Privacy policy

International House World Organisation - Data Protection and Privacy Statements
IHWO considers that protecting your information is very important and we recognise that you have an interest in how we may collect, use and share such information. This Data Protection Statement outlines how we use and protect your information and states the principles which reflect our commitment to safeguarding that information.

Our Principles
• To comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 and any other relevant legislation;
• To keep your personal information and the business you do with us in strict confidence;
• To obtain your personal information lawfully and fairly;
• To maintain appropriate procedures to ensure that personal information in our possession is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;
• Where we choose to have certain services, such as data processing, provided by third parties we do so in accordance with applicable law and take all reasonable precautions regarding the practices employed by the service provider to protect personal information;
• To maintain appropriate technical and organisational safeguards to protect personal information against loss, theft, unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification;
• Not to sell your personal information.

Use of your information
Any information collected about you will be treated as confidential and will only be used as follows:
• Schools: for the administration of the IH World affiliation system
• Teachers: for considering any recruitment applications you make to us & sending you information you have requested
• Students: for the purpose of sending you information you have requested
• For statistical analysis
• For marketing purposes, except where you tell us not to

General information and Your Rights
You have the right to:
• Receive a copy of information we hold about you if you apply for this in writing. A fee will be payable for providing this information;
• Have rectified any information that is inaccurate.
Please be aware that Internet communications are not secure unless the data being sent is encrypted. Therefore IHWO cannot accept responsibility for the unauthorised access by a third party and/or the corruption of data being sent to IHWO.

Marketing Information
We may inform you of other products or services provided by us, selected partners, or by other companies within the IHWO which may be of interest to you.

External links
This web site may contain link to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other sites, and so you must check their privacy policies when visiting other sites. This privacy statement is only valid for information collected by IHWO.

Policy Changes
IHWO may decide to change this and other policies at any time. Changes will be notified on this site and users are required to check regularly for changes.