Privacy Policy

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or our data protection practices, please contact us at: support@oephilanthropyandsocialimpact.com

What Information We Collect, Use, and Why

We collect or use the following personal information:

• Names and contact details

We get your personal data either directly from you, or via introduction from other members.

We use this information to:

• Register your interest in the work and development of OE Impact
• Make you aware and invite you to events that we may run from time to time
• Send you communications relevant to OE Impact and the wider philanthropic and social impact space (e.g. a Newsletter)
• Support engagement between members

Lawful Bases and Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a 'lawful basis' for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases on the ICO's website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights. These rights include:

• You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information
• You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete
• You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information
• You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information
• You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data
• You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you
• When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our Lawful Bases for the Collection and Use of Your Data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information are:

Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Legitimate interests – we're collecting or using your information because it benefits you, OE Impact, or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:

• Accelerating and enhancing the philanthropic impact of the OE community
• Actively encouraging OE philanthropy and social impact
• Supporting the development of a network of OEs interested and active in philanthropy and social impact (e.g. through events, newsletters and other forms of communication as applicable)

For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.

How Long We Keep Information

We only retain your personal data for as long as you wish to remain a member of the OE Impact community.

Where you have indicated that you no longer wish to receive any communications from us, we will retain certain necessary information in order to enable us to comply with that request.

Who We Share Information With

We may share your information with other members of the community via the website or other group communications channels (e.g. WhatsApp).

We also share your information with independent data processors in support of any events that we put on (e.g. invitations, follow up etc).

How to Complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we've used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

Updates to This Notice

This privacy notice was created in December 2025. We will review and update the notice from time-to-time and will inform you if we do so.