Privacy & cookie policy


Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of this website and all Time to Give Network (“TGN”) applications, services, products and tools (collectively the "Services") provided by TGN Inc. This Privacy Policy applies regardless of how you access or use these Services, including access via mobile devices and apps.

1. TGN Privacy Policy Scope

Time to Give Network CIC, 32 Fishpool St., St. Albans, UK AL34RT, is responsible for the collection and processing of your personal data in connection with the provision of our Services (except payment services.)

2. Data Controller

We have appointed a data protection officer to oversee the protection of your personal data. Our data protection officer is:

Andrew Kaufmann, c/o Time to Give Network CIC, 32 Fishpool St., St. Albans, UK AL34RT

Furthermore, if you have any questions or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal data, you can contact the TGN data protection officer at any time.

3. Data protection officer and contact

We collect your personal data when you use our Services, create a new TGN account, provide us with information via a web form, add or update information in your TGN account, participate in TGN auction, Buy it Now and event activities or otherwise interact with us.

4. Personal data we collect and process

We process your personal data for various purposes and based on several different legal bases that allow this processing. For example, we process your personal data to provide and improve our Services, to provide you with a personalised user experience on this website, to contact you about your TGN account and our Services, to provide customer service, to provide you with personalised advertising and marketing communications, and to detect, prevent, mitigate and investigate fraudulent or illegal activity. We also share your information with third parties, including service providers acting on our behalf, for these purposes.

5. Purposes and legal basis for data processing

Some recipients of your personal data are located outside your country or have offices in countries where data protection laws may provide a different level of protection than the laws in your country. When transferring personal data to such recipients, we provide appropriate safeguards.

6. International data transfers

Subject to possible restrictions under national law, as a data subject, you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability with regard to your personal data. In addition, you can withdraw your consent and object to our processing of your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests. You can also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

7. Rights as a data subject

When you use our Services, we and authorised third parties make use of cookies and similar technologies (which we will refer to collectively as "cookies") to provide you with a better, faster and safer user experience or to show you personalised advertising.

8. Cookies & similar technologies

We protect your personal data through technical and organisational security measures to minimise risks associated with data loss, misuse, unauthorised access and unauthorised disclosure and alteration. To this end we use network security services and data encryption, for example, as well as physical access restrictions for our data centres and logical access controls for data and systems access.

9. Data security

Cookie policy

Cookies are small text files that are widely used and stored in your browser when you visit websites. We use cookies to enhance your experience when you visit our website and to provide us with information about how our users interacted with it.

Any information collected through the use of cookies is processed in strict accordance with our Privacy Policy.

When you use our Services, we and authorised third party providers make use of cookies and similar technologies (which we will refer to collectively as "cookies"). We make use of two main types of cookies: those which will not be saved on your device or which will only be saved on your device for as long as your browser is active (called session cookies); and those which will be saved on your device for a longer period (called persistent cookies). We take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access to our cookies.

The cookies used in connection with the Services have various functions:

  • They may be (technically) necessary for the provision of our Services

  • They help us to technically enhance our Services (e.g. monitoring of error messages and loading times)

  • They help us to recognise you so we can improve your user experience (e.g., by saving the font size and data entered into webforms)

1. Information regarding the technologies we use

You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings in your browser or by clicking on the cookie consent mechanism. However, if you use your browser settings to block cookies, such as those that are strictly necessary for the functioning of our site, you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support.

2. Cookie control and disabling cookies

To find out more about cookies, you may visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

For queries to Time to Give Network concerning our use of your personal information,  please contact us.

3. Questions and Contact for additional information