Privacy Policy
Learn how Sredha collects, uses, protects, and manages information when you interact with our website, services, and charitable initiatives.
Last Updated: July 13, 2026
Privacy Policy
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This Privacy Policy is an initial website draft prepared for the Sredha Charitable Society website. It is intended as a starting point for discussion and should be reviewed, revised, and approved by qualified legal counsel before being published as the organisation's official Privacy Policy.
1. Introduction
Sredha Charitable Society ("Sredha", "we", "our", or "us") values your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and the choices available to you when you visit our website or interact with our organisation.
Our goal is to be transparent about our data practices while supporting our mission to serve the community through charitable and educational initiatives.
2. Scope of this Privacy Policy
2.1 What This Policy Applies To
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through:
- Our official website
- Contact forms
- Volunteer registration forms
- Donation forms
- Event registration forms
- General communication with Sredha Charitable Society
- Newsletter subscriptions (if introduced in the future)
2.2 What This Policy Does Not Cover
This Privacy Policy does not apply to:
- Third-party websites linked from our website
- Social media platforms
- External payment providers
- Other organisations whose websites you may visit through links on our website
Each third party is responsible for its own privacy practices.
3. Information We Collect
3.1 Information You Provide
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect information including:
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Contact Information | Name, email address, phone number, postal address |
| Volunteer Information | Areas of interest, availability, skills, experience |
| Donation Information | Information required to process donations and issue acknowledgements |
| Event Information | Registration details and participation information |
| Communications | Enquiries, feedback, messages, and correspondence |
| Newsletter Information | Email address and subscription preferences (if introduced) |
Providing personal information is generally voluntary, although certain services may require specific information to function.
3.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you use our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, such as:
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- IP address
- Date and time of your visit
- Pages viewed
- Referring website (where available)
- General website usage information
This information is primarily used to improve website functionality, security, and user experience.
4. How We Use Your Information
4.1 Primary Purposes
We may use the information we collect to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Process volunteer applications
- Manage event registrations
- Process donations
- Communicate with supporters
- Improve our programmes and services
- Maintain website functionality
- Improve website performance
- Protect website security
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
4.2 Communications
If newsletter or email subscription services are introduced in the future, we may use your contact information to send:
- Organisational updates
- News about programmes and initiatives
- Volunteer opportunities
- Upcoming events
- Fundraising campaigns
Where appropriate, you will be able to unsubscribe from these communications.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
5.1 Cookies
Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to improve functionality, remember preferences, enhance user experience, understand general website usage, and support security features.
5.2 Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to view, delete, block, or configure cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
6. Analytics and Website Performance
We may collect aggregated, non-identifiable website usage information to understand visitor behaviour, improve navigation and accessibility, monitor website performance, and identify technical issues.
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7. Donations and Payment Information
7.1 Donation Information
If you choose to support our organisation through a donation, we may collect information necessary to process your donation, issue acknowledgements or receipts where applicable, maintain donation records, and respond to donation-related enquiries.
7.2 Payment Information
We aim to minimise the amount of sensitive payment information handled directly by the organisation.
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8. Volunteer and Contact Forms
Information submitted through contact, volunteer, or event registration forms may be used to respond to enquiries, review applications, coordinate activities, and communicate regarding programmes and events.
9. Educational Resources
Our website may provide educational resources and awareness content. Limited usage information may be collected to improve these resources.
10. Future Online Store
If an online store is introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy may be updated to describe any additional information collected to process purchases and provide customer support.
11. Third-Party Services
Our website may interact with third-party services that help deliver website functionality. These may relate to hosting, payment processing, communications, embedded content, or event registration. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you use.
12. Data Sharing
12.1 When We May Share Information
We may share information where reasonably necessary to operate our services, facilitate donations or events, respond to lawful requests, protect legal rights, or support organisational operations.
12.2 Sale of Personal Information
We do not sell personal information.
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13. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction. No internet transmission or electronic storage method is completely secure.
14. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or meet applicable legal obligations.
15. Children's Privacy
Protecting children's privacy is important to us.
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16. Your Rights
Depending on applicable laws, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or updates to your personal information, withdraw consent where applicable, or raise concerns regarding how your information is handled.
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17. International Visitors
If you access our website from outside the country where the organisation operates, your information may be processed in accordance with applicable laws.
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18. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for their content, privacy practices, or security measures.
19. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be published on this page, and continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
20. Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal information, please contact Sredha Charitable Society using the contact information provided on our website.
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