Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 9th June 2026

Essex Jamaat (MSI Jamaat of Essex) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice explains how we look after your personal data when you use our services — including when you make a donation through this website — and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

1.1 Purpose of this privacy notice
This notice aims to give you information on how Essex Jamaat collects and processes your personal data through our website, including any data you provide when you donate or use a service.

1.2 Controller
Essex Jamaat (MSI Jamaat of Essex) is the controller and responsible for your personal data. Our registered charity number is 299621. The Jamaat owns the information collected through the website or paper forms.

1.3 Contact details
Email: secretary@EssexJamaat.org.uk (Subject: "Data Privacy" or "GDPR")
Address: Ali Reza Islamic Centre, Regina Rd, Chelmsford CM1 1PE

1.4 Changes to this notice
This version was last updated in May 2018. This privacy policy may change from time to time — please check it periodically. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes.

1.5 Third-party links
This website may include links to third-party websites. We do not control these sites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of personal data:

Identity Data: first name, last name, title
Contact Data: billing address, email address, telephone numbers
Transaction Data: details about payments and donations made to us
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone, device information
Usage Data: information about how you use our website and services
Request Data: data collected on forms submitted to carry out services

We also collect Aggregated Data (e.g. statistical or demographic data) which does not directly identify you.

2.1 Sensitive Data
By holding identity data, we may implicitly hold special category data (such as religious affiliation). Some services may also involve data about children or health information, where applicable.

3. How Is Your Data Collected?

We collect data through:

Direct interactions — when you complete a donation form, make a payment, subscribe to a mailing list, or correspond with us
Automated technologies — cookies and server logs when you interact with our website
Third-party providers — payment processors such as Stripe, and analytics providers such as Google

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly we use it to:

Process your donation and send you a receipt
Claim Gift Aid on your behalf where you have agreed
Manage payments, fees and charges
Notify you about changes to our services or this policy
Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

4.1 Purposes and legal bases

Purpose / Activity	Type of Data	Lawful Basis
Processing donations and managing payments	Identity, Contact, Transaction	Performance of a contract; legitimate interests
Claiming Gift Aid	Identity, Contact, Transaction	Legal obligation; your consent
Sending donation receipts and updates	Identity, Contact	Performance of a contract; legitimate interests
Complying with legal or regulatory obligations	Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction	Legal obligation

4.2 Opting out of marketing
You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us. Opting out will not affect data we hold as a result of a donation or transaction.

4.3 Cookies
You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies. If you disable cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.

5. Sharing Your Personal Data

We may share your personal data with:

Payment processors (such as Stripe) to complete your donation
HMRC and other regulators where required by law (e.g. Gift Aid claims)
IT and system administration service providers acting as processors

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and treat it in accordance with the law. We do not sell your personal data.

6. Data Storage and International Transfers

We primarily store data within the UK. In the course of processing we may rely on tools hosted outside the UK (for example, Google services). Your data may therefore be processed outside the UK to enable lawful and legitimate operations.

7. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. Access is limited to those who have a business need. We have procedures to deal with any suspected data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator where legally required.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When data is no longer needed, we anonymise or securely destroy it.

9. Your Legal Rights

Under data protection law, you have the right to:

Request access to your personal data
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
Request erasure of your personal data
Object to or restrict processing of your personal data
Request transfer of your personal data to you or a third party
Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at secretary@EssexJamaat.org.uk. We will respond within one month of confirming your identity and the scope of your request.