Privacy Policy

The International Association for Human Values (UK), referred to here as IAHV UK, is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1103261). Our registered address is 1 Hawthorn Crescent, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4FH.

IAHV UK is the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. If you have any questions, contact us at info@iahv.org.uk.

We collect personal data that you provide to us directly, and a limited amount of technical data when you use our website.

• Enquiries: when you use our contact, volunteering or London Centre forms, we collect your name, email address, phone number (if given) and your message.
• Donations: when you donate by card, our payment provider Stripe collects your name, email address, billing address and donation amount. Card details are handled securely by Stripe and are never stored by IAHV UK.
• Gift Aid: if you make a Gift Aid declaration, we collect your title, name, home address, postcode, email address, the declaration you agree to and the date you make it.
• Technical data: our hosting and security providers process limited data such as your IP address and browser type to keep the site secure and working.

We use your personal data to respond to your enquiries, process your donation and send you a receipt, claim Gift Aid from HM Revenue and Customs where you have made a valid declaration, keep the accounting and Gift Aid records we are required by law to retain, and understand how our website is used so we can improve it.

Our lawful bases for processing are your consent, our legitimate interests in running the charity, the performance of a contract, and compliance with our legal obligations, including HMRC requirements for Gift Aid.

We only share your data where necessary to provide our services and meet our legal obligations. We never sell your personal data.

• Stripe, to process card donations.
• HM Revenue and Customs, to claim Gift Aid.
• Our email provider, to send receipts and respond to enquiries.
• Cloudflare, which hosts the site and provides security and spam protection, including the CAPTCHA on our forms.
• Our records platform, used to store Gift Aid declarations securely.
• Our website analytics provider, where analytics are enabled, using aggregated and non-identifying data where possible.

We keep Gift Aid declarations and related financial records for as long as required by HMRC, which is at least the current tax year plus the previous four years, and we keep accounting records for at least six years. We keep enquiry and volunteering data only for as long as we need it to help you, after which it is deleted.

Under UK data protection law you have the right to access your data, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, email info@iahv.org.uk.

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookies Policy for details.

We may update this policy from time to time. This version was last updated on 20 May 2026.