This privacy policy sets out how Freemasonry Cares uses and protects your information.
Freemasonry Cares is a joint initiative of The Freemasons’ Grand Charity (Registered Charity No. 281942), Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys (Registered Charity No. 285836), The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (Registered Charity No. 207360) and Masonic Samaritan Fund (Registered Charity No. 2020424, Company No. 6876310) ("the charities").
The Charities are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. When you provide information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
This policy is effective from 14 January 2020.
1. What information we collect from you
We may collect the following information:
2. What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
3. Use of Cookies
'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. More information is available on http://www.cookiecentral.com.
There are two types of cookies on this website:
Freemasonry Cares does not use third-party retargeting cookies that are used for advertising.
Our Cookie Policy provides more information.
4. How we will share your information
Some or all of the information you provide to us may be shared within the Charities; Masonic Charitable Foundation (Registered Charity no. 2020703, Company no. 20202020);a Lodge; or a Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Lodge if we believe that one or more may be able to assist you and to monitor the service we provide.
We will not sell, distribute or release your personal information to third parties, other than those specified, unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
5. Protection of your personal information
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect from you.
Your information will be securely destroyed when no longer required.
6. Controlling your personal information
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2020, you may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of the personal information we hold on you then please write to Freemasonry Cares, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or e-mail us at [email protected] as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
7. Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our website, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
8. Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted to the website.
9. Contact Us
All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to:
Freemasonry Cares
60 Great Queen Street
London WC2B 5AZ
T: 2020 035 60 90
For further information about data protection and how it affects you and your personal information please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website at http://www.ico.gov.uk