The UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25th May 2018 and The Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) is committed to protecting your personal data: FNF considers the privacy of its users to be a serious issue and this Privacy Policy will explain how The Foundation uses personal data collected from you when you use our website. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR-2018) FNF’s lawful basis for processing this information is Article 6(1)(a) of the UK GDPR whereby consent must be given for the processing of an individual’s personal data for one or more specific purposes. In addition, The Foundation’s processing of special category data, such as health information is based on article 9(2)(a) which requires your consent which you have a right to withdraw at any time.
FNF collects your personal data for the following purposes:
FNF collects and processes the following data:
FNF collects information from you in a variety of ways. It may be:
You directly provide The Foundation with most of the data we collect, and your personal information is used to:
FNF may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
Some of FNF’s activities require that we share personal data with others for business or legal purposes, such as security, fraud and abuse prevention, or financial record-keeping or in connection with claims or disputes.
FNF securely stores your data in secure data centre with Biometric and physical security in London, UK using encryption, authentication, and anti-virus/malware security measures. FNF uses reasonable security measures, including physical, administrative, and technical safeguards. These measures may include physical and technical security access controls or other safeguards, information security technologies and policies, procedures to help ensure the appropriate disposal of information, and training programmes.
The Foundation retains user data for as long as necessary for the purposes described above.
This means that we retain different categories of data for different periods of time depending on the type of data, the category of user to whom the data relates, and the purposes for which we collected the data. Users may request deletion of their details at any time, but FNF may retain user data after a deletion request due to legal or regulatory requirements.
FNF would like to send you information about our services and to stay in contact with you. If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date. If you make an ‘opt-out’ request, we have 30 days to respond to you. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. Please contact us at the address below if you wish to make a request. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here to email us.
FNF would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
If you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address below.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our web sites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. We do not use cookies to retrieve personal information about you from your computer. We will only gain such information if you have knowingly and willingly provided such information to us.
Cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org
7.1 How do we use cookies?
FNF uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on the web site, including:
7.2 What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
7.3 How to manage your cookies
You can accept your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
FNF keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 3rd March 2022.
The Data Protection Officer
Florence Nightingale Foundation
10-18 Union Street
London
SE1 1SZ
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at the address above.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
"When I am no longer even a memory, just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life."
Florence Nightingale