Of course. You can track your donations (amount and charities), any matching by corporates and our estimates for the total impact of your charitable giving. You can also follow the where your money currently is.
Of course. You can track your donations (amount and charities), any matching by corporates and our estimates for the total impact of your charitable giving. You can also follow the where your money currently is.
We are Give Wisely gUG, a registered charity in Germany (Registration number 1149828). Like most charities, we operate through a company limited by guarantee, the registration number of which is 07962181. Our registered office is at Anklamerstr. 25, 10119 Berlin, Germany.
For the purposes of data protection law, we will be a controller of the personal information we hold about you. This means we make decisions about how and why your information is used, and have a legal duty to make sure that your rights are protected when we do so.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please get in touch with us by writing to us at our registered address given above, or contacting us via [email protected].
We are Give Wisely gUG, a registered charity in Germany (Registration number 1149828). Like most charities, we operate through a company limited by guarantee, the registration number of which is 07962181. Our registered office is at Anklamerstr. 25, 10119 Berlin, Germany.
For the purposes of data protection law, we will be a controller of the personal information we hold about you. This means we make decisions about how and why your information is used, and have a legal duty to make sure that your rights are protected when we do so.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please get in touch with us by writing to us at our registered address given above, or contacting us via [email protected].
We collect the following types of personal information:
Information you give us
If you would like to take part in our community by making a donation, you will need to create an account with us. To do so, you will need to provide us with certain information, including:
Without this information, we may not be able to collect your donation or re-grant it to the appropriate fund or charity.
If you contact us for any reason, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
nation, the information you have given to us is passed to our payment processing partner to process according to our instructions. We do keep a copy of this. However, we will never store your card details; these are held by our third-party payment provider.
Technical data
When you visit any of our Websites, we may collect technical data about the device you are using, including, where available, your IP address, operating system, and browser type. This is used for system administration and to improve the look and feel of our Websites. See Section 3 for more about the technical data we collect through cookies and other web beacons.
We collect the following types of personal information:
Information you give us
If you would like to take part in our community by making a donation, you will need to create an account with us. To do so, you will need to provide us with certain information, including:
Without this information, we may not be able to collect your donation or re-grant it to the appropriate fund or charity.
If you contact us for any reason, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
nation, the information you have given to us is passed to our payment processing partner to process according to our instructions. We do keep a copy of this. However, we will never store your card details; these are held by our third-party payment provider.
Technical data
When you visit any of our Websites, we may collect technical data about the device you are using, including, where available, your IP address, operating system, and browser type. This is used for system administration and to improve the look and feel of our Websites. See Section 3 for more about the technical data we collect through cookies and other web beacons.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that, we store on your browser or device, with your permission.
We use the following types of cookies:
We use third-party services such as Google Analytics to help us improve the look and feel of our Websites. Google Analytics places a cookie on your browser which keeps track of certain details about your visit to our Websites. These include what Google search criteria you used to find them in the first place, how long you stay on certain pages, and what website you visit immediately after leaving our own. This data will be aggregated and anonymised to the greatest extent possible.
For more information about Google Analytics, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy. If you wish to opt out of being tracked by Google, you can do that by downloading the browser add-on located here.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that, we store on your browser or device, with your permission.
We use the following types of cookies:
We use third-party services such as Google Analytics to help us improve the look and feel of our Websites. Google Analytics places a cookie on your browser which keeps track of certain details about your visit to our Websites. These include what Google search criteria you used to find them in the first place, how long you stay on certain pages, and what website you visit immediately after leaving our own. This data will be aggregated and anonymised to the greatest extent possible.
For more information about Google Analytics, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy. If you wish to opt out of being tracked by Google, you can do that by downloading the browser add-on located here.
We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:
We may use personal information held about you in the following ways:
When contacting you for any of the above purposes, we may do so by phone or email, unless you tell us otherwise.
Your data will be treated in accordance with applicable data protection law. It will only be shared with third parties as described in this policy. We will never sell your personal information.
We will only use your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal information in the following circumstances:
We may use personal information held about you in the following ways:
When contacting you for any of the above purposes, we may do so by phone or email, unless you tell us otherwise.
Your data will be treated in accordance with applicable data protection law. It will only be shared with third parties as described in this policy. We will never sell your personal information.
We may rely on legitimate interests to process your personal information, provided that your interests do not override our own. European data protection law requires us to explain what these interests are.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, these interests are:
We may rely on legitimate interests to process your personal information, provided that your interests do not override our own. European data protection law requires us to explain what these interests are.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, these interests are:
We employ a variety of physical and technical measures to keep your personal information safe and to prevent unauthorised access to, use of, or disclosure of it. We control who has access to your data using both physical and electronic means, some of which are described below. Our staff receive data protection training and we have a set of detailed data protection procedures which they are required to follow when handling personal information.
Our security measures include:
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. We cannot absolutely guarantee the security of the internet, external networks, or your own device; accordingly any online communications (e.g. information provided by email or through our Websites) are at your own risk.
We employ a variety of physical and technical measures to keep your personal information safe and to prevent unauthorised access to, use of, or disclosure of it. We control who has access to your data using both physical and electronic means, some of which are described below. Our staff receive data protection training and we have a set of detailed data protection procedures which they are required to follow when handling personal information.
Our security measures include:
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. We cannot absolutely guarantee the security of the internet, external networks, or your own device; accordingly any online communications (e.g. information provided by email or through our Websites) are at your own risk.
Where we store your personal information
We store your personal information on secure servers. Employees of Give Wisely in Germany are able to access this information.
How long we keep it
We collect and store personal information for purposes connected with our business. As such, we will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary for those purposes.
If you make a donation through our Websites, we will keep your account open and retain your personal information for 10 years from the date of your last login. This is because we may need this data in some way to support a claim or defence in court. That is also the period within which our tax collecting authorities may demand to see and audit our records.
We also retain other types of personal information for 10 years. This includes information:
We regularly audit the personal information we hold and delete that which is not necessary.
Where we store your personal information
We store your personal information on secure servers. Employees of Give Wisely in Germany are able to access this information.
How long we keep it
We collect and store personal information for purposes connected with our business. As such, we will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary for those purposes.
If you make a donation through our Websites, we will keep your account open and retain your personal information for 10 years from the date of your last login. This is because we may need this data in some way to support a claim or defence in court. That is also the period within which our tax collecting authorities may demand to see and audit our records.
We also retain other types of personal information for 10 years. This includes information:
We regularly audit the personal information we hold and delete that which is not necessary.
Donations to one of our partner charities
When you make a donation to one of our partner charities using our platform, we will ask you if you would like to disclose your name and email address to the charity. Charities find it helpful to know where the donations they receive have come from, in order to allow them to:
However, we will only send this information if you give your explicit consent for us to do so. This is because if you are a resident in a country within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and you are donating to one of our partner charities in the United States (or another country where data protection laws are not as strict), you will not benefit from the rights explained in Section 10 below, which you are normally afforded under European data protection law. Whilst we make every effort to ensure that the charities we deal with do not use your personal information in a way which you would not expect, we will not be able to control what the charity does with it, or whom it is disclosed to.
We will ask you every time you make a donation, but be aware that if your personal information is disclosed to a charity once, we will not be able to force them to delete it. They may not know that any subsequent donations you make to them have come from you, but they will still have your personal information on file from the first time you donated and agreed that we could pass it on. If you do not wish to pass your personal information on to the charity, we will still make the donation on your behalf, and you will still be eligible for Gift Aid.
Other disclosures
If we choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of the charity or our assets, we may disclose your personal information to the new owners. Alternatively, we may seek to merge with another charity. If a change like that happens, then the new owners may use your personal information in the same way as set out in this policy.
Donations to one of our partner charities
When you make a donation to one of our partner charities using our platform, we will ask you if you would like to disclose your name and email address to the charity. Charities find it helpful to know where the donations they receive have come from, in order to allow them to:
However, we will only send this information if you give your explicit consent for us to do so. This is because if you are a resident in a country within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and you are donating to one of our partner charities in the United States (or another country where data protection laws are not as strict), you will not benefit from the rights explained in Section 10 below, which you are normally afforded under European data protection law. Whilst we make every effort to ensure that the charities we deal with do not use your personal information in a way which you would not expect, we will not be able to control what the charity does with it, or whom it is disclosed to.
We will ask you every time you make a donation, but be aware that if your personal information is disclosed to a charity once, we will not be able to force them to delete it. They may not know that any subsequent donations you make to them have come from you, but they will still have your personal information on file from the first time you donated and agreed that we could pass it on. If you do not wish to pass your personal information on to the charity, we will still make the donation on your behalf, and you will still be eligible for Gift Aid.
Other disclosures
If we choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of the charity or our assets, we may disclose your personal information to the new owners. Alternatively, we may seek to merge with another charity. If a change like that happens, then the new owners may use your personal information in the same way as set out in this policy.
We are subject to the law like everyone else. We may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation, such as a search warrant or court order.
We also may need to retain and disclose certain personal information about you to regulatory authorities and to appropriate agencies to conduct anti-money laundering and trade sanction checks and to assist with fraud prevention. We will disclose this information as is required by law.
We are subject to the law like everyone else. We may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation, such as a search warrant or court order.
We also may need to retain and disclose certain personal information about you to regulatory authorities and to appropriate agencies to conduct anti-money laundering and trade sanction checks and to assist with fraud prevention. We will disclose this information as is required by law.
We want you to remain in control of your personal information. Part of this is making sure you understand your legal rights, which are as follows:
If you would like further information about any of your rights or wish to exercise them, please contact us using the details given in Section 1. However, please note that these rights do not apply where you have given your explicit consent for us to transfer personal information about you to one of our third-party charities located outside of the EEA. Please see Section 8 above for more detail about this.
Please also keep in mind that there are exceptions to the rights above and, though we will always try to respond to your satisfaction, there may be situations where we are unable to do so (for example, because the information no longer exists or there is an exception which applies to your request).
We want you to remain in control of your personal information. Part of this is making sure you understand your legal rights, which are as follows:
If you would like further information about any of your rights or wish to exercise them, please contact us using the details given in Section 1. However, please note that these rights do not apply where you have given your explicit consent for us to transfer personal information about you to one of our third-party charities located outside of the EEA. Please see Section 8 above for more detail about this.
Please also keep in mind that there are exceptions to the rights above and, though we will always try to respond to your satisfaction, there may be situations where we are unable to do so (for example, because the information no longer exists or there is an exception which applies to your request).
We may update this policy at any time. When we do, we will post a notification on the main page of each of our Websites and we will also revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we hold.
This policy was last updated on 21 October 2020.
We may update this policy at any time. When we do, we will post a notification on the main page of each of our Websites and we will also revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we hold.
This policy was last updated on 21 October 2020.
