Potential Charity Fraud Or Breach Of Data

DrDeejUK

I'm just posting here because I need some advice. Yesterday I received a letter from a charity (I won't name them because I suspect they are innocent in all of this) that reads that they are happy that I'm going to be running a marathon for their charity. They were giving all kinds of fundraising ideas and told me what to do when I had collected all of the money. Well, this puzzled me so I rang the charity up to ask. I mention what the header said in the letter and before I said anymore the women said "Yes, I know who you are" and spoke my name. This freaked me out. I asked how did she get my details and why she thinks I'm running a marathon. The thing is I'm disabled - I can barely walk let alone run. She explained that somebody had setup a Just Giving page to fund raise for their charity and that they just pass all of the information on to the charity. When the penny dropped she was just as distraught as I was. She has gone off to investigate her end but I went on to Just Giving to see if I can find a page related to this and it is live. This person has the same name as me and has donations on their page. I don't know any of the people who have donated. I have tried to get in touch with Just Giving but they haven't got back to me yet. I am confused as to why Just Giving would have my name and address when I am not a client. I just hope they don't have my bank details either. Just really want some ideas on how I can take this further. If anybody can provide some advice I'd greatly appreciate it.

DE_612183

Have you given you name and telephone number to Just Giving?

JG have this in their T&Cs....

We also share your personal data with fundraisers, Crowdfunding Page creators, charities and event partners and companies as follows:

• • Fundraisers and Crowdfunding Page Creators: If you donate to a Fundraising or Crowdfunding Page, we let the page creator know your identity and amount of your donation. You’re also given the option to share your contact details with the page creator for the purposes of them thanking you for your donation.
  • Charities: We share with charities and not-for-profits who are registered with us details about donations made to them, including your personal data (such as your name, email address and postal address). For donors located in the UK or EU or donating to a charity in the UK or EU we’ll only share your personal details with the beneficiary charity if you opt-in to receive communications from it. Charities and not-for-profits who are registered with JustGiving also have access to data about Fundraising Pages created by our users (including personal data of page creators) so they can understand who is fundraising for their benefit. For more information, please see the section “How Do Charity Partners Use My Data?” below. We will also share your personal details with the charity when you apply for a Charity Place for an Event. This is so the charity can contact you about your application and, if successful, can register your details with the Event Organiser so you can attend.

DrDeejUK

DE_612183 said:

Have you given you name and telephone number to Just Giving?

JG have this in their T&Cs....

We also share your personal data with fundraisers, Crowdfunding Page creators, charities and event partners and companies as follows:

• • Fundraisers and Crowdfunding Page Creators: If you donate to a Fundraising or Crowdfunding Page, we let the page creator know your identity and amount of your donation. You’re also given the option to share your contact details with the page creator for the purposes of them thanking you for your donation.
  • Charities: We share with charities and not-for-profits who are registered with us details about donations made to them, including your personal data (such as your name, email address and postal address). For donors located in the UK or EU or donating to a charity in the UK or EU we’ll only share your personal details with the beneficiary charity if you opt-in to receive communications from it. Charities and not-for-profits who are registered with JustGiving also have access to data about Fundraising Pages created by our users (including personal data of page creators) so they can understand who is fundraising for their benefit. For more information, please see the section “How Do Charity Partners Use My Data?” below. We will also share your personal details with the charity when you apply for a Charity Place for an Event. This is so the charity can contact you about your application and, if successful, can register your details with the Event Organiser so you can attend.

Nope. I've never used them so I don't understand how they can have my information.

DE_612183

I suggest you send a DSAR to both the charity and Just Giving.

DrDeejUK

DE_612183 said:

I suggest you send a DSAR to both the charity and Just Giving.

Thank you. I'll look into it.