Privacy

Our principles

We review our processes on a regular basis to keep step with changing technology and expectations. Our data collection principles are:

• We will never sell or swap your data.

• You can change your communication preferences or opt out whenever you choose.

• We recognise that data protection is an ongoing commitment, not a one-off policy.

Website data collection and social media use

When you visit our website, the personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when.

We may use Google Analytics to better understand how people use our website. For instance we can determine the number of people using our site and how they find and use our web pages. With this information we can continually improve the information that we provide on our site and the processes for actions such as contacting us and donating. We can also use it to increase the number of new people finding our site. 

Google Analytics stores the following data:

• Time of visit, pages visited, and time spent on each page of the webpages;

• Interactions with site-specific widgets;

• Referring site details (such as the URL a user came through to arrive at this site);

• Type of web browser;

• Type of operating system (OS);

• Flash version, JavaScript support, screen resolution, and screen colour processing ability;

• Network location and IP address;

• Document downloads;

• Clicks on links leading to external websites;

• Errors when users fill out forms;

• Clicks on videos; and

• Scroll depth.

We only ever look at aggregated data from Google Analytics to determine trends in the use of our website, rather than individuals data.

We use social media to inform, educate and engage new potential supporters. We may target ads using social media at audiences that look like they have an interest in Fat Macy’s work and businesses.

Newsletter subscribers

If you subscribe to our mailing list, you will be automatically subscribed to receive newsletters and/or email updates. You will only receive information that you have opted in to receive. When signing up, we will ask you for personal information such as your name and email address. These contact details are stored on our internal password protected database.  

We also might analyse email results, such as open rate and click-through. We don’t want to waste anyone’s time on emails that no one is reading, so it’s important to be able to see what messaging people are interested in. However we only look at aggregated data, not individuals.

We use third party services such as Mailchimp to send our newsletters and emails to our subscribers. Mailchimp provides it service from servers located in the USA. Accordingly, to enable us to send our newsletters and emails, your personal data may be uploaded external databases and servers in the USA.

Who has access to your data?

Within Fat Macy’s only our staff and third parties engaged by us who need access to your data to do their job can access it. 

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties. We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

If you choose to subscribe to our email or newsletter services, or if you choose to make a donation via the website, third party providers such as Mailchimp, and third-party payment gateways such as Stripe or Paypal used to process your payment (if applicable) may have access to your personal data.  

Legal

Fat Macy’s will disclose personally identifiable information when required by the law or in the good faith belief that such an action is necessary to:

• Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on Fat Macy’s;

• Protect or defend the rights or property of the Fat Macy’s network of sites, or visitors to the Fat Macy’s website;

• Identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice or the rights of third parties; and

• Co-operate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.

Your rights

As an individual whose personal data is processed by Settle you have the following rights:

• Right to be Informed: You have the right to be informed about how we are using your data. If you think we are doing something with your information that we have not told you about in this Privacy Notice, you can object to this;

• The Right of Access: You can request access to a copy of the personal data that we hold about you;

• The Right to Rectification: If you think that the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have a right to request that it be rectified;

• The Right to Erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data where it is no longer necessary for us to use it, where you have withdrawn consent (if we process based on consent), or where we have no lawful basis for keeping it;

• The Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to restrict the personal data we use about you where you have asked for it to be erased or where you have objected to our use of it;

• Right to Data Portability: You can ask us to provide you, or a third party (if possible), with some of the personal data we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, electronic form, so that it can be easily transferred; and

• Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data. You should note that this right does not apply in all circumstances, for example, where we are processing information because it is necessary to complete a contract.

You can ask us to stop processing your data for marketing and fundraising by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us. Or you can contact us at hello@fatmacys.org to exercise your rights outlined above. We will treat your information with respect and will not share it with any other organisation. 

If you would like to exercise any of the above rights, please:

• put your request in writing;

• include proof of your identity (such as a copy of your driving licence or passport) and address (such as a recent utility or credit card bill); and

• specify the right you wish to exercise.

We will respond to requests made by you within one month. We will not charge a fee for you to exercise any of the rights listed above.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or our privacy practices, please contact us on hello@fatmacys.org.