Privacy Policy

Standout Citizens Initiative is committed to ensuring the privacy of all our users. This policy represents our commitment as an organization to your right to privacy, giving you a clear explanation about how we use your information and your rights over that information. This policy applies to all online systems offered by Standout Citizens Initiative to the public, through our website.

What types of information do we collect and how?

The type and amount of information we receive and store depends on how you use our websites. You can access most of the pages on our websites without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information.

Our web servers use cookies and collect anonymous logs during user visits to our websites which provide valuable information for improving them in the future. In some circumstances your information may be shared with us by third parties, but only where you have specifically consented.

In some circumstances your information may be shared with us by third parties, but only where you have specifically consented.

We collect personal information in the following ways:

• When you sign up to online actions or express an interest in joining us as an international member
• When you make a donation to us
• When you sign up
• When you participate in other online campaigns or activities
• When you apply for a job or volunteering opportunity

If you choose to provide it, we can collect the following types of personal information from you:

• Name
• Age
• Address
• Email Address
• Phone Number
• Credit Card Details
• Information provided for the purpose of applying for a job or volunteering opportunity, including: gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and criminal convictions.

How do we use information collected?

We use your personal information collected via our websites for the following purpose:

• To undertake email actions or compile petitions
• To update you on our campaigns and activities
• To ask you to donate or get involved in our campaigns
• To action your expression of interest in joining Standout Citizens Initiative
• To administer your membership of Standout Citizens Initiative
• To process donations that we receive from you
• To administer and progress your applications for employment or volunteering opportunities
• To monitor the diversity of applicants for employment or volunteering opportunities
• To improve our websites
• To fulfill any legal obligations

Legal Basis of Processing

Data protection law requires us to have a legal justification to process your personal information. We use the following depending on the type of data and the type of processing:

Consent

We require your consent to send you our communications for example to send you emails to update you on our work and our campaigns and to request donations. We will only process your information in this way if you consent. If you apply for a job with us and provide us with sensitive personal information (including details of your race, ethnicity, gender) we will only process that information with your consent.

Legitimate Interest

We sometimes share our personal information with other parts of the Standout Citizens Initiative global movement. This is done to fulfill our legitimate interest in promoting our organization as effectively as possible and enabling our message to reach people who may be interested.

To fulfill a contractual obligation

If you donate to us or express an interest in joining our movement,we will process the personal data you provided to process that donation or action your membership request.

Legal Obligation

We will process your personal information to fulfill any legal obligations placed upon us, such as the prevention of fraud or money-laundering. We will also process your personal information if lawfully requiredto do so by a legal authority or a court of law.

Necessity

For example,where you are applying for an employment or volunteering opportunity with us, processing certain information is necessary for employment purposes.

Security

We take appropriate security measures to ensure that we keep your information secure, accurate and up to date. We also take care to ensure that we have secure systems for processing payments through our payment services provider. However,the transmission of information over the Internet is never completely secure, so while we do our best to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to our websites.

Third Party Websites

On our website we sometimes have links to third party websites or applications. This policy does not apply to such pages or applications hosted or operated by other organizations. This includes the websites or applications of Standout Citizens Initiative sections or related organizations or third party sites. These other sites may have their own privacy policies which apply to them.

Sharingof your personal information

We will only share your personal information in the following circumstances:

Sharing with other parts of the Standout Citizens Initiative global movement Hosting and processing arrangements

Our websites are hosted by third party service providers and therefore any personal details you submit through them may be processed by that third-party service provider.

We also use third parties to process your personal details including in the following areas:

• To action all online expressions of interest to join Standout Citizens Initiative or take actions and manage all related communications
• To process online payments
• To process all information associated with applications for employment or volunteering opportunities and related recruitment processes

All third-party services providers process your personal information only on Standout Citizen Initiative’s behalf and are bound by contractual terms that are compliant with data protection law.

Payment Processing and Fraud

Where submitted, your card details may be disclosed to banks or relevant financial institutions to arrange payments. In the case of a suspected fraudulent transaction, your details may be further disclosed for the sole purpose of performing further checks

Other Sharing

We may also share your personal information with your permission, or if we are legally required to disclose your information in circumstances where this cannot be reasonably resisted.

Use of Cookies

A cookie us a text-only piece of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will normally contain the name of the internet domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. If you wish to restrict or block cookies you can set your internet browser to do so.

Under 18’s

If you are under the age of 18and would like to get involved in Standout Citizen’s work, please make sure that you have parent/guardian permission before giving us your personal information

Retention Period For Data

We only hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the purposes outlined above. We remove personal data from our systems once it is no longer required, in line with our guidelines on how long important information must remain accessible for future use or reference, as well as when and how data can be destroyed when it is no longer needed.

The length of time each category of data will be retained will vary depending on how long we need to process it for, the reason it was collected and in line with any statutory requirements. After this timethe data will either be deleted, or we may retain a secure anonymized record for research and analytical purposes.

Access to and your rights over your personal information

The personal data we hold about you is yours. You have the following rights over your information:

• To be informed how your data is being processed
• To access your data
• To rectify any data that is inaccurate
• To instruct us to delete your data
• To restrict our processing of your data
• To object to your data being stored
• To move your data

Recruitment Privacy Statement

Standout Citizens Initiative is committed to the responsible handling of personal information collected as part of the recruitment process.

Information provided by you in connection with your application will only be used internally in relation to recruitment and selection processes and will not be disclosed to a third party without your consent, except as required by law and except to our service provider.

Sensitive personal information regarding gender, age, sexual orientation, religion and faith, caring responsibilities, disability, ethnic origin and region of origin will be anonymized and will be used for cultural diversity and equal opportunities monitoring purposes only. Unsuccessful applications will be retained for a periodof three years after the conclusion of the selection process

Refunds of Donations

Donations to Standout Citizens Initiative via our website can only be refunded in exceptional circumstances. If Standout Citizens Initiative has made an administrative error in handling your donation, we will be happy to refund. However, please be aware that errors of this nature will normally be settled by your bank and credit/debit card issuer who will then claim the money back from us.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Standout Citizens Initiative, nor any of its officers, directors, or employees, be liable to you for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website.

Variation of Terms

Standout Citizens Initiative is permitted to revise these terms at any time as it seems fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review such Terms on a regular basis to ensure you understand all terms and conditions governing use of this Website.