Who we are
My Body Is My Body (MBIMB) – Privacy Policy
The My Body Is My Body Foundation (“MBIMB”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible way. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
My Body Is My Body Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity No. 1199901). Our mission is to provide free, music-based child-safeguarding education worldwide.
My Body Is My Body Foundation Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom Email: chrissy@mbimb.org Website: https://mbimb.org
What Information We Collect
We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
Name, email address, phone number, and country of residence.
Details you provide when signing up as an Ambassador, Presenter, or volunteer.
Course enrolment details and progress (if you take part in MBIMB online training).
Any messages, photos, or documents you choose to share via email, WhatsApp, or our website forms.
How We Use Your Information
Communicate with you about MBIMB activities, courses, and updates. Manage your Ambassador, Presenter, or volunteer participation. Administer and improve our online learning systems. Comply with safeguarding and child protection obligations. Maintain charity governance and record keeping.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data under one or more of the following lawful bases:
Consent – for example, when you opt in to receive communications or submit a form.
Legitimate Interest – such as managing volunteer engagement or course delivery, assessed through a balancing test to ensure your rights are protected.
Legal Obligation – for safeguarding or other statutory duties.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
How We Store and Protect Your Data
We may share limited data only with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our website, courses, or communications, for example:
WordPress (website and course hosting)
Google Drive, Gmail, Analytics
WhatsApp or equivalent tools for communication
Each processor is bound by a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) and must comply with data protection law. We never share your data for marketing purposes.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children. Any photos, videos, or materials featuring children are shared only with parental or guardian consent and handled with strict safeguarding oversight.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in your user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.