Privacy Policy

Strathpeffer Community Development Trust Limited is a registered Scottish charity (SC000688) and a company limited by guarantee. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

Our registered address is: Strathpeffer Community Centre, School Road, Strathpeffer, Ross-Shire, IV14 9AG.

If you have any questions about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at: info@strathpeffercommunitycentre.org.uk.

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identity data: full name.

• Contact data: email address, postal address, telephone number.

• Financial data: payment card information (processed securely by our payment provider — we do not store card details).

• Transaction data: details of raffle ticket purchases and donations.

• Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.

• Usage data: information about how you use our website.

• Gift Aid data: address and taxpayer confirmation for Gift Aid purposes.

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• To process raffle ticket purchases and issue ticket numbers.

• To process donations and, where applicable, to claim Gift Aid on your behalf.

• To communicate with you regarding your raffle entry, donation, or general enquiry.

• To comply with our legal obligations as a charity, including reporting to OSCR and HMRC.

• To manage our website and protect against fraudulent or illegal activity.

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Contract: where processing is necessary to fulfil a contract with you (e.g. processing a raffle ticket purchase or donation).

• Legal obligation: where processing is required to comply with a legal duty (e.g. Gift Aid reporting to HMRC, charitable reporting to OSCR).

• Legitimate interests: where processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights (e.g. website security and fraud prevention).

• Consent: where you have provided explicit consent (e.g. signing up for updates).

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Gift Aid records are retained for a minimum of six years in accordance with HMRC requirements.

Raffle transaction records are retained for a minimum of five years.

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access: to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

• Right to rectification: to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

• Right to erasure: to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.

• Right to restriction: to request that we restrict processing of your data.

• Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

• Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@strathpeffercommunitycentre.org.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Our website may use cookies — small text files stored on your device — to improve your browsing experience and analyse website traffic.

We use essential cookies required for the website to function, and may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our site. You can control cookie settings in your browser.

We may share your personal data with the following third parties where necessary:

• Payment processors: to securely process online payments for raffle tickets and donations.

• OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator): for annual charity reporting.

• HMRC: for Gift Aid claims.

• Companies House: for statutory company filings.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. All third parties are required to process your data in accordance with UK GDPR.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal data, please contact us:

Strathpeffer Community Development Trust Limited

Strathpeffer Community Centre, School Road, Strathpeffer, Ross-Shire, IV14 9AG

Email: info@strathpeffercommunitycentre.org.uk