EECC Global privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
· Contact details
· What information we collect, use, and why
· Lawful bases and data protection rights
· Where we get personal information from
· How long we keep information
· Who we share information with
· How our website uses cookies
· Making a donation
· Sharing information outside the UK
· How to complain
Contact details
privacy@eeccglobal.org
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:
· Names and contact details
· Addresses
· Payment or banking details
· Donation history
We collect or use the following personal information for service updates or marketing purposes:
· Names and contact details
· Website and app user journey information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
· Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:
· Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
· Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
· Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are: to provide you with updates about the work of our organisation. By completing a contact form on our site you have indicated their desire to receive those updates.
Where we get personal information from
· Directly from you
How long we keep information
If you complete a form on our website we will retain your personal data until you let us know that you no longer wish to receive emails from us. You can do this by replying to an email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject, or by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ if the email you have received has that functionality.
Who we share information with
Data processors
SquareSpace
This data processor does the following activities for us: They store the names and email addresses when people complete a form on our website.
This data processor does the following activities for us: They store some names and email addresses when people complete a form on our website. Google also stores anonymised data using cookies, such as the number of visitors, where they come from, and the pages they visit. This information is used solely for statistical analysis and is anonymised in a way that does not personally identify you. Please see more in the ‘How our website uses cookies’ section.
How our website uses cookies
Use of cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
Squarespace Analytics
Our website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, to learn about site traffic and activity.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect and analyse information about how visitors use our website. This helps us improve our website’s performance and user experience. Google Analytics collects anonymised data, such as the number of visitors, where they come from, and the pages they visit. This information is used solely for statistical analysis and is anonymised in a way that does not personally identify you.
Google Analytics uses cookies to gather this data, and you can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available here.
For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please visit their Privacy Policy: Google Privacy & Terms.
Facebook Marketing Pixels
We also use Facebook Pixel to measure and optimise our advertising campaigns on Facebook and Instagram. The Facebook Pixel is a piece of code embedded on our website that allows us to track user interactions with our website. The data collected via the Pixel is anonymised and used to create targeted advertising content that is more relevant to you.
The information collected by the Facebook Pixel may include data such as page views, button clicks, and time spent on the website. This data is shared with Facebook, but no personal identifying information is disclosed to Facebook.
You can control the data Facebook collects about you through your Facebook account settings. For more information on Facebook’s data collection and how to manage your preferences, please refer to Facebook’s Privacy Policy: Facebook Privacy Policy.
Sharing of Anonymised Data
By using our website, you consent to the sharing of anonymised data with both Google and Facebook as outlined above. This data is used for analytical and marketing purposes and helps us improve our services and tailor content to your interests.
If you do not wish to have your data collected in this way, you can adjust your cookie preferences and disable cookies in your browser settings.
Making a donation on our website
When you make a donation to us on this website, we use Squarespace Payments as our payment solution. Squarespace Payments is a fully integrated, native payment solution provided to us by our online store service provider Squarespace. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third party service providers which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:
Stripe - payment processing services. You can read Stripe’s privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.
Sift - fraud monitoring and detection services. You can read Sift’s privacy policy at https://sift.com/service-privacy.
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we may transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: SquareSpace
Category of recipient: Website Provider
Country the personal information is sent to: USA
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has a UK data bridge (also known as Adequacy Regulations)
Organisation name: Google
Category of recipient: Storage provider
Country the personal information is sent to: USA
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has a UK data bridge (also known as Adequacy Regulations)
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated
24 January 2025