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Privacy Statement
written by TreeHugger Mums Ltd

Information about our Organisation and Web site
Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organisation like TreeHugger Mums Ltd. TreeHugger Mums Ltd ("we" "us" or "ours") is a UK-based company, whose principal activities are provision of parenting information and sales of good for parents and expectant parents.

This privacy policy covers TreeHugger Mums Ltd and it's website, www.treehuggermums.co.uk . TreeHugger Mums Ltd can be contacted at:

TreeHugger Mums Ltd
91A High Street
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 7AY
email: privacy@treehuggermums.co.uk

Data Collection and Purpose Specification
You are free to browse the TreeHugger Mums website without disclosing your personal data. We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information
automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals. The TreeHugger Mums website does not enable our visitors to communicate with other visitors or to post
information to be accessed by others.

Cookies are small files of information which are stored on your PC's hard drive. They do not contain any personal data about you but allow our web server
to recognise you when you visit the site. We use cookies in the THM Shop to store your shopping basket details. However, if you do not wish us to use
this information you may set up your website browser to reject our Cookies.

We collect personal data as it is volunteered by visitors to the website while using our services - this includes names, addresses and Email addresses. We do not collect
information about our visitors from other sources (such as public records or bodies, or private organisations. This information is used for customer administration and marketing
purposes. We may from time to time use your postal and/or email address details to send you further information which may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to
receive this information please email privacy@treehuggermums.co.uk with the subject line 'No Marketing'.

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, we will offer you the means to consent to this new purpose.

Children's Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children, and take specific steps to protect the privacy of children by making reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent has authorised the collection of the child's personal data.

We would like to encourage parents and guardians to take an active role to protect the privacy of their children and to prevent the inappropriate use of their children's personal data. Parents and guardians should instruct their children not to provide information over the internet from which a living person can be identified without first obtaining their parents/guardians' permission.

Upon the receipt of a request by a child, or at the request of a parent or guardian, we will delete any personal data provided by a child as soon as possible. We reserve the right to refuse any order if we believe that an order is made by a child who has ordered without a parent or guardian's consent.

Disclosure
We do not disclose our visitor's personal data to other organisations. If in the future we wish to disclose your personal data to a third party organisation, we will offer you the means to consent to this disclosure.

Confidentiality / Security
We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:
unauthorised access
improper use or disclosure
unauthorised modification
unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data. We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you
You may ask us, by sending an email to privacy@treehuggermums.co.uk or by using the Contact Us form on the website, whether we are holding personal data about you. Upon request, we will provide you wth a readable copy of any personal data which we keep about you, within two weeks, although we may require proof of your identity before actioning this request. We will provide the information without charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased, rectified, amended or completed.

Privacy Compliance
Our privacy policy is compliant with the Data Protection Act 1998

Privacy Support
If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact:

Sally Akins
Director
TreeHugger Mums Ltd
91A High Street
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 7AY

Email: privacy@treehuggermums.co.uk