Privacy Policy

RSPCA Furness & Barrow Branch is a local branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, registered as a charity in England and Wales (Charity No. 232247). Our branch office is at 106 Church Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2HJ.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, we are the data controller for personal information collected through this website. You can contact us about data protection matters by email at [email protected] or by post at the address above.

We only collect personal data that you provide to us directly. Depending on how you interact with our website, this may include:

We use your personal data only for the purpose for which it was provided:

We process your data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share it with:

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, or as required by law. Adoption application records are kept for the duration of any rehoming relationship and for a reasonable period thereafter. General enquiry data is deleted once the matter is resolved. Donation records are retained for seven years in line with HMRC requirements.

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

Our website may use essential cookies required for the site to function correctly. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. If we introduce analytics in future, we will update this policy and seek your consent where required.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact us: