Privacy and Cookies Policy
This privacy policy applies between the user of this website and Limitless Child Foundation (LCF). We take the privacy of your information very seriously and will outline how we use and process use your data.
This privacy policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Terms and Conditions, which can be found on www.limitlesschildfoundation.org/term-and-conditions and Data protection policy/statement, which can be found on www.limitlesschildfoundation.org/dataprotection-policy-statement.
We encourage you to carefully read this statement for your information.
Definitions and interpretation
In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
Data
Collectively, all information that you submit to Limitless Child Foundation via the Website. This definition includes, where applicable, the definitions provided in Data Protection Laws.
Limitless Child Foundation
210 Kilton Road, Worksop,
South Yorkshire,
S80 2ND,
United Kingdom
Cookies law
The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the 2011 and 2018 Amendment Regulations.
User or you
Any third party that accesses the Website and is not either:
(i) employed by Limitless Child Foundation and acting in the course of their employment, or
(ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Limitless Child Foundation and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.
Data protection law
Any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the GDPR, and any national implementing and supplementary laws, regulations, and secondary legislation.
Website
The website currently being used, www.limitlesschildfoundation.org, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
GDPR
The UK General Data Protection Regulation.
In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
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The singular includes the plural and vice versa;
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References to Sub-Clauses, Clauses, Schedules, or Appendices are to those within this Privacy Policy;
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A reference to a Person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts, and partnerships;
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A reference to any Statutory Provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
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The Headings and Sub-Headings do not form part of this Privacy Policy.
Scope of this privacy policy
This Privacy Policy applies only to the actions of Limitless Child Foundation and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website, including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to partner sites, articles, or social media platforms.
For the purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Limitless Child Foundation is the “Data Controller.” This means that Limitless Child Foundation determines the purposes for which and the manner in which your Data is processed.
Our Website
Our website, www.limitlesschildfoundation.org, is powered by WordPress—an open-source content management system based on PHP and MySQL, available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Who We Are
Limitless Child Foundation (LCF) is a non-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom, dedicated to supporting school children in northern Ghana with educational and learning resources to help them improve their academic performance and access higher education, gainful employment, or entrepreneurial opportunities.
Data Collected and How we collect it
Data We May Collect
We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:
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Name
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Date of birth
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Gender
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Contact information
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Demographic information such as your mailing address
How We Collect Data
Limitless Child Foundation (LCF) may collect your Data in several ways, including:
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When you contact us through the Website form (e.g. contact, volunteering, or donation forms), by telephone, post, email, or through any other means
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When registering as a volunteer
This collection is carried out in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Why We Collect Your Data
Use of Personal Information
On our Website, we collect and use your personal information to:
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Process volunteering registrations
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Fundraise and manage donations
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Create awareness about our activities
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Keep in touch with you through email marketing materials that may be of interest to you
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Carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement between us
All personal information is collected and used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Your data will be transmitted to us in encrypted form to prevent access by unauthorised third parties. In principle, we store your data on specially protected servers.
Email Marketing and Consent
To send newsletters to you via email, we require your consent. This may be obtained through either an opt-in or a soft opt-in mechanism:
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Soft opt-in consent is a specific type of consent that applies when you have previously engaged with us (for example, if you contact us to request more information about joining a bone marrow registry or participate in a stem cell awareness drive). Under soft opt-in, we will assume your consent unless you actively opt out.
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For all other types of email marketing, we are required to obtain your explicit consent, which means you must take a clear and affirmative action—such as checking a tick box that we provide.
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If you are not satisfied with our approach to newsletters or marketing communications, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Data That Is Collected Automatically
To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically. For example:
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We automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us improve the Website’s content and navigation, and includes your IP address, date and time of access, demographic data, the mode used to access our Website, and how you have interacted with our Website content.
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We will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser.
The cookies stored by our Website cannot be used to identify you personally.
If you would like to know how to disable cookies on your device, please visit aboutcookies.org. Please note that disabling cookies may significantly degrade your browsing experience on our Website.
Embedded content from other
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may:
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Collect data about you
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Use cookies
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Embed additional third-party tracking
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Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your engagement if you have an account and are logged in to that website
Who we share Data with
We may share your Data with the charity commission for regulatory purpose as well as other partners for funding and reporting. We will not share your identifiable data under these circumstances.
Keeping Data secure
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
Data retention
We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
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We will hold personal data for the period we are required to retain this information by applicable UK tax law.
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Limitless Child Foundation (LCF) has agreed to retain the information collected in Google Analytics indefinitely to allow us to analyze trends in our website usage over time. This information is not personally identifiable.
Your rights over your data
You have the following rights in relation to your data:
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Right to Access – The right to request:
(i) Copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or
(ii) That we modify, update, or delete such information.
If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this unless your request is “manifestly unfounded or excessive.” Where legally permitted, we may refuse your request. If we refuse, we will provide reasons for the refusal. -
Right to Correct – The right to have your data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
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Right to Erase – The right to request that we delete or remove your data from our systems.
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Right to Restrict – The right to “block” us from using your data or limit how we can use it.
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Right to Data Portability – The right to request that we move, copy, or transfer your data.
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Right to Object – The right to object to our use of your data, including where we use it for our legitimate interests.
This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Changes to this privacy notice
This privacy notice was last updated in April 2025. We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new privacy notice on this page.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information, we hold about you, please contact us by email on help@limitlesschildfoundation.org.
