This document provides you with information about how we handle your personal data.

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information to us.

Get REAL is part of Re-thinking Education & Afro-Caribbean Legacy Ltd (REAL), an independent organisation which focuses upon three key components – education, faith and culture – to support the flourishing of the Afro-Caribbean community. 

REAL is a private company limited by shares, registered in England (Company No: 11923304). Our registered office is at International House, 64 Nile Street, London N1 7SR, United Kingdom. For the purposes of this policy, ‘us’, ‘we’ and ‘our’ refer to REAL.

We collect personal information each time you deal with us. For example, if you fill in our ‘contact us’ form, or otherwise provide your personal details, we collect the information you provide.

We collect data such as IP addresses, details of pages visited, and files downloaded. Website usage information is collected using cookies (see the section on cookies below). We will collect information from www.realquestions.co.uk 

We collect information from third parties, including website hosting partners. We only use third party suppliers that we can guarantee are storing your data in accordance with GDPR.

We may collect information that you make available on, YouTube or Vimeo. You may wish to check their privacy policy to find out more information on how they will process your data.

We do not seek to gather sensitive information. 

We may use the personal data we collect to:

• Provide you with information, or services that you request from REAL which we feel may interest you, where we are legally entitled to do so;
• Ask for financial and non-financial support (such as prayer);
• Process donations you give us, including gift aid;
• Provide information or packs, for example Church packs you have requested;
• Provide a personalised service, such as customised emails;
• Keep records of your relationship with us e.g. questions you have asked or complaints you have made;
• Ensure that content from our websites is presented in the most effective manner;
• Notify you of changes to our service.

The legal basis on which we collect and process the personal data described above depends on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will only use your personal information where we:

• Have your consent to do so;
• Need to process your personal      information for our legitimate interests and only where our legitimate      interests are not overridden by your data protection interests or      fundamental rights and freedoms; or
• Have a legal obligation to      collect personal information from you.

We process your personal data based on the consent you provide us with. You are free to change your preferences at any time by contacting us by telephone, post or email as shown in the section ‘Your choices and telling us when things change’ below.

If you think there is a problem with the way we are handling your data, please let us know via the contact mechanisms described at the end of this policy.  If you are not satisfied with our response, you can direct any complaints to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We will keep your personal information only for as long as we consider it necessary to carry out each activity.

We have a data retention policy in place. We take account of legal obligations, accounting and tax issues as well as considering what would be reasonable for the activity concerned. 

If you have any questions relating to data retention, please email: getreal@realquestions.co.uk 

Security

REAL will take all steps reasonably necessary including policies, procedures and security features to ensure that your data is treated securely and is protected from unauthorised and unlawful access and/or use, and in accordance with this privacy notice.  For example, we ensure that all emails are encrypted.

We do not share or swap your information with any other charities or organisations, other than third parties who carry out tasks on our behalf, such as such as sending mail outs. These agents are bound by contract to protect your data and we remain responsible for their actions.

Legal duty

We may need to pass on information if required by law or by a regulatory body or if asked for details by a law enforcement agency.

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the relevant setting on your browser or refusing to accept cookies in the pop-up question upon entering the Site. However, if you select these settings you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the Site.

The cookie data that we collect we may use to:

• customise the content on our website and to help to understand visitor’s current and future needs
• process any requests you may make
• aid internal administration and analysis

Third party cookies

REAL works with a number of third party suppliers who set cookies on our website to enable them to provide us with services. These are mainly used for reporting and advertising purposes, so we can improve the way we communicate.

We use websites such as YouTube and Vimeo to embed videos and you may be sent cookies from these websites. We do not control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party website for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

REAL also uses third party suppliers such as Facebook and Google Analytics and these providers may use cookies. They may also use tracking pixels, which are commonly found in advertising to track the effectiveness of adverts.

As some of these services may be based outside of the UK and the European Union, they may not fall under the jurisdiction of UK courts. If you are concerned about this, you can change your cookie settings (see above).

Data protection laws grant you, as a Data Subject, certain ‘information rights’, which are summarised below:

• Right of access – You have the right to obtain a copy of      information we hold about you.
• Right of rectification or erasure – If      you feel that any data that we hold about you is inaccurate, you have the      right to ask us to correct or rectify it. You also have a right to ask us      to erase information about you where you can demonstrate that the data we      hold is no longer needed by us, or if you withdraw the consent upon which      our processing is based, or if you feel that we are unlawfully processing      your data. Please note that we may be entitled to retain your personal      data despite your request, for example if we are under a separate legal      obligation to retain it. Your right of rectification and erasure extends      to anyone we have disclosed your personal information to and we will take      all reasonable steps to inform those with whom we have shared their data      about your request for erasure.
• Right to restriction of processing – You have a right to request that we refrain from processing      your data where you contest its accuracy, or the processing is unlawful      and you have opposed its erasure, or where we do not need to hold your      data any longer but you need us to in order to establish, exercise or      defend any legal claims, or we are in dispute about the legality of our      processing your personal data.
• Right to Portability – You have a      right to receive any personal data that you have provided to us in order      to transfer it onto another data controller where the processing is based      on consent and is carried out by automated means. This is called a data      portability request.
• Right to Object – You have a right to object to our      processing your personal data where the basis of the processing is our      legitimate interests including but not limited to direct marketing and      profiling.
• Right to Withdraw Consent – You have      the right to withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal      data where the processing is based on consent.
• Right of Complaint – You also have the right to lodge a      complaint about any aspect of how we are handling your data with the UK Information Commissioner’s      Office, which can be contacted at www.ico.org.uk 
• Right to Opt-out   of Marketing Communications – You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications      we send to you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the      “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing emails we send you. To      opt out of other forms of marketing (such as postal marketing or      telemarketing), then please contact us using the contact details provided      below.

For all of the above requests, you will need to write to us at the address given below. We will respond within 30 days of receiving your letter.

We may amend this policy from time to time to take account of changes to our processes or changes to data protection or other legislation. If we make any significant changes to this policy, we will show this clearly on our website or by writing to you directly. By continuing to use our website, you will be deemed to have accepted these changes.