The Fence Club (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a UK toy trade club and charity that raises funds through dinners, sponsored activities and other fundraising events. We use these funds to support charitable causes and organisations.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and in accordance with UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
This Privacy and Cookie Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
The Fence Club is a member’s club and charitable organisation with membership across the UK toy industry.
For any questions about this policy or how we process personal information, please contact:
Email: info@thefenceclub.co.uk
Visitors to Our Website
We do not collect personal information from general visitors unless they choose to contact us or submit a funding application.
We use website analytics to understand:
This information is aggregated and anonymised wherever possible and is not used to identify individual visitors.
Funding Application Forms
When a charity submits an application for funding, we may collect:
We only collect information that is necessary to review and process funding applications.
We use information submitted through funding applications to:
We do not use applicant information for marketing purposes unless consent has been provided separately.
We process personal information on the following legal bases:
Processing funding applications and administering charitable grants is a legitimate interest of The Fence Club and is necessary to fulfil our charitable objectives.
In some cases, we may need to process information to comply with legal, regulatory or accounting requirements.
Where consent is required, such as for optional communications, we will ask for it separately.
We do not sell personal information.
Information provided in funding applications may be shared with:
We only share information where it is necessary and appropriate.
We keep funding application records only for as long as necessary to:
When information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or anonymised.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
For more information, visit the ICO website: https://ico.org.uk
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
The Fence Club website uses only essential and analytics cookies.
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off.
Examples include cookies that:
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our website, including:
Analytics data helps us improve the website and ensure information remains relevant and accessible.
Where possible, analytics data is anonymised and does not identify individual visitors.
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings. You can delete or block cookies at any time, although some website features may not function correctly if essential cookies are disabled.
For more information about cookies, visit All About Cookies.
We may update this Privacy and Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page together with the updated revision date.
Practical note: Can we add a simple cookie banner that allows visitors to accept or reject analytics cookies? To help align the site with UK GDPR and PECR requirements.