The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). It requires that any personal data – that is information about an identifiable living person – is kept secure, up to date, accurate and relevant.
Who we are
The BCA’37 UK is an educational charity dedicated to spreading knowledge and understanding of the evacuation of 4,000 Basque children to the UK in May 1937 and subsequent events. We are committed to handling the personal data of our users and supporters with care and respect and in compliance with current legislation. In particular we do not pass information to third parties for marketing or trading purposes. This privacy policy gives further details on how we gather, store, access and use personal data.
What data we collect & how we use your data
The BCA’37 UK collects data of those who sign up to our e-Notices or when they complete an online form regarding e-Notice subscription on our website. The data includes name, email address and date of subscription. Data on individual subscribers to our e-Notices will never be passed on to third parties for any reason without the individual’s consent.
We also retain information on financial transactions – donations, the purchasing of merchandise, etc., – which contains related personal information: name, email and transaction details. These are collected for accounting purposes and retained as required by statute.
How we protect your data
No data will be shared with any other individual or organisation without the subject’s consent. An “unsubscribe” option will be included in all bulk communications.
Your rights
If you believe that the BCA’37 UK holds information on you, you have a right to ask for confirmation on whether we are processing your personal data and/or a copy of that data. You are only entitled to information about your personal data but not information about other living people. If you are acting on somebody else’s behalf, we will need their expressed written consent or another form of legal permission that allows you to act on their behalf.
Subject to statutory requirements, you have the right to edit or amend the data that we hold, and to ask that your data be deleted and removed from the BCA’37 UK records.
Contact details
Queries should be sent to our data controllers at management@basquechildren.org.