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PRIVACY POLICY

About Us In this Privacy Policy references to "we" or "us" or "Safer Lives" are to: Safer Lives Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 11488488) with registered address at Dale House 64 Fink Hill, Horsforth, Leeds, England, LS18 4DH. We act as a data controller in respect of your personal information that we process. We have appointed a data protection representative to oversee our handling of personal information. If you have any questions about how we collect, store or use your information, you may contact our data protection representative by e-mailing us at dataprotection@saferlives.com.

What personal information do we process? The information that we collect and process will depend on our relationship with you: Clients Personal information ► •Your name •Your address •Your telephone number •Your email address •Your date of birth •Your bank details Special categories of personal information ► •Details of your physical or mental health (if relevant) •Details of your race and/or ethnicity •Your political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade-union membership •Data concerning your sex life and/or sexual orientation Personal information relating to criminal convictions and offences ► •Criminal offence data that relates to you (including offences and alleged offences and any court sentence or criminal conviction you tell us about) Family of clients ► Personal information •Your name •Your telephone number •Your email address Stakeholders such as solicitors, police officers, social services, counsellors/therapists, GP surgery ► Personal Information •Your name •Your telephone number •Your email address Suppliers and/or research partners ► Personal Information •Your name •Your telephone number •Your email address

How do we collect that information? We collect personal information: •face to face (directly from you and through third parties) •by telephone •by email •via our website

Who do we collect information from? We collect personal information: •from you •from your relatives (in case of clients) •from other (internal) departments Data is collected by accessing information held by our other internal departments. This includes access by the majority of departments to personal information held in our IT systems. •from third parties Stakeholders such as solicitors, police officers, social services, counsellors/therapists, GP surgery (in case of clients). •from publicly available sources In rare cases we use publicly available sources (e.g., Internet search engines and social media) to complete the conviction data we hold on our client data base.

What will we use your personal information for? We may use your personal information for a number of different purposes. In each case, we must have a "legal ground" to do so. We will rely on the following “legal grounds” when we process your personal information: •We need to use your personal information to facilitate you entering into an agreement with us. •We need to use your personal information in order to protect the vital interests of the person whose personal information is being processed or of another person. •We need to use your personal information for a legitimate business purpose (e.g. to keep business and accounting records, manage our business operations and to develop and to improve our services). When using your personal information for these purposes, we will always consider your rights and interests. •We have a legal or regulatory obligation to use your personal information. •We have your explicit consent. If we use certain types of personal information known as "special categories of personal information" or “personal information relating to criminal convictions and offences”, data protection law provides additional protections. We can rely on the following legal grounds when processing special categories of personal information or personal information relating to criminal conviction and offences data: •You have given your explicit consent. •Schedule 1, Part 1, Sections 2 (health or social care purposes) and 4 (research) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”). •Schedule 1, Part 2, Sections 17 (counselling etc) and 18 (safeguarding of children and of individuals at risk) of the DPA 2018. •Schedule 1, Part 3, Sections 29 (consent) and 30 (protecting individual’s vital interests) of the DPA 2018.

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