Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Sport Relief is an initiative of Comic Relief UK, of 1st Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP, UK. Comic Relief is the operating name of Charity Projects, a charity registered in England & Wales with number 326568 and in Scotland with number SC039730, and a company limited by guarantee registered in England with number 1806414. Our registered offices are Hanover House, 14 Hanover Square, London W1S 1HP.

Statement Of Intent

When we collect any personal information about you, we have legal obligations under the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 in the way we deal with that information. In particular, we must:

  • collect the information fairly
  • let you know how we will use it
  • keep the information secure

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Whenever you provide personal information we will treat your information in accordance with this privacy policy, and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Information We May Collect From You

When you make a payment, register to receive updates, contact us, or interact with us in any other way, Comic Relief UK may sometimes receive personal information about you, such as your:

  • name
  • email address
  • postal address
  • bank or credit card details

When you visit our site, we also sometimes use cookies, and collect information about your visit. For more details, please see the 'Cookies' and 'How We Use Your Information' sections below.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information in a number of ways, such as:

  • sending you information about Comic Relief UK, our supporters and beneficiaries for marketing purposes
  • processing a payment that you have made
  • responding to correspondence you have sent to us

We will not contact you for marketing purposes unless you have given your consent. If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt out at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails, or by contacting us through this site.

If you have consented to receive marketing, we may occasionally contact you to ask if you would be prepared to help us with our market research, although participation is purely voluntary.

When you visit our site, we sometimes collect information that enables us to identify you and provide you with a more personalised service. We also aggregate statistics about our supporters to enable us to operate more effectively, but these statistics do not include information which can identify individuals.

Disclosure Of Information

We will keep your personal information confidential, and will not supply it to any third party without your consent, unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so.

We sometimes use third parties to process your information on our behalf (for example, to process payments, send out mailings, or analyse data). However, we require them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own business purposes.

Some of our service providers may be located outside Europe, such as the U.S. or Canada, and by providing personal information to us, you consent to your information being processed on our behalf in this way.

By providing personal information to us, you consent that we may transfer your information within Comic Relief's group of companies, and that your personal information may be transferred to a third party in the event of a reorganisation or merger of Comic Relief UK.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information sent from our website to your computer to help us identify you quickly. Comic Relief UK uses cookies to help you use our site more effectively, to identify you when you visit our site, and to help us assess how our site is used. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.

Website www.allaboutcookies.org provides more information about cookies, and tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. Please note that if you remove our cookies, you may not be able to use our site as effectively.

Children

If you are under 16, you must not provide us with personal information.

Third Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third party websites. This policy only applies to this site, so if you follow a link to a third party site, please make sure you read the privacy policy on that site. We do not accept any responsibility for third party sites.

Any changes we make to this privacy policy will be posted on this page, so please check back from time to time.