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Go Dharmic – Global Privacy Policy

1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Go Dharmic, along with its registered charitable entities in the United Kingdom, United States, and India (collectively, “Go Dharmic,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is deeply committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information entrusted to us by our donors, volunteers, supporters, and website visitors (“you” or “your”).

This Global Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and the rights you have regarding your information. This Policy applies to all information collected through our website (https://godharmic.com/) (the “Website”), as well as through offline interactions such as events, mail, or phone calls.

By using our Website or otherwise providing us with your information, you consent to the data practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use our Website or provide us with your information.

2. What Information We Collect

We collect information to operate effectively and provide you with the best possible experience when you engage with our mission. The type of information we collect depends on the nature of your interaction with us.

2.1. Personal Data You Provide Directly:

  • Identity and Contact Data: Your full name, email address, postal address, phone number, and salutation.

  • Financial Data: Bank account or payment card details when you make a donation. Please note, this information is collected directly by our secure third-party payment processors and is not stored on our servers.

  • Donation History: Records of your donations, including the amount, date, and campaign you supported.

  • Communications Data: Your preferences for receiving communications from us, as well as any correspondence you send to us (e.g., emails, feedback, testimonials).

  • Volunteer Data: Information you provide when applying to volunteer, which may include your skills, availability, and emergency contact details.

  • Tax Information: Information required to process tax-related documentation, such as your PAN card number (in India for 80G receipts) or a Gift Aid declaration (in the UK).

2.2. Data We Collect Automatically (Technical Data):

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our Website, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, the time and duration of your visit, and the referring website.

  • Device and Browser Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device type, operating system, browser type and version, time zone setting, and general geographic location. This data is collected through the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies. (Please see Section 6 for our Cookie Policy).

2.3. Data From Third-Party Sources: We may occasionally receive information about you from third-party sources, such as public databases, social media platforms (if you interact with our official pages), or third-party fundraising platforms that you have used to donate to Go Dharmic. We only use this data in accordance with this Policy.

3. How and Why We Use Your Information (Legal Basis for Processing)

We only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Our legal basis for processing your data depends on the purpose of the processing:

  • To Process Your Donations and Maintain Records (Performance of a Contract / Legal Obligation): We use your identity, contact, and financial data to process your generous donations, issue receipts, and maintain financial records required by law in our operating jurisdictions (e.g., for tax, accounting, and audit purposes).

  • To Communicate with You (Consent / Legitimate Interest):

    • We use your contact details to send you updates about our campaigns, newsletters, and fundraising appeals, where you have given us explicit consent to do so.

    • We may also send you essential administrative communications (e.g., donation confirmations, updates to our terms) based on our legitimate interest in keeping you informed about our relationship. You can opt-out of marketing communications at any time.

  • To Administer and Improve Our Website and Services (Legitimate Interest): We analyze technical and usage data to administer our Website, protect it against fraud, understand how our supporters engage with our content, and improve the user experience.

  • To Comply with Legal and Regulatory Obligations (Legal Obligation): We may be required to process your data to comply with legal requirements, such as fraud prevention, anti-money laundering checks, responding to law enforcement requests, or fulfilling our obligations to charity regulators.

  • For Fundraising and Supporter Engagement (Legitimate Interest): We may analyze supporter data to better understand our donor base, allowing us to tailor our fundraising efforts and communications to be more effective and relevant.

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

The trust of our supporters is paramount. We adhere to a strict policy regarding data sharing:

WE DO NOT SELL, RENT, OR LEASE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. EVER.

We only share your information with trusted third parties who act as our service providers, under strict contractual terms, for the purposes outlined below:

  • Payment Processors: To securely process your donations (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay).

  • IT and Cloud Service Providers: To host our Website, store our data securely, and manage our operational systems (e.g., cloud hosting providers, email service providers).

  • Analytics and Marketing Partners: To help us understand website traffic and manage our communications (e.g., Google Analytics). These providers are contractually forbidden from using your data for their own purposes.

  • Government and Legal Authorities: Where required by law or a court order, we may disclose your information to law enforcement agencies, regulators (e.g., the Charity Commission in the UK, the IRS in the US), or other public authorities.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Website uses cookies—small text files placed on your device—to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide a good experience, improve our site, and understand user behaviour. We use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the Website to function (e.g., enabling secure logins and donation processing).

  • Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting information anonymously (e.g., Google Analytics).

  • Functional Cookies: Allow the Website to remember choices you make (e.g., language or region) to provide a more personal experience.

Upon your first visit to our Website, you will be presented with a cookie banner asking for your consent to place non-essential cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings.

6. Data Security

We have implemented robust technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include:

  • Encryption: Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt data transmitted to and from our Website.

  • Access Control: Limiting access to personal data to only those employees, volunteers, and contractors who have a legitimate business need to know.

  • Regular Audits: Periodically reviewing our information collection, storage, and processing practices.

  • Vendor Vetting: Ensuring our third-party service providers adhere to high standards of data security and privacy.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. International Data Transfers

Go Dharmic operates globally, which means your personal data may be processed in countries outside of your country of residence (e.g., data from a UK donor may be processed by a service provider based in the US). We ensure that any such transfers are lawful and that your data is protected to the standard required by applicable data protection laws, such as through the use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or by ensuring the recipient country has an “adequacy” decision.

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements. For example, financial and donation records are typically kept for 6-7 years to comply with tax and audit laws. Data held based on your consent for marketing will be kept until you withdraw that consent.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you have specific rights concerning your personal data. We are committed to upholding these rights for all our supporters.

9.1. General Rights (Applicable to all):

  • Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails or by contacting us directly.

9.2. For Residents of the UK and European Economic Area (under GDPR):

  • Right of Access: To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Right to Erasure (‘Right to be Forgotten’): To request the deletion of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • Right to Restrict Processing: To request a halt on the processing of your data, under certain conditions.

  • Right to Data Portability: To receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

  • Right to Object: To object to our processing of your data (e.g., for direct marketing).

9.3. For Residents of California (under CCPA/CPRA):

  • Right to Know: To know what personal information is being collected, used, shared, or sold.

  • Right to Delete: To request the deletion of your personal information.

  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: To direct us not to sell or share your personal information. (Note: Go Dharmic does not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA).

  • Right to Correct: To request the correction of inaccurate personal information.

9.4. For Residents of India (under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023):

  • Right to Access Information: To obtain a summary of the personal data being processed.

  • Right to Correction and Erasure: To request the correction or erasure of your personal data.

  • Right of Grievance Redressal: To have readily available means of registering a grievance.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Privacy Team at info@godharmic.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law after verifying your identity.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Website and services are not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child without parental consent, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our records.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last Updated” date at the top. For significant changes, we may also notify you via email.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

Attn: Privacy Team, Go Dharmic Email: info@godharmic.com

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority:

  • UK: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

  • India: Data Protection Board of India

  • USA: Your State’s Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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ACT NOW

Our campaign ‘Go Plant-Based’ focuses on using plant-based products in our daily lives. It reduces the load on natural resources like air, water, and land.

Select one of the following options to our Go Plant-Based Campaign

1. Vegetarian

2. Vegan

#VeganByChoice

Some facts and figures :

  • Researchers at the University of Oxford found that cutting meat and dairy products from your diet could reduce an individual’s carbon footprint from food by up to 73 percent.

  • The global contribution of animal farming to GHG emissions is agreed to be 14.5% more than the direct emissions from all transport combined. – The Vegan Society

  • Rearing livestock doesn’t just produce a lot of greenhouse gases – it has other impacts on the environment too. Every kilogram of beef produced requires around 15,400 liters of water, according to a report from UNESCO’s Institute for Water Education.

PROBLEM

The animal agriculture industry plays a major role in dietary greenhouse gas emissions across the world. Overwhelming evidence from studies across the world regarding climate change suggests that from production to consumption the impact is great.

There are so many causes. From the land to foster animals, land to grow vegetation exclusively for livestock consumption, air pollution because of methane gas released by animals, and water pollution due to the excretion and improper discard of animal waste.

Apart from fostering, the meat food waste emits more CO2 in the atmosphere when left untreated. Experts believe that animal agriculture is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, greater than all the transportation systems of the world combined.

Some facts and figures:

-The Environmental Protection Agency states that raising animals for food is the number-one source of water pollution.
-United Nations states that the meat, egg, and dairy industries account for about 65 per cent of worldwide nitrous oxide emissions.

-An Oxford University study, published in the journal Climatic Change, shows that meat-eaters are responsible for almost twice as many dietary greenhouse-gas emissions per day as vegetarians and about two and a half times as many as vegans.

-According to studies, animal agriculture globally, is the single largest component responsible for maximum methane gas release in the atmosphere.
-The meat industry is directly responsible for 85 per cent of all soil erosion in the U.S, states PETA.

Choosing an animal-based diet is often the elephant in the room. It is often overlooked as we as a global community are working to curb climate change

Turning to a plant-based diet is an easy fix.

Solution

With evolving technology, we surely have got many options to choose from on how we wish to travel for work or to the nearest stores for respective reasons.
The small decisions that we make on a day-to-day basis, actually determines the kind of climate we experience over a period of time.
Hence here are some options which can have a big impact if all of us do our bit towards it.

-Shift to fuel-less travel options like cycling or walking to your workplace or nearest grocery store whenever possible.
-Increase the use of public transport.
-Opting for sharing/pooling options while travelling with friends or family.

PROBLEM

The air pollution caused by the transport industry is an alarming situation globally.
Amongst all kinds of transport means, road transport is the largest contributor to global warming. Usage of petroleum, oil and fossil fuels for transportation emits various gases that concerns our environment.
Out of the six gases which are formally identified by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) , three of them are related to the transport sector. They are – carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides. Emission of all three gases acts as a significant contributor to global warming.

There are various factors under transportation that determine the air pollution caused by it. Here are a few of them :
1. Excessive use of vehicle
2. Evolving technology
3. Poor maintenance of vehicles
4. Usage of substitute fuels instead of the ones set out by the Environment Board of a particular city/state.

Transport industry is one of the major contributors of producing greenhouse gases, especially in countries like the UK and the US.

Facts and Figures:

One of the reports from BBC states that –

The average petrol car on the road in the UK produces the equivalent of 180g of CO2 every kilometre, while a diesel car produces 173g of CO2/km.

In the US the average passenger vehicle on the road releases 650g of CO2/km. Generally, the larger the car, the higher the emissions.

CO2 emissions from passenger transport vary significantly depending on the transport mode. Passenger cars are a major polluter, accounting for 60.7% of total CO2 emissions from road transport.

SOLUTION

We can opt for options which are environment friendly. When we consume less electricity, we reduce polluting carbon emissions that is caused because of the release of toxic fuels burnt due to electricity generation.

A simple change in our behaviour can help us save the environment. These changes are simple as:

  1. Switching off the lights, fans and other electric and electronic devices when not in use.
  2. Using LED lights and bulbs, as they consume very little electricity and don’t produce much heat
  3. Switch to renewable sources of energy.
  4. Using solar energy and wind energy wherever possible.

FACTS
–Reducing your PC monitor brightness from 100% to 70% can save up to 20% of the energy the monitor uses. (Harvard)

-Mobile phone chargers, laptop docking stations and some desktop printers use energy regardless of whether they are charging or not because the voltage transformers on the plug consume energy. This is known as electrical leakage.

-A 15-second lift journey consumes as much energy as a 60W light bulb does in an hour states Cambridge University.
-If you ensure that just 4 lights around your workspace are switched off every night, each year you could:

  1. Save as much CO2 is produced by 20 car trips from London to Paris.
  2. Reduce your carbon footprint by the same amount as cutting out 10 flights from London to Paris.

-According to Energy Saving Trust, turning off unneeded lights could remove 171 kg (376 lb) of CO2 emissions per year.

-A single light left on overnight over a year accounts for as much greenhouse gas as a car drive from Cambridge to Paris. – University of Cambridge

-Nearly 50% of the CO2 emissions produced by the UK come from heating and cooling in buildings. – States Carbon Trust

PROBLEM

The cost of generating electricity is the largest component of the price of electricity. – U.S Energy Information Administration

!! The UK wastes £170 million a year by leaving lights on unnecessarily states Energy Saving Trust, UK !!

Roughly 50 devices and appliances in the typical American household are always drawing power, even when they appear to be off, estimates Alan Meier, a senior scientist at the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab.

More than often, we tend to neglect and leave lights and switches on when not in use. This negligence results in the over-consumption of electricity which contributes significantly to carbon emissions that harm the environment.

About a quarter of all residential energy consumption is used on devices in idle power mode, according to a study of Northern California by the Natural Resources Defense Council. This means that devices that are “off” or in standby or sleep mode can use up to the equivalent of 50 large power plants’ worth of electricity and cost more than $19 billion in electricity bills every year.

The environmental cost this takes is – overall electricity production represents about 37 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, one of the main contributors to climate change.
There are various factors that affect energy consumption. Some of these are:

  1. Lights, Fans/Heaters turned on when not in use.
  2. Switches of various electronic items such as blenders, washing machines, televisions, and mobile charging plugs that are left on when not in use.
  3. Usage of high watt lights and bulbs.
  4. Excess usage of air conditioners. Even at a very low temperature, AC units consume high amounts of electricity.

DID YOU KNOW?

Electric power lines and other distribution infrastructure also have a footprint!
Electricity transmission lines and the distribution infrastructure that carries electricity from power plants to customers also have environmental effects. Most transmission lines are above ground on large towers. The towers and power lines alter the visual landscape, especially when they pass through undeveloped areas. Vegetation near power lines may be disturbed and may have to be continually managed to keep it away from the power lines. These activities can affect native plant populations and wildlife. Power lines can be placed underground, but it is a more expensive option and usually not done outside of urban areas.

Source – U.S Energy Information Administration

Thank you for choosing to Switch And Save

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Save energy by consciously switching off appliances when not in use
Switch to renewable sources of energy wherever possible
Save energy and Switch to renewable sources of energy
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Thank you for choosing to Go Fuel Free

Please provide us with primary information to help us calculate approximate carbon footprints saved by you.

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Walk
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Replace my commute with either walk or cycle wherever possible
Walk when I have to go any where under:
Walktomyworkplace
The distance to my workplace is approximately kms
I drive an average of kms/month.
I pledge to shift this no. from to kms/month by walking.

Thank you for choosing to Go Plant Based

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