We cannot carry out our lifesaving research without your help. Whether you give financially, support our campaigns, carry out research or volunteer your time, your support is vital to our success.<\/p>\n
It is important for you and for us that we protect your privacy. Kidney Research UK is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement outlines how we comply with data protection legislation, including: Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPersonal data we collect and use<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Whenever you interact with us, be it through post, email, telephone, our website, face-to-face interactions, or via social media, or third parties, we may collect data and information about you. This might include:<\/p>\n We may collect or update your personal data for various reasons, including:<\/p>\n Cookies are small data files stored on your computer when you visit our website. They help us understand how you interact with the site and improve your experience.<\/p>\n We use cookies to gather statistical information, to remember your settings and preferences, and to monitor and improve website security.<\/p>\n You can choose to disable cookies in your browser settings.<\/p>\n If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the internet, you may find the following links useful:\u00a0<\/p>\n Change your cookie preferences:<\/strong><\/p>\n [wcc_preference_button]<\/p>\n This table sets out the cookies used on this website and what they are used for:<\/strong><\/p>\n [wcc_cookies_audit_table]<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHow we use your personal data<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We process your personal data for specific purposes, which may include:<\/p>\n We strive to keep all the information accurate and up to date, ensuring that we only collect data relevant to our interactions with you.<\/p>\n We will not communicate any unsolicited marketing material to you by email or SMS without your prior consent. This consent can be withdrawn at any time and will always be an opt-in.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tLawful basis for processing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We mainly rely on Legitimate Interest<\/strong>. We conduct a Legitimate Interest Assessment that considers what we want to achieve, whether we need to process and store your data, and ensures that we use your data legally, transparently and fairly.<\/p>\n If we can’t rely on Legitimate Interest, such as most incidences of direct marketing we will ask you for your Consent<\/strong>. This includes asking for explicit consent for processing medical and health information, other special category or sensitive data and any information belonging to children or where you have consented to hear form us.<\/p>\n There are some instances where we might use another lawful basis, these will be limited to:<\/p>\n The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Right to lodge a complaint:\u00a0You can do this if you are not happy with how we are handling your data. <\/strong><\/p>\n You have specific rights under data protection laws. These include:<\/p>\n Most requests will be processed within one month. More complex requests may take longer however we will inform you in accordance with ICO guidelines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tData security<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We keep all personal data in a highly secure physical or IT environment to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your personal data.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tData transfers outside the UK<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We do not transfer data outside of the UK without adequate protections in place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tData retention<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\tPersonal data is stored only for as long as we need it, in accordance with our Retention Policy. This privacy statement is reviewed and updated regularly. The latest version will always be available on our website.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tLegal jurisdiction<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Any disputes regarding this privacy statement will be resolved under the laws of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tContact us<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t Email: supportercare@kidneyresearchuk.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Phone: 0300 303 1100<\/p>\n Post: Stuart House, City Road, Peterborough, PE1 1QF<\/p>\n\t It’s about anything that lets people know who you are. Things like:<\/p>\n This stuff is personal, which means it belongs to you. We can only use it if it’s in your best interest, and if the people who look after you agree.<\/p>\n Sometimes we use it to teach people about kidney disease.<\/p>\n Sometimes we use it to encourage people to give us money, because that’s how we pay for scientific research.<\/p>\n Sometimes, scientists will use your information in their research. This is how we fight kidney disease.<\/p>\n We always tell the people who look after you why we’re using your information. They can ask us to stop using it any time.<\/p>\n The people who work for our Charity are trained to keep information safe. We will never share your information with people we don’t trust, and we’ll only share it if we need to.<\/p>\n Our computer systems have lots of protection, including anti-virus and passwords.<\/p>\n If you want to know more about how we use your information, or how we keep it safe, you can ask the person who looks after you to contact us. We’re so grateful for your help fighting kidney disease, and we’ll always do our best to answer your questions.<\/p>\n\t Our charity has a legal duty to keep your personal health data safe, secure and confidential. We invest in technology, procedure and training to prevent loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We manage all personal health data and information legally and ethically.<\/p>\n We will not collect health data from you without your explicit consent, we will certainly never share your health information with anyone unless we have your explicit written consent to do so. With this consent, we might share information about you with research partners for our projects and will only do so if the partners involved have a genuine need for it and apply appropriate measures in line with legal obligations and our own high standards. When we pass on your information, we do so securely.<\/p>\n If you are unsure or want more information about how we share your personal information, our staff will discuss this with you and\/or your relatives.<\/p>\n In exceptional circumstances, we may be required to disclose your information to meet a legal requirement. For example, a court might order us to pass on information without consent to prevent harm or to allow the investigation of a serious crime.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tYour personal data<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We only collect, process and store personal health data that you have provided to us directly. This includes your contact details, the fact that you are a kidney patient or the parent\/guardian of a kidney patient. Additionally, you may choose to tell us what your kidney condition is and if you have experience of dialysis or transplantation.<\/p>\n There may be other times when you choose to share additional information about your health with us. We will always check that you are happy for us to collect and store this information.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHow we use your data<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t We use your data to:<\/p>\n We will always use the lawful basis of Consent<\/strong> to collect and process your health data, in addition we will always apply the condition of Explicit Consent<\/strong> which means we will ask you to give very specific consent for us to process your data in very specific way. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and this will also withdraw any specific consents you may have given.<\/p>\n\t Policy reviewed: June 2024<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our privacy statement We cannot carry out our lifesaving research without your help. Whether you give financially, support our campaigns, carry out research or volunteer your time, your support is vital to our success. It is important for you and for us that we protect your privacy. 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