Privacy Policy

About Us

World Shine UK is a charity dedicated to reaching, raising and releasing the poor and destitute in Uganda with Christian faith in action. We achieve this by supporting the activities of World Shine Ministries in Uganda.

Your Privacy

We are committed to respecting the privacy and personal information of our supporters in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. We will treat any personal information you have given us with sensitivity and care.

Your Personal Information

You will have given us your personal information when you made a donation or became a child sponsor; this information is therefore given by consent. The information we hold about you may include:
  • your name, postal address, email address, telephone number
  • your bank details and whether you are a UK taxpayer
  • correspondence we have with you
  • correspondence that you have with any children that you sponsor
If you make donations through a third party such as Stewardship or Charities Aid Foundation, we may receive some personal information from them, if you have given them your permission.
We may also ask you for more personal details if you volunteer for work with us

How we Use Your Information

We use your personal information to carry out your expressed wish to support the work of World Shine Ministries, and to keep you informed. World Shine UK will only keep your personal information for as long as is required for our purposes and by law.
We might communicate with you to:
  • invite you to join events we hold in the UK, or trips to Uganda
  • tell you about the difference your support is making
  • inform you about ongoing developments
  • alert you to priority needs we have

Sharing Information

World Shine UK shares information with:
  • mailing and email organisations - to facilitate communication
  • record management and online storage facilities - for data processing and Gift Aid administration. Our relationship with these data processors ensures that they cannot use your data for any reason other than those we specify.
  • World Shine Ministries in Uganda  - we only send World Shine Ministries the names of sponsors and donors for the correct allocation of funds.  We do not share any other information about you with WSM.

Your Choices

We value your support and want to be able to continue communicating with you.  We will only contact you by those methods that you have said we can use.  You can choose whether we contact you by post, email, SMS or telephone.
You can update these permissions at any time by contacting us.

Your Rights

You have a legal right to:
  • request details of the personal information we hold on you
  • Ask us to correct or remove information we hold about you
  • Ask us not to use your personal data for any purpose. We would then destroy any personal information we hold for you and advise you accordingly.
If you would like a copy of your personal information, please phone, email or write to us.
A copy of this privacy notice is available on our website. This will be updated with any changes.