Privacy Policy

The Guyana UK Social Development Association (GUSDA) is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Our Privacy Policy explains how we hold and use personal information and your rights and options in relation to it, so please take a moment to read it carefully.

 

What we collect

 

We will collect personal information about you that is necessary for the service(s) we are providing, the activities that we host and the projects we deliver. This may include your name, telephone number, email address, and other contact information. We may also collect other information about you and/or your circumstances, needs, or opinions for research, evaluation and/or assessment purposes to enable us to deliver our activities and/or better understand the results of those activities. Examples include:

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• Demographic information such as age, gender, education level, and information about your race and ethnicity

• Information on your health, disabilities, well-being, or care needs

• Information on your employment circumstances or history

• Service use information

• Your opinions or observations about things that have happened to you or services or goods you have received

• Your household circumstances

• Image data, including photographs and videos

 

We will not collect any personal information from you that we do not need in order to provide or improve our services, and we will not continue to hold this information after we no longer need it. Where your information is used for research purposes, we will ensure that your name, contact details, or any other information which might enable you to be identified will never be shared nor made public beyond ourselves or our partner organisations formally involved in a particular project without your explicit consent unless we are legally or contractually obliged to do so.

 

What we do with it

 

All the personal information we collect and hold is processed by us, or people working on our behalf, in the UK. If the public body or other organisation funding the service you are accessing requires access to your personal information, we will inform you specifically about this.

Image data, including photographs and videos, may be used for promotional purposes. This means that your image may appear in materials such as brochures, websites, social media, and other promotional content. If you are known to us, we will seek your consent separately if we wish to use your image in this way.

We have data protection processes in place to oversee the effective and secure handling and storage of your personal information.

 

How long we keep it

 

We will keep your personal information only for as long as it is required for us to deliver the project or service, by the funder, or by legislation. For example, under UK tax law, we are required to keep basic personal information relating to contracts and services for a minimum of 6 years, after which time it will be destroyed. The actual length of time we keep records may vary from one project to another, so we will inform you about specific details when you access a service or are involved in a project.

 

We may, with your consent, store your contact details (for example, your name, address, phone number, and email address) to keep you informed about our activities. If this is the case, we will seek your consent separately. This information will never be shared with third parties without your further consent unless the law or our policies require it (e.g., for safeguarding purposes). You can withdraw your consent at any time by informing your main contact/advisor.

 

Your rights

 

You have the right to be informed about the personal information we collect and hold about you, so we have prepared this notice and may provide additional information when you engage with us. If at any point you believe the information we process about you is incorrect, you can request to see this information and even have it corrected or, in certain circumstances, deleted. In the first instance, please talk to your main contact, alternatively please contact gusdauk@gmail.com.