Fundraising

Milton Keynes Hospital Charity (MKHC) is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected

MKHC will ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, it will only be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

We may collect the following information:

full name and title
gender
date of birth
contact information including address and post code
bank account details – if donating by debit/credit card or setting up a direct debit for regular donations
information relating to your health – if you are volunteering for us
emergency next of kin details – if you are volunteering for us

If you sponsor a person using an online giving platform such as JustGiving or Virgin Money Giving and you indicate that you would like to hear from us, they may pass your details onto us so we can tell you more about our charity. You should check the privacy statements of those sites before you give them your information.

We require this information for the following reasons:

internal record keeping
to thank you for your donations, volunteering or other support
to respond to you if you have made an enquiry
to keep you up-to-date with the MKH Charity
to improve our products and services

We may also share your name and details of your donation with the hospital in order to ensure your donations are used according to your wishes. This will be limited to senior members of staff only. You can let us know if you would prefer your details to remain anonymous and we will always respect your wishes.

We are committed to making sure your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our MKHC website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, we do not have any control over external websites. Therefore we cannot be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting site not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

► Controlling your personal information

You have a right to restrict MKHC from collecting or using your personal information. When we ask you to fill in a form, there will be a box that you can tick if you DO NOT want the information to be used for marketing purposes. You can also control the means by which we contact you e.g. telephone, post or email. You can change your contact preferences at any time.

If you request that we do not contact you again for marketing purposes, we will respect your wishes. It may take up to 28 days for us to update our records and for you to stop receiving communications from us. After this time, we may still send you administrative communications e.g. in relation to payments you have made or events you have signed up for.

we do not have access to your medical records
we will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties
we will not share your information with a third party for their own purposes unless required by law to do so

We appreciate your supposed and aim to ensure that your privacy is treated with respect at all times and in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

Last Modified: 12:10pm 14/01/2022