My Widowed Friends Ltd, trading as 'my widowed friends' is committed to protecting your privacy and keeping your information safe.
- We will ask you before collecting any personal information about you. This is any information that could be used to identify you.
- We will not share any personal information about you without your consent. We will never sell your personal information.
- We abide by Data Protection laws.
This policy applies to all members of mwf, all people enquiring about becoming members, and any other users of this website.
When We Collect Personal Information
Membership Forms
When you join mwf we collect and store the information that you give to us on the Membership Form. We will use this information in the following ways:
- To send you information about your membership, such as newsletters and other occasional updates
- To monitor numbers and members of the individual Coffee groups
- To send you reminders when your membership is due for renewal
- To collect your membership payments, through a third-party service provider who will receive some of your personal information to allow them to process your payment
Contact From You
If you email or telephone mwf, then we will collect some personal information such as name, email, contact number. We will use this information to:
- Deal with your query, complaint or request and reply to you
- Monitor our reply standards
- Follow-up later if required
One-off Requests for Information
We may ask for feedback on our service, or for research purposes. If we do this, then we will identify the use for such information at the time we request it.
Statistical Information
We may collect statistical information about any visits to our website, including the pages viewed most often, the links clicked on and other information about the way the website is used. We also collect standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit such as your IP address.
You Can Check Or Amend Your Personal Information
You can ask us to confirm whether we have any personal information about you. If we do, then you have the right to access the information. If any of your information is not correct then you can ask us to change it. We will update your records as soon as possible and in any event within one month.
Right To Delete Your Personal Information
You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances. We will always do this unless we need to keep it to fulfill our legal obligations, or for defense or establishment of any legal claims. Please submit such a request to us in writing or by email and we will delete your data within one month.
We cannot delete records of financial transactions on demand, as these need to be kept for taxation purposes. We do not keep any records of your credit card details.
How Long We Keep Information
We will keep most information for 6 years from the end of our financial year.
Safety Of Your Personal Information
We will always use our best endeavors to keep your information secure. We will maintain up-to-date computer security measures, minimize physical risk to your data, and ensure that data processing is carried out only by trusted employees or partners.
Although we will do our best, please remember that data sent over the internet is never completely secure and we cannot guarantee that any information you transmit to us will be safe. You can help maintain your own data security by ensuring that your phone, device or computer has up-to-date security software installed.
More Details
You can contact us for more information about our policies or look at UK government advice on Data protection: The UK's data protection legislation – GOV.UK