Privacy Policy

The Compass customer privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

• Contact details
• What information we collect, use, and why
• Lawful bases and data protection rights
• Where we get personal information from
• How long we keep information
• Who we share information with
• How to complain

Contact details

Telephone

07368324042

Email

connect@thecompass.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:

• Names and contact details
• Addresses
• Payment or banking details
• Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)
• Visitors to our stores and website

We collect or use the following personal information for service updates or marketing purposes:

• Names and contact details
• Addresses
• IP addresses
• Website and app user journey information

We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:

• Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
• Date of birth
• National Insurance number
• Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
• Education history (eg qualifications)
• Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks )

We also collect or use the following special category information for recruitment purposes. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

• Religious or philosophical beliefs

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

• Names and contact details
• Witness statements and contact details
• Relevant information from previous investigations
• Customer or client accounts and records
• Financial transaction information
• Correspondence

We also collect or use the following special category information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
• Your right to rectification- You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
• Your right to erasure- You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
• Your right to restriction of processing- You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
• Your right to object to processing- You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
• Your right to data portability- You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
• Your right to withdraw consent– When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
• Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Where we get personal information from

• Directly from you
• Regulatory authorities
• Family members or carers
• Social services
• Charities or voluntary sector organisations
• Schools, colleges, universities or other education organisations

How long we keep information

We will not keep personal data longer than is necessary for the purposes that it was collected for. We will comply with official guidance about retention periods for specific records.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

• Other health providers (eg GPs and consultants)
• Charities and voluntary organisations
• Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
• Local authorities or councils

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address: 

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

07/6/2025