Meon Valley Food Bank Privacy Policy

Our contact details

The easiest way to contact us is by using the contact form on this website.

Our address is
Meon Valley Food Bank
Wickham Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, FAREHAM PO17 5AL

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

Clients: Name, home address, phone number, email address, number of children/adults assisted, referral agency, dates assisted.

Agencies: Name of agency, address of agency, name, email and phone number of primary contact.

Visitors makings an enquiry: Names, email address and enquiry details.

Visitors: Optionally, details about website visits as described in our cookie policy.

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • Accessing the services of the food bank as a client.
  • Process enquires via the contact us form.
  • Via cookies as described in our cookie policy.

Occasionally we may be passed your details by a referring agency that you have provided your details to and consented to a referral.

We use the information that you have given us in order to respond to your queries or to provide food assistance.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent.

You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us.

Visitors can remove their cookie consent by visiting the cookie policy page.

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored.

We keep client referral information for 12 months after your last food referral.

We do not share this information with any other organisations or individuals, except Citizens Advice, and then, only with your express permission.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

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, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us using the contact form on the website.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

ICO Contact details

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

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk