Al-Selyam Association is a charitable limited liability company registered in Bulgaria (company number: 207125414). Our registered office is at Bulgaria, Sofia 1345,
Zaharna Fabrika ul. bl. 58 fl. 7 apt. 31. Al-Selyam Association is the data controller of the information you provide to us. We use your consent or legitimate interest as a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Al-Selam Association is committed to protecting your personal information and we take this responsibility very seriously.

We use the information we collect about you to help us understand more about how our site is used and to be able to send you communications about Al-Selam Association that may be of interest to you, electronically or otherwise. “Personal information” is information that allows us to identify you, such as your email address, name, job title, telephone number and address.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“the Act”), the data controller is Al-Selam.

Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated. This policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically.

If you have any questions or concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us at imcharityalselam@alselam.org .You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our commitment to you:

1. We will only collect personal information (or “data”) from those who directly interact with us: supporters, donors, fundraisers, event attendees, volunteers, activists, foster parents (and/or those making inquiries), adoptive parents (and/or those making inquiries), those who use our services, those who use our website, and those who request access to our records, such as a genealogy request.
2. We – Al-Selam Association – are the “data controller” with respect to your personal information.
3. We will never sell your data to third parties for their own marketing needs.
4. We will collect the minimum personal information we need, limited, where appropriate, to your:

• name
• Age/date of birth
• Gender
• Contact number(s)
• Email addresses)
• postal address
• Contact preferences (do you prefer emails or SMS messages?)
• Information about "market analysis"
• Records of events/fundraising campaigns you have supported
• Recording your contact with us – whether it's an inquiry, compliment or complaint.

5. We will receive and use this information, where appropriate, only to:

• Raising awareness about Al-Selam Association and the work we do
• Learn how best to contact you (and what for)
• Record your support
• Learn how to improve our products and services
• Learn about other audiences who may be interested in supporting the work of Al-Selam Association (and new products, services, and information they may be interested in).

6. We will store your personal information data for:

• As long as you are an active campaign participant, donor or fundraiser – and only for as long as necessary after your last interaction with us.
• Up to seven years if you volunteer with us

7. You can opt out of receiving communications from us at any time. We will only be able to send communications, updates or information to those who have indicated that they are happy to do so. 8. That you can request access, change or delete your information at any time. 9. To share your personal information only with carefully selected third-party partners when appropriate – and never for the purposes of selling to third parties – for:

• Secure storage
• Market analysis (looking at the types of people who engage with us and why)
• Data verification so that we don't send information to an old address or call an old phone number
• Sending printed materials (newsletters, updates, magazines, appeals)
• Secure direct debit processing via Paypal
• I am looking for future supporters with similar backgrounds via Facebook

But … please note that our website may contain links to and from other websites – partners and affiliates – and they will have their own privacy policies for which we assume no responsibility or liability.

10. We remind you that the aforementioned third parties can only act on our strict instructions, in accordance with our contracts with them, and cannot use your personal information for any reason outside of those instructions, nor sell that data to other organizations. 11. We will protect your personal information by:

• Keep it only as long as strictly necessary
• Only passing it on to carefully selected third parties
• Anonymizing your personal data when using data for market analysis
• Encrypting your personal information when using it to develop new services or products, or looking for supporters of similar backgrounds or ages
• Ensuring that all online forms are encrypted and that our network is secure
• Acts on any requests to review, change, or delete your information within 30 days.
• When you provide Al-Selam Association with personal information, that information may be stored and processed outside the United Kingdom and we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely. By submitting your personal information, you consent to such transfer, storage or processing. Al-Selam Association will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
• Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Al-Selam Association cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make every effort to ensure its security on our systems.

12. If you are not satisfied with the way we have processed your personal information or a complaint you have made in relation to this, you have the right to contact the Personal Data Protection Commission.

The accuracy of your personally identifiable information is important to Al-Selam Charity Association. If you change your email address or any other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at imcharityalselam@alselam.org.

We currently do not use cookies on alselam.org.

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time, so you may wish to review it each time you submit personal information to any Al-Selam Association website. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at imcharityalselam@alselam.org .