Wishanger Wellness privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact 

email: info@wishangerwellness.org

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide charitable services and third party referrals:

• Names and contact details

We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:

• Names and contact details
• Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

• Name
• Contact information
• Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
• Health and safety information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

• Names and contact details
• Address

We may also collect or use special category information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature.

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

• Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
• Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
• Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
• Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
• Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
• Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
• Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide charitable services and third party referrals are:

• Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

• Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability.

For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:

• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:

• Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

• Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability.

For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.

Where we get personal information from

• Directly from you
• Family members or carers
• Medical, physical, and mental health and care providers
• Charities or voluntary sector organisations

How long we keep information

We will keep your information for as long as required to enable us to operate our services, but we will not keep your information for any longer than is necessary. We will take into consideration our legal obligations and tax and accounting rules when determining how long we should retain your information. When we no longer need to retain your information, we will ensure it is securely disposed of or anonymised to remove all personally identifiable information.  Your information is stored on secure servers provided by Krystal, Apple and JustGiving and we will take all reasonable steps to make sure any suppliers implement appropriate safeguards to ensure adequate protection under UK law for personal data. However, unfortunately, no transmission of your personal information over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

• Other health providers (eg GPs and consultants)
• Charities and voluntary organisations
• Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
• Relevant regulatory authorities
• External auditors or inspectors
• Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated May 2026