Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25/03/26

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you choose to give us, such as your name, email address, phone number, address, adoption or fostering application details, volunteer information, and information included in general enquiries. We may also collect technical data automatically, including IP addresses and cookies, to help keep the website secure, functional, and performing well.

We do not ask you to provide sensitive personal information through the forms
on this website. We do not collect or store financial information such as credit or debit card details. Donations are handled by bank transfer or PayPal. If you use a third-party service such as PayPal, that service may collect information for its own purposes. Please check the relevant privacy policy for details, as we are not
responsible for how third-party websites handle your information.

2. How We Use Your Information

Before we use personal data, we make sure we have a lawful basis to do so. Depending on the circumstances, this may include consent, fulfilment of an agreement with you, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests in operating the rescue, assessing adoption and fostering applications, managing volunteers, safeguarding animal welfare, responding to enquiries, and keeping appropriate records.

We use the collected data to:

  • Primarily rehome dogs, assess adoption and fostering applications,
    manage volunteers, and track animal welfare.
  • Communicate with you about your enquiry, application, volunteering,
    fostering, adoption, donations, or other rescue-related matters.
  • Improve, personalise, and expand our website.

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with trusted third-party service providers, such as email or analytics providers, where this helps us run the rescue and maintain our website.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies to help the website display correctly and work as intended. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can refuse them through the cookie consent options or adjust your browser settings. See our cookie policy page for more details.

4. Your Data Protection Rights

You have the right to ask for access to the personal data we hold about you. You can also ask us to correct inaccurate information, request deletion where appropriate, object to or restrict certain processing, and withdraw consent where we rely on it. We will respond to requests in line with applicable data protection law.

We keep personal data only for as long as it is needed for the purpose for which it was collected, including rescue operations, welfare follow-up, safeguarding, accounting, legal, and regulatory requirements. When information is no longer needed, we will securely delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us using the contact details provided on our website. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data.

Contact details for data protection matters

Person responsible for data security: Mr Richard Yallop
Email address: elceesrescue@gmail.com