Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy Statement explains how Global Health 50/50 processes the personal information which is held about you and which is collected via www.globalhealth5050.org

OUR CONTACT DETAILS

Should you wish to contact us regarding this privacy policy, please reach out to info@globalhealth5050.org

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT FROM YOU:

Contact Us: The information which you voluntarily provide us through the ‘Contact Us’ page on the Website will be used for the purposes of satisfying your request such as responding to a query or providing an article or publication. This includes:

  • Email address
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Organisational affiliation

We will only use your email address to respond to such a query.

Media requests and other general enquiries: Requests should be sent to the info@globalhealth5050.org email address. The information which you voluntarily provide us through sending an email to this address will only be used for the purposes of satisfying your request. We will only use your email address to respond to such a query.

Mailing list: If you choose register to receive information from Global Health 50/50 via the subscribe to our newsletter option, we will collect certain information from you to make it possible to send you the following content: We will share a Global Health 50/50 newsletter or update periodically and which includes news on our activities, new outputs, as well as events and opportunities. We try to limit our communications and updates to you no more than once or twice a month. If you wish to stop receiving information or updates from us at any point, you can follow the unsubscribe instructions on any communications sent to you or contact us using the details at the end of this Privacy and Cookie Policy.

Personal data relating to our contacts will be retained for so long as is necessary and relevant, or until you indicate otherwise to us. 

Job / volunteer enquiries: If you submit a job application or enquire about a potential position with us, or with a view to becoming a volunteer / intern with us, we will ask you to provide relevant personal information about you. These will be stored while your application is assessed, and may be stored for a longer period in order to retain your records for future opportunities. 

We use this data to:

  • Provide goods, services, deliveries, quotations, and information, for example, newsletters;
  • Communicate with you about studies, surveys, news, updates and events that may be of interest;
  • Respond to queries submitted to us via our ‘contact us’ form
  • Respond to emails sent to us
  • Consider applicants for potential current and future vacancies 

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA 

We will use your personal data in the following instances:

(a) where we have obtained your consent; 

(b) where we need to perform a contract with you;

(c) where we need to comply with a legal obligation; and 

(d) where the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and our interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and/or freedoms.  

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may use the following third-party service providers named below to process and store your data: Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC), which we use to manage email subscriber lists and send emails to our subscribers. Read their privacy policy at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. We may also disclose your personal information to our affiliates who assist us in fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communication or other services from time to time. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law, court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime or if we believe that such action is necessary to protect the rights of Options.

USE OF COOKIES

This Website uses cookies. Cookies set by our Website can be read by our web server and may contain information you have provided to us for use in connection with the purposes outlined above. 

CONTROL OF COOKIES

Managing cookies in your browser – most modern browsers will allow you to:

  • See what cookies you’ve got and delete them on an individual basis.
  • Block third party cookies.
  • Block cookies from particular sites.
  • Block all cookies from being set.
  • Delete all cookies when you close your browser.

You should be aware that any preferences will be lost if you delete cookies. Ironically, this includes where you have opted out from cookies, as this requires an opt-out cookie to be set. Also, if you block cookies completely many websites will not work properly and some functionality on these websites will not work at all. We do not recommend turning cookies off when using our Website for these reasons.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

The UK GDPR and DPA 2018 give you specific rights around your personal data:

  • right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data
  • right of access to your personal data, and the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you and supplementary details about that information
  • right to have inaccurate personal data that we process about you rectified
  • right of erasure – in certain circumstances you have the right to have personal data that we process about you blocked, erased or destroyed
  • the right to object to, or restrict:
    • processing of personal data concerning you for direct marketing
    • continued processing of your personal data
  • the right of portability of your data in certain circumstances.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights), however requests should be within reason and not unfounded, repetitive or excessive. We may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

‍ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY AND CONTACT

By using the Website, you consent to the collection, transfer, storing or processing of your data by Global Health 50/50. We reserve the right to amend or delete any part of the Website and/or this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice. Therefore, we recommend that you review this Privacy Policy on a regular basis to ensure that you are kept up-to-date with any such changes. If you have any requests or queries concerning your personal information or any queries regarding our practices, please contact us info@globalhealth5050.org

RAISING A COMPLAINT 

If you are concerned with the use of your personal data, you have a right to raise a concern with or make a complaint to the information regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office: https://ico.org.uk/. However, if you wish you may contact Global Health 50/50 at info@globalhealth5050.org in the first instance and we will endeavour to resolve any issue raised. 

UPDATING OUR PRIVACY POLICY

When we make significant changes, we will notify you of these directly if possible. We will also publish the updated Privacy Notice on our website.

Date of last revision: 13 July 2021