Privacy

Like all other organisations that collect personal information, TreeHouse has a legal and a moral duty to ensure we protect your privacy. This privacy statement is made in the light of the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 to advise all contacts of TreeHouse of our data processing practices. If you have any queries about this statement, please contact the Data Protection Supervisor, TreeHouse, Woodside Avenue, London, N10 3JA, email TreeHouse data protection or call on 020 8815 5444. Please note that we will update this policy from time to time as appropriate.

Why do we collect information on you?

In order to carry out our work we have to communicate with a large number of individuals and organisations. To do this we ask you to provide personal information which is used to individualise our services, to monitor trends and interests. We collect a small amount of information automatically every time someone accesses our website. This is known as a “cookie”. Cookies allow websites to identify returning users, to speed access, and also to generate information on how to improve services.

How do we collect information?

At TreeHouse we collect information in several ways. We can request information if you enquire about our activities, register to receive a newsletter, or if you give us a donation towards our work.

What personal information do we collect?

We collect your name, postal address, email address and telephone number. We also collect any other details that you care to share with us, for example the name of your spouse or partner.

How do we use this information?

All this information is entered and sorted on the large TreeHouse database. This allows us to manage hundreds of thousands of individual pieces of information to process donations, respond to queries, and create mailing lists, invitations, appeals, and so on. Protecting your privacy means that we will not share your personal information with any other organisation or third party. However, we may occasionally contact you with further information about TreeHouse as well as forthcoming events or details of our products and campaigns, such as seasonal greetings cards, calendars and other products.

More on TreeHouse website and cookies

The TreeHouse website uses cookies to create anonymous website usage statistics, to allow us to monitor the traffic to the website. You can adjust your browser settings to reject cookies if you prefer not to provide this anonymous information to TreeHouse. For more information about cookies please visit the about cookies website

Changes to your personal information

If your personal details change, for example you move house, we would be really pleased if you let us know so that we can keep your records up to date.

Access to your personal information

As an individual, you have a right under the Data Protection Act 1998 to obtain information from us, including a description of the data that we hold on you. For more information about this please contact the Website Controller at TreeHouse, Woodside Avenue, London, N10 3JA, email TreeHouse data protection or call on 020 8815 5444.

Users under 18 years old

If you use the TreeHouse website to find out information about fundraising or supporting our work, please let an adult know.

Links

TreeHouse provides links through the website to other organisations relevant to our purpose of improving education for everyone on the autism spectrum. However, we do not necessarily endorse the organisations, approaches or methods used by organisations to which links are provided.