Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Dignity First is a Community Interest Company (CIC) registered in the United Kingdom. We support vulnerable women, girls, and children in the UK and The Gambia. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website or interact with us.

Information We Collect

• Contact details you provide, such as your name and email address, when you complete a form, make a donation pledge, or contact us.
• Donation information, such as the amount and the project you wish to support.
• Basic usage information about how our website is accessed, collected through cookies and similar technologies (see our Cookie Policy).

How We Use Your Information

• To respond to your enquiries and process donation pledges and merchandise orders.
• To send you updates you have requested about our projects and impact.
• To improve our website and understand how supporters engage with our work.
• To meet our legal and regulatory obligations as a UK Community Interest Company.

Sharing Your Information

We never sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We only share it where strictly necessary, for example, with service providers who help us operate our website, and only under appropriate confidentiality arrangements, or where we are legally required to do so.

Data Retention

We keep your personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes described above, or as required by law. When it is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it.

Your Rights

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct it, request its erasure, restrict or object to its processing, and request data portability. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Contact Us

To exercise your rights or ask any question about this policy, email info@dignityfirst.org.uk.