Privacy Notice

Green House is a think tank founded in 2011. We aim to lead the development of green thinking in the UK. We collect personal data from our members, supporters, volunteers and other stakeholders in the legitimate interests of supporting our work. We will also ask for consent for data processing where appropriate.

How we collect data

Green House Think Tank collects personal data through:

  • Event booking forms
  • Event sign-up sheets
  • The ‘subscribe’ box on this website.

We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held in accordance with EU General Data Protection Regulation and UK Data Protection legislation.

Why we collect data

We collect this data to enable us to send newsletters and information about our events to supporters and others interested in our work.

When you sign up to our newsletter on our website the data we collect are your email address, IP address and a timestamp. This data is securely stored by GreenNet as part of our ghost website hosting.  When you give us your email address at an event that your setup as a newsletter subscriber on our website and your data is stored in the same way. GreenNet complies with EU General Data Protection Regulations and UK Data Protection legislation.

Data in paper form is held securely and destroyed securely.

Your rights over your data

You have the right to view your personal data held by us. Should you wish to make a subject access request to view your personal data held by us, please email Green House: info@greenhousethinktank.org
Should you wish to withdraw permission for use of your data or to update the data we hold for you, please email Green House: info@greenhousethinktank.org

Cookies

Green House Think Tank's website only uses 'functional' cookies for  authentication when you subscribe. No cookies are used for analytics or any other purposes with the exception of cookies embedded bu third party services such as YouTube.

Social media

If you share our content through social media, for example by liking us on Facebook, following or tweeting about us on Twitter, or giving us a '+1' via Google Plus, those social networks will record that you have done so. They may set a cookie for this purpose.
In some cases, where a page on our website includes content from a social network, such as a Twitter feed, or Facebook comments box, those services may set a cookie even where you do not click a button. As is the case for all cookies, we cannot access those set by social networks. Social networks cannot access cookies we set ourselves.

Analytics

Our systems automatically gather some anonymous information about visitors to this website including, browser type, language, and the times and dates of webpage visits. The data collected does not include personally identifiable information. It is used, as described above, for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, and to administer the site.

Our website contains links to websites operated by third parties under different privacy policies.  Should you choose one of those links, you will be leaving Green House’s site and this privacy notice will no longer apply.

​Changes to this notice

We will review and update this notice in line with best practice and changes in legislation. We will always have an up-to-date version of the notice on this page or clearly signpost its location on the site under ‘Data & Privacy’.