Welcome to Alpha International’s (AI) privacy notice.

AI respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you how we look after your personal data (regardless of where you visit this Privacy Policy from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy notice is provided in a layered format so you can scroll through to the specific areas set out below. Please also use the glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy notice.

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED
4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
7. DATA SECURITY
8. DATA RETENTION
9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
10. GLOSSARY

Alpha International works in partnership with four other independent charities that have a shared heritage and have come out of Holy Trinity Brompton church. We refer to the charities collectively as the HTB Group (HTBG), but they do not form part of a group within a technical legal definition. The HTBG work cooperatively and collaboratively with many shared systems, processes and policies. In light of the close partnership, shared offices and infrastructure, constituent charities of the HTBG have agreed to adopt a common approach to privacy and data protection. The individual charities have entered into a formal data sharing agreement to regulate the extent to which data may be shared between the charities and the protection and procedures in place to regulate this sharing of data. Within this privacy notice we will tell you about areas where the HTBG share data and why.

This privacy notice aims to give you information on how AI collects and processes your personal data, including any data you may provide through this website when you interact with us, register for an event, donate to the charity, apply for a role as a volunteer or staff member or sign up to our newsletter.

This website is not intended for children. However, we do collect data relating to children if they attend one of our events or take part in our activities.

It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

Controller

The HTB Group (HTBG) is comprised of:
Holy Trinity Brompton incorporated and registered in England and Wales with charity number 1133793 whose registered office is at Brompton Road, London, SW7 1JA (HTB).
Alpha International is a charity registered in England and Wales with number 1086179, in Scotland with number SC042906 and a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with number 4157379 (AI).
St Paul’s Theological Centre is a charity registered in England and Wales with number 1111609 and a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with number 5543940 (SPTC).
Church Renewal Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales with number 1129661 and a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with number 6849860 (CRT1).
Church Revitalisation Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales with number 1174882 and a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with number 10754427 (CRT2).

This privacy notice is issued on behalf of the HTBG so when we mention “HTBG”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice, we are referring to the relevant charity in the HTBG responsible for processing your data. We will let you know which entity will be the controller for your data when you purchase a product or service with us. AI is the controller and responsible for this website.

We have appointed a data protection lead (DPL) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPL at GDPR@alpha.org, by calling 0207 052 0200, or writing to Data Protection Lead, Alpha International, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2HR.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for data protection issues (ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

If You Are Located In The European Union

We have appointed Willans Data Protection Services (WillansDPS) as our European Representative, located in Dublin, Ireland. If you have any questions about this privacy notice or would like to exercise your legal rights under the EU GDPR, you can do so by emailing alpha@willansdps.com or by clicking on this link.

Willans Data Protection Limited
Upper Pembroke Street 28 – 32
Dublin
County Dublin
DO2 EK84
Eire
+353 1 447 0402
alpha@willansdps.com

Changes To The Privacy Notice And Your Duty To Inform Us Of Changes

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Third-Party Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of events, products or services you have purchased from us or gifts you have donated to us.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, events, products and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law because the data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.

As a faith-based charity, we collect data about courses, training and events you attend. This information is likely to come within the definition of Special Categories of Personal Data. Special Categories of Personal Data includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. We will always make it clear to you when we collect this information and why. For some of our events and services we may also collect information about criminal convictions and offences.

Where we need to collect your personal data to perform the contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we may have to cancel your tickets to an event or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

We use different methods to collect data from and about you which include:

We collect your data through the following direct transactions. This includes personal data you provide when you:

• donate online, by text message or completing a giving envelope;
• make a purchase via the Alpha Shop;
• are photographed or filmed during one of our events or courses;
• send us an enquiry email;
• create an account on our website;
• register for an event or course;
• subscribe to our service or publications;
• request marketing to be sent to you;
• enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
• give us some feedback.

As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our cookie policy for further details.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see our cookies page here.