This privacy policy explains how Stripey Stork collects, uses, and protects your personal data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Last updated: July 2025
Stripey Stork is the ‘data controller’ of the personal data you provide to us. Our registered office is:
Stripey Stork
51a Albert Road North
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 9EL
We are responsible for ensuring your data is used in compliance with applicable data protection laws. We will usually collect basic personal data about you such as your name, postal address, telephone number, email address, PayPal username (if you have made a purchase from our online shop) and your bank/credit/debit card details if you are supporting us financially (these are processed via third parties and not stored by us). Sometimes we will collect other information about you such as your date of birth and gender. We will always make it clear when we collect such data and explain why we need it.
We collect your personal data in connection with specific activities, such as making a purchase from our online shop, campaign updates, newsletter requests, feedback, donations, competition entries, information you provide in public forums on our sites and applications. The information is either needed to fulfil your request or to enable us to provide you with a more personalised service. You don’t have to disclose any of this information to browse our sites. However, if you choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with certain services.
Sometimes, with your explicit consent, we will use your personal data to send you information about our work or activities you have requested or expressed an interest in. On other occasions, we may process your data:
Our legitimate interests include providing updates on our appeals, services, fundraising activities, newsletters, competitions, and events. We will always consider your rights and ensure they are not infringed upon.
Purpose | Legal Basis |
Processing purchases or donations | Performance of a contract |
Sending newsletters and updates | Consent or legitimate interest |
Claiming Gift Aid | Legal obligation |
Volunteer communications | Performance of a contract / legitimate interest |
Website tracking and improvement | Legitimate interest / consent (for cookies) |
Event registration with partners | Consent |
We will also hold information about your details so that we can respect your preferences for being contacted by us. We collect your personal information in a number of ways:
When you volunteer with Stripey Stork, we will keep you up to date with the work that we are doing and events we are involved with. We will also let you know of any changes that might affect you volunteering with us and which you need to be aware of. We will only use your information for volunteering purposes and only while you remain a volunteer. By agreeing to volunteer with Stripey Stork, you are agreeing to us sending you emails about volunteering and your volunteer role. We will on occasion share your email address with other Stripey Stork volunteers, for example, to coordinate event attendance.
All the personal data we process is processed by our staff in the UK.
However, for IT hosting and maintenance purposes, your information may be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this occurs, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), such as the use of standard contractual clauses or reliance on adequacy decisions. If you would like to change the way you hear from us or no longer wish to receive direct marketing communications from then please email info@stripeystork.org.uk.
We only disclose information to third parties or individuals when obliged to by law, for purposes of national security, taxation and criminal investigations and the following:
We will never sell or rent your personal information to other organisations.
hen making an online donation you will be directed through to the site of the specific donation platform.
If you are making a credit or debit card donation/payment, this will be processed by Stripe or Paypal which processes card transactions on our behalf. The site utilises a number of security features, including Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, for all transactions. Information provided to Stripe and Paypal will be processed only for the purposes of enabling the donation transaction to take place. Stripe and Paypal also have their own privacy policies.
If you have made a Gift Aid declaration, we will disclose the information you have provided as part of the declaration to HMRC for the purpose of reclaiming gift aid on your donation(s).
We hold your information only as long as necessary for each purpose we use it. For example, we will keep data regarding any online purchases made with us for six years in case there is a breach of contract claim.
If you decide not to support Stripey Stork any more or request that we have no further contact with you, we will keep some basic information in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future and to ensure that we don’t accidentally duplicate information.
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:
For more on your rights, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office (Information Commissioner’s Office).
Remember, you can change the way you hear from us or withdraw your permission for us to processing your personal data at any time by contacting us at info@stripeystork.org.uk.
If you wish to talk through anything in our privacy policy, please contact us. If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer who will investigate the matter. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal data in accordance with the law, you can complain to the Fundraising Regulator or the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). If you have any queries about your data, our General Manager can be contacted by writing to:
Chief Executive Officer, Stripey Stork, 51a Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9EL
Or by emailing info@stripeystork.org.uk
Our focus is the Surrey region and bordering areas. If you are in a different region, see map of UK baby banks to find one near you.