At OSCAR Foundation, we rely on the generosity and support of individuals like you to carry out our vital work with young people. That is why we want to be transparent about why we need the personal details we request when you engage with us and how we will use them.
OSCAR Foundation is committed to protecting the personal data that we collect and process about you. We aim to be clear and transparent and not do anything you wouldn’t reasonably expect. We do this by ensuring you are provided with an explanation about how OSCAR Foundation collects and processes the information you provide us with, or that we collect about you, whether online, via phone, email, in letters or in any other correspondence or from third parties.
We collect and use personal data to ensure that we can manage our relationships with our supporters or provide programmes to young people, and to better understand how we can meet and exceed our supporters’ expectations.
Please read this policy carefully, along with our Terms and Conditions and any other documents referred to in this policy, to understand how we collect, use and store your personal information.
The privacy policy covers the following:
By providing us with personal information, you consent to the collection and use of this information in accordance with this privacy policy. In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, we will not keep your personal data for longer than is necessary.
We may update this policy from time to time without notice to you, so please check it regularly. If you have any questions about this privacy policy and our cookies policy please contact our Data Protection Officer on dataprotection@oscar-india.org
OSCAR Foundation is registered as a charitable trust (E27420) and works to deliver life skills to children and young people from low income communities using football as a tool for development and to encourage them towards completing their education.
OSCAR’s head office is situated in Mumbai at 104 Varma Chambers, 11 Homji Street, Near Horniman Circle, Fort, Mumbai – 400001
We collect information in the following ways:
Information you give us
Information from Third Parties
Information we get from your use of our website and services
Information in the public domain
The types of personal information that OSCAR Foundation collects will depend on whether you are simply interested in what we do, are making a donation, volunteering or joining one of our programmes. We only collect what we need to deliver the specific service to you that you have chosen e.g. child sponsorship, but that could include:
Where appropriate we may also ask your interests and motivation for supporting OSCAR Foundation, we will never make this question mandatory, and only want to know the answer if you are comfortable providing us with that information.
In some limited circumstances, the personal information that OSCAR Foundation collects may include information that is considered “sensitive data”. This may include personal information regarding racial or ethnic origins, political opinions, religious beliefs, health and also information concerning criminal offences. Where this information is collected we will tell you so you know why it is needed.
If you are under 13 you should ask permission of a parent or guardian before sending personal or sensitive information to anyone online.
If you have applied for one of OSCAR programmes, OSCAR Foundation will use your information to run, fund, develop and evaluate OSCAR Foundation’s programmes.
If you support us, for example make a donation, volunteer, register to fundraise, sign up for an event we will mainly use your information to:
Tools may be used to improve the effectiveness of OSCAR Foundation’s communications with you, including tracking whether you open the emails we send you and which links you click within a message.
We may also use personal information to carry out due diligence so that we are fundraising in accordance within the law, the code of fundraising practice and our internal policies and procedures.
Profiling and analysing information of our supporters
You can opt out of your data being used for profiling and wealth screening techniques by contacting the Data Protection Officer.
We continuously review records of supporters and volunteers to ensure your data is as accurate as possible and always appreciate it if you let us know if your contact details change. Where possible we use publicly available sources to keep your records up to date for example or information provided to us by other organisations as described in Section 1. It is important that we keep your personal data as up to date as possible so that we can cross reference your information with the Mail and Telephone Preference Services.
We are committed to protecting your data and therefore it will never be disclosed or sold to external organisations other than those acting as agents and data processors carrying out work on our behalf. Where we enter into a relationship with an external party, any such arrangements will be subject to a formal agreement between OSCAR Foundation and that organisation to protect the security of your data. They only act under our instructions and we maintain full responsibility for your data.
Third Parties may include:
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information that you think is inaccurate. If you do not want to receive any further information about OSCAR Foundation and would like us to remove your name from our mailing list, please contact us to let us know.
Please address all your requests, by email or mail, to info@oscar-foundation.org. To help us locate any personal information about you (or in case we need to get in touch with you to obtain further information to help us locate your records) please include your full name, address and telephone number with your request.
Like many websites, we may collect and record information in order for us to understand more about how our website is used and to provide you with a personalised experience when you visit our website. We use ‘cookie technology’ to do this. We may use cookies to gather certain information about you, including details of your operating system, browser version, domain name and IP address, and the details of the website you linked from to the website. OSCAR Foundation uses Google Analytics to record this information and implements Demographics and Interest reporting, which enables us to better understand website usage and improve the experience for our visitors.
Cookies identify your browser, and basic information that you have shared with Google to our servers when you visit our website. They do not identify you as an individual. If you do not want to accept cookies you can easily disable this function by changing the settings on your Internet browser. You are able to completely opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise Google Display Network adverts through your browser’s Advert Settings.
We aim to ensure that there are appropriate, physical, technical and managerial controls in place to protect any personal information you may provide to us. All of our staff receive training on handling data securely.
Where we use external companies to collect or process data on our behalf we carry out comprehensive checks on them before we work with them and ensure that contracts are in place that set out our expectations and requirements. We will endeavor to ensure that your data being processed in accordance with the appropriate security requirements in line with our legal responsibilities, and by submitting your details in such circumstances you agree to this transfer.
Despite all of our precautions no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. So, whilst we will always strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information which you disclose to us and so wish to draw your attention that you do so at your own risk.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity. If you request that we stop sending you marketing materials we will keep a record of your contact details and appropriate information to enable us to comply with your request not to be contacted by us, we won’t keep any information that we don’t need.
Any changes to this Policy will be notified by displaying the word ‘NEW’ next to the ‘Privacy Policy’ link on our Site at least 30 days before putting such changes into effect. This privacy policy was last updated on 19th of September 2022.
If you have any queries