1.        Who we are.

Nepali Village UK (“we” or “us”) is a ‘Data Controller’ for the purposes of the data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. We are responsible for, and control the processing of, your personal information.

2.        Your Privacy.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy notice explains how Nepali Village UK collects and processes your personal information pursuant to the relevant data protection law.

3.        Information we collect.

We obtain personal information about you from the following sources:

3.1     Information provided by you:

a.        Your personal information upon registration with Nepali Village UK whether online or in person.

b.        Your personal information through our website, as part of enquiries and/or shareholder events.

c.        Completed and/or returned surveys or response/feedback forms such as contact preference forms including by mail and via electronic means.

d.        Your personal information as part of discussions with any of our Directors and/or Executive Committee Members.

3.2     Third party sources:

Any organisations that assist Nepali Village UK in pursuing the purposes described below, media articles and other sources available to the public at large,

such as the world wide web.

3.3     We may process the following personal information about you:

a.       Your title, full name (including former name or alias), gender, date of birth.

b.       Your contact information (home address, telephone number(s), email address.

c        Information available through the media or the world wide web.

d.       Your family details, including your spouse/partner and children; and/or;

e.        Other information you share with us.

4.        How we use your data.

We would like to maintain a relationship with our shareholders and third parties. We collect personal information to enable us to keep our shareholders fully abreast of our activities. We may process your personal information for the following purposes:

4.1     Administrative purposes:

a.       To verify your identify/account.

b.       To process payments.

c.       Event registration and

d.       To keep a record of communications between you and NVUK.

e.       To process payment.

1.2         Due Diligence:

Should you make a payment to Nepali Village UK, we may process your personal information as part of our due diligence monitoring purposes.

4.3     Communications:

We may, from time to time, contact you by email, post or telephone to pursue the purposes mentioned above and in particular for the following reasons:

a.        To keep you up to date with events and activities of the Nepali Village UK.

b.        To share news and achievements of Nepali Village UK.

c.        Invite you to events; or

d.        To keep you up to date with other relevant information, which we think may be of interest to you.

If you would like to opt-out of the above Communications, please let us know. See ‘9. How to Contact Us’ below for further information.

5.        Who we share your information with.

Your personal information is held securely on a database. We may disclose your personal data within our company. We do not transfer your personal information to third parties outside the United Kingdom or to territories without adequate levels of protection. Where personal data is processed by a third party, we take reasonable steps to ensure that the data is processed strictly according to the instructions of the Nepali Village UK, for the relevant purposes only and securely destroyed or returned upon completion/termination. We do not sell or rent any personal information or data supplied by you.

6.        Retention.

We may retain your personal information as long as necessary and in line with our statutory/regulatory obligations where appropriate. We do not disclose personal information to third parties or Government agencies unless required to do so by law.

7.        Your Data Protection Rights.

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

7.1     Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

7.2     Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.

           You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

7.3     Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

7.4     Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

7.5     Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

7.6     Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation,

           or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at (see ‘9. How to Contact Us’ below) if you wish to make a request.

8.        Lawful basis for processing.

We may rely on one or multiple grounds for processing your personal data including:

a.          You have provided consent for the processing.

b.          The information is available to the public at large; and/or

c.          The processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests of the Nepali Village UK for the development and support of our activities. 

The processing does not affect the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individuals concerned.

9.        How to Contact us.

a.        Should you have any queries, suggestions or issues please do not hesitate to contact the Director Lokendraraj Shrestha on +447871 556773

or e-mail: syop@nepalivillageuk.com or you can write to us at our registered office address:

Kings Arms Vaults

Watton

Brecon

Powys

Wales

LD3 7EF

b.        If you have any concerns or believe that your personal information is being handled in a manner which is contrary to statutory requirements, you may wish

to contact the Nepali Village UK’s Data Protection Officer via email syop@nepalivillageuk.com or complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

10.     Revisions to the Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to revise this privacy policy at any time in response to changes in the law or other factors.

Last Modified: 1.4.2022