus food from
restaurants, cafes, and other food businesses, ensuring it is safely and efficiently
redistributed to those in need.
3. We are a charitable organization with charity registration number [●] and maintain
our registered office at [●].
II. SCOPE:
4. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) applies to all personal data collected by Us
through the Website and those collected through any e-mail, telephonic and / or
other interactions / discussions / exchange between us. Your personal data may
also be made available to us through your browser / personal devise, based on
its settings.
5. This Privacy Notice describes in detail: (i) the types of data we collect about you;
(ii) how we use your data (the purposes for processing your data); (iii) with whom
we share it; (iv) for how long we retain the data; (v) the choices and rights you
have with regard to your data; (vi) how we protect your data; (vii) how we store
your data; and (viii) how you can contact us about our privacy practices and
grievance redressal.
6. This Notice is in line with the standards expected by the European General Data
Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). Amara Giving will be the Data Controller
responsible for processing any personal data.
III. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA:
7. Personal data is any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. We
understand that protecting your personal data is essential for personal privacy,
data privacy, data protection, information privacy and information security.
IV. PERSONAL DATA - HOW WE COLLECT & WHY?
8. We may source, use and / or otherwise process your personal data in different
ways. In all cases we are committed to protecting your personal data.
9. We have described below how we obtain your personal data and how we treat it:
9.1 WEBSITE VISITORS:
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Sources of personal data.
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Personal data that we collect and process.
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Why we collect your personal data and what is the lawful basis for it?
A. SOURCES OF PERSONAL DATA:
We may obtain your personal data from the following sources:
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from you directly (for example, when you fill out a subscription form on the website, or at the time of subscribing to any services offered on our Website, including but not limited to any e-newsletter and / or e-promotions); and/or
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from your device or browser.
If you contact us or interact with us, we may keep a record of that correspondence / interaction.
B. PERSONAL DATA THAT WE COLLECT & PROCESS:
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Name;
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Email address;
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Phone number;
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Communication preferences;
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Password;
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Home address;
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Date of birth
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Payment preference and details (for example, bank account details, credit
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card or PayPal details supplied to us by you);
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Cookie data (for more information please see our Cookie Notice);
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Preferences regarding online marketing; and/or
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IP address.
C. WHY WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA & WHAT IS THE LAWFUL BASIS FOR IT?
USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA | LAWFUL BASIS | OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS |
|---|---|---|
To conduct statistical
analysis and
benchmarking on an
anonymized,
aggregate basis that
cannot be linked to
individuals. | Legitimate interest | To promote our services
and offerings. |
To detect, prevent,
investigate, or
remediate criminal
activity, prohibited
conduct or protect our
legal rights (including
communication with
regulators and law
enforcement). | Legal obligation | To protect our business
and comply with legal
requirements. |
To communicate
legally or regulatorily
required information. | Legal obligation | Legal obligation |
To maintain and
manage our
relationships | Legitimate interest | To nurture and develop our
relationships and provide
relevant support. |
To deliver services and
information you have
requested. | Legitimate interest | To provide the services
and information requested. |
If you object to us using your personal data for the above purposes, including
direct marketing, please send us an email on the email address provided herein.
When we use cookies or similar technologies, we will seek your prior consent,
where required to do so by law. When we use your email to communicate
marketing information to you, we will seek your prior consent, where required to
do so by law.
V. HOW WE COLLECT & WHY?
10. We will keep your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes
for which it was collected in connection with your requests via our Website or
your use of our website.
V. HOW WE COLLECT & WHY?
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We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
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We may share your personal data with Amara Giving’s affiliates, if any;
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Our partner organizations and service providers;
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Organizations that provide any services to us, whilst ensuring that they are
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contractually obligated to keep your personal data confidential and in
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compliance with the GDPR and other relevant data protection laws;
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The following constitutes an indicative list of the types of service providers we may interact with:
a) technical support providers who assist with our Website and IT
infrastructure;
b) our payment solutions providers for processing payments;
c) third party software providers, including ‘software as a service’ solution
providers, where the provider hosts the relevant personal data on our
behalf;
d) professional advisers such as solicitors, accountants, tax advisors,
auditors and insurance brokers;
e) providers that help us generate and collate reviews in relation to our
services; and/or
f) our advertising and promotional agencies and consultants and / or those
organizations selected by us to carry out marketing campaigns on our
behalf.
VII. USE OF THE PLATFORM/SERVICES BY CHILDREN:
11. As stated in our Terms and Conditions, to register and make a contribution on our
Website, you must meet the ‘Age Requirements’ (as defined in our Terms and
Conditions). If you are a ‘Minor’ or ‘Child’, i.e. an individual who does not meet
the Age Requirements, then you may not register on our website, and only your
parent / guardian can register on the website on your behalf, agree to all website
terms and enable access to you under their guidance and supervision.
12. For the Privacy Notice and use of our Website, an individual below the age of 16
years in Europe is a minor and is prohibited from using the Website without the
supervision and consent of their legal guardian / parent.
13. We do not knowingly collect such Personal Information from a child / minor and
assume that information has been provided with consent of the Parent. If you are
a parent / guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with any
Personal Information without your consent, please contact us at info@amaragiving.com. If we independently become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child in the absence of consent of the parent/guardian, we will take steps to remove such information from our servers.
VIII. LAW ENFORCEMENT OR GOVERNMENT BODIES:
14. We may disclose your personal data as permitted by law, in order to investigate,
prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violation of our
intellectual property rights, situations involving potential threats to the physical
safety of any person, violation of our Terms and Conditions or other agreements,
or as required by law.
15. Partnerships: We may transfer your personal data to potential partners and their
advisors, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, in the event we decide
to dispose of all or parts of our business.
IX. CROSS BORDER DATA TRANSFERS
16. We may transfer the personal information we collect to countries with laws that
may offer a different level of protection compared to the laws in the country in
which you reside.
17. You may request a copy of these agreements by contacting us at info@amaragiving.com
X. YOUR RIGHTS:
18. The GDPR provides you with certain rights in relation to the processing of your
personal data, including:
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To request access to personal data about you (commonly known as a ‘Data Subject Access Request’). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you, and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
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To request rectification, correction or updating to any of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any inaccurate our outdated information we hold about you corrected.
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To request personal data provided by you to be transferred in a machine- readable format (‘data portability’). To request erasure of personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove personal data where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).
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To request a restriction on processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal data about you (e.g. if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it).
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To object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. This right may apply where the processing of your personal data is based on the legitimate interests of Company, as explained above.
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Withdrawal of consent. If we rely on your consent (for example, when setting cookies on your device or for direct marketing), you may withdraw your consent at any time.
19. These rights listed may be subject to various conditions under applicable data
protection and privacy legislation.
XI. HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL DATA?
20. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data we have about you against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, no data transmission or storage, or use of the Internet, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
XII. RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA:
21. Your data will be retained as long as you access and / or have an account on our website and continue to use our services. This data will include your subscription history, transactions and personal information. However, in certain circumstances, we retain the information for as long as it is required by us, including for legal or business compliances.
XIII. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE:
22. From time to time, we may change our Privacy Notice to reflect changes to our privacy practices and services. If we modify the Privacy Notice, we will update the ‘Last Modified Date’ and the changes will be effective as of the date we post. For material changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our Website indicating at the top of the Privacy Notice when it was most recently updated.
XIV. HOW TO CONTACT US:
23. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice or the manner in which we or our service providers treat your personal information, would like to exercise your choices or would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us at:
(Details of DPO)
Name:
Contact no. (working hours [●] to [●]):
By email: [of the Data Protection Officer]
Last Updated: April 2025