Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 18 May 2025

Introduction

Let's Be Blunt ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services. We take your data protection rights seriously and comply with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18) and other applicable data protection laws. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

Fill out forms on our website (including pledge and contact forms)
Contact us via email, phone, or other communication channels
Participate in surveys, events, or campaigns
Make donations to our cause

This information may include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other contact details.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

IP address
Browser type and version
Operating system
Referral source
Length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

Providing, operating, and maintaining our website and services
Improving and personalising user experience
Sending you newsletters, campaign updates, and other communications
Processing donations and pledge commitments
Responding to your comments, questions, and requests
Monitoring website usage and analysing trends
Protecting the security and integrity of our website
Complying with legal obligations

We process your data on the following legal bases:

Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, unless there is a good reason to protect your personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.
Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with:

Service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., email service providers, donation processors)
Partners who collaborate with us on campaigns or initiatives
Legal and regulatory authorities, if required by law

We require all third parties to respect the security of your data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorized way. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate, or complete information you believe is incomplete.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us, and we will take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us on contact@letsbeblunt.co.uk. You can also make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an independent regulator.

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