Privacy Policy

Kingston Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (charity no. 1190241). We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website and the Love Kingston Community Raffle.

Contact: hicky@kingstoncf.org.uk

We may collect and process the following personal data:

• Full name
• Postal address
• Email address
• Telephone number (if provided)
• Date of birth (to verify age eligibility)
• Payment information (processed by our payment provider; we do not store card details)

We use your personal data to:

• Process your raffle entry or donation
• Notify you if you win a prize
• Send you updates about Kingston Charitable Foundation (only where you have given consent)
• Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Contract (Article 6(1)(b)) — to process your raffle entry
• Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)) — to comply with charity and gambling regulations
• Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) — for marketing communications where you have opted in
• Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)) — for internal administration and fraud prevention

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, and in accordance with our legal obligations. Raffle entry data will typically be retained for 7 years for accounting purposes. Marketing data will be retained until you withdraw consent.

We may share your data with:

• Payment processors (to process your payment securely)
• The Fundraising Regulator (where required for regulatory compliance)
• HM Revenue & Customs (where Gift Aid is claimed)

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Rectification of inaccurate data
• Erasure ("right to be forgotten") in certain circumstances
• Data portability
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hicky@kingstoncf.org.uk.

We use cookies on this website. Please see our Cookie Policy for details.

For privacy-related queries, contact: hicky@kingstoncf.org.uk

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.