This notice explains what personal information Ar-Rahmah Academy collects through this website, why, and what your rights are.
Who we are
Ar-Rahmah Academy (registered charity 1115618), Park Road, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 1QN, is the data controller for information collected through this website. For anything about your personal information, email info@ar-rahmah.org.uk or call 01257 543786.
What we collect and why
Donations. When you give online we record your name and email (if you give them), the amount, whether it is one-off or monthly, and the appeal it goes to, so that we can process it, send a receipt and keep our accounts. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay payments are taken by Stripe on its own secure page; we never see or store your card details. Monthly gifts are set up with Stripe and you can cancel them at any time.
Gift Aid. If you add Gift Aid we keep your name, home address and declaration, share them with HMRC when we claim, and keep them for at least six years after your last gift that the declaration covers, as HMRC requires.
Bank transfers. If you ask for our bank details we record your name, email and the amount you intend to give, so that we can match your payment and thank you.
Applications. If you apply for a place for your child, on paper or by email, we use the details on the form, including any health information, to consider the application, keep your child safe and run their place. Only Academy staff who need them see them.
Enquiries. When you send us a message, for example about a place for your child, we keep what you tell us (which may include your child’s name and age) so that we can reply and follow up. We keep enquiries only as long as we need them.
Our legal basis
We use your information to take and account for your donations and to answer your enquiries (our legitimate interests and, where you ask us to do something, to take steps at your request), to meet our legal duties (Gift Aid and financial records), and with your consent for optional cookies and any emails you choose to receive.
Cookies
Necessary. A cookie that remembers your cookie choice for six months, and sign-in cookies for Academy staff using the website’s admin area.
Optional, only if you accept. Google Analytics, which tells us how many people visit and which pages they use. It sets cookies named _ga and _ga_ followed by an ID, kept for up to two years; Google does not store your IP address, and we keep the statistics for 14 months. Also the Google map on the contact page, which sets Google’s own cookies. You can change your choice at any time with “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page, and you can block Google Analytics everywhere with Google’s opt-out add-on (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
Who we share it with
Stripe (payments), our email provider (to send receipts and replies), HMRC (Gift Aid claims) and our website host, whose servers are in Germany. Stripe and Google may process information outside the UK under safeguards approved by UK law. We never sell personal information, and we share it with nobody else unless the law requires it.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it, delete it, or stop or limit how we use it. Where you gave consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To do any of these, contact us using the details above. If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.