Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how Centre for Jewish Life, a registered charity no. 1119949 uses information that you give us via our website, and the ways in which we protect and promote your privacy.  

If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact: Hanna Flax, Media House 4 Stratford Place London W1C 1AT. [email protected]

The Data Protection Act 1998

We take the privacy rights of our website users very seriously and endeavour to ensure that all our procedures comply fully with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.  Centre for Jewish Life is registered with the Office of the Information Commissioner for the purposes for which information is collected on this website.

How do we collect your information?

We may collect information about you through the use of online forms and whenever you interact with us.  For example, when you contact Centre for Jewish Life regarding our activities or events, register as a member, send or receive information or make a donation to us, you specifically and knowingly provide us with your personal information.  We also collect information (via our secure payment processor) about the transactions you undertake including details of payment cards used and additional information automatically about your visit to our website. 

What information do we collect?

When you interact with us, we may collect and store personal data such as names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, and, where appropriate, dates of birth and Nationality.  Personal data is voluntarily supplied to us by our visitors when they:

  1. Sign up to become a member of Centre for Jewish Life, or renew their membership subscription;
  2. Book a place on a Centre for Jewish Life event or course;
  3. Make a donation;
  4. Register interest in providing voluntary services.

How will we use your personal information?

We may use the personal information you provide via this website to contact you by email, telephone and/or text in the future about Centre for Jewish Life’s work or services for the purposes of: 

  1. Pursuing the objectives of the charity; 
  2. Fundraising;
  3. Processing event bookings;
  4. Dealing with your enquiries and requests;
  5. Contacting you with information about our upcoming events and services;

We keep your personal information in a secure environment and we do not pass it on to anyone else.  The information you provide will only be used in association with your on-going support, or to let you know about upcoming Centre for Jewish Life events that we think you might be interested in.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Find out more about the use of cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org or http://www.aboutcookies.org.  We use cookies to keep a track of visitors’ browsing patterns and build a profile of usage. This information is used to monitor use of the website but it does not contain any information that can identify you as an individual.

Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this please look at the Help menu on your browser. 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

How to update my information or change my marketing preferences?

If you want to update the information we hold for you, or you think any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, please email [email protected] or telephone 020 7495 6089 or write to us at: Media House, 4 Stratford Place, London W1C 1AT

If you do not wish to receive information about our fundraising activities and events or services by post or telephone, please tick the appropriate box where provided.

In addition, we may wish to send you email communications relating to our fundraising activities and events. If you would like to receive these communications, please tick the appropriate box where provided.

You may opt out of receiving any marketing communications at any time by sending us an email at: [email protected]

Links to other websites

From time to time, this website may contain links to other websites which are outside our control and are not covered by this privacy policy.  Centre for Jewish Life cannot be held responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and all visitors are encouraged to check the privacy statement of each and every website they visit that collects personal information.

Disclosures

All information we collect is held in the strictest confidence.  We will only disclose personal information to other business partners, government bodies and law enforcement agencies and suppliers we engage to process data on our behalf in line with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Access to your personal information

You have a right to access the personal information that we hold about you by making a ‘subject access request’ under the Data Protection Act 1998.  Centre for Jewish Life is entitled to make a charge for supplying this information.  Please note that we may request proof of your identity before disclosing personal information. 

Internet-based transfers

Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this website and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Amendment to this statement

We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement.  This privacy notice was last updated [November 2012].  You are advised to visit this website section periodically in order to keep up to date with the changes in our privacy policy.