Privacy
Policy

Privacy
Policy

How Dreams Peace Foundation collects, uses, and protects your personal information.

Document: Privacy Policy Organisation: Dreams Peace Foundation Last Updated: January 2024

1. Introduction

Dreams Peace Foundation ("DPF", "we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you.

By visiting our website or interacting with DPF, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

Information You Provide Directly

  • Name, email address, and phone number
  • City and organisation (for volunteer or partnership enquiries)
  • Messages and communications submitted through our contact form
  • Donation-related information (where applicable)

Information Collected Automatically

  • Browser type, device type, and operating system
  • Pages visited and time spent on our website
  • Referring website or source of visit
  • IP address (anonymised where possible)
  • Cookie data (see our Cookie Policy for details)

3. Use of Information

DPF uses the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

  • Responding to your enquiries, messages, and requests
  • Processing volunteer applications and partnership proposals
  • Sending updates, newsletters, and programme-related communications (with your consent)
  • Processing and acknowledging donations
  • Improving our website, programmes, and outreach activities
  • Complying with legal obligations

We will not use your information for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes listed above without your express consent.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent (e.g., subscribing to updates)
  • Legitimate interest: For improving our programmes and understanding our audience
  • Legal obligation: Where required by applicable law
  • Contractual necessity: For processing donations or partnership agreements

5. Data Protection

DPF takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include:

  • Secure storage of personal data with access controls
  • Use of encrypted connections (HTTPS) on our website
  • Limiting access to personal data to authorised personnel only
  • Regular review of our data security practices

While we take all reasonable steps to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Third-Party Sharing

DPF does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share data with trusted third parties only in the following circumstances:

  • Payment processors: To facilitate donation transactions securely
  • Service providers: Such as email delivery services, operating under data processing agreements
  • Legal authorities: Where required by law, court order, or government regulation

All third parties with whom we share data are required to handle it in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and to understand how visitors use our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and how to manage them, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. When data is no longer needed, it is securely deleted or anonymised.

9. Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your personal information held by DPF:

  • Right to access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Right to correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Right to deletion: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal obligations
  • Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw consent for data processing at any time
  • Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interest

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

10. Links to External Websites

Our website may contain links to external websites not operated by DPF. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

11. Changes to This Policy

DPF may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any material changes will be communicated through our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us: