Privacy Policy

Preservation of your privacy is important to Council for World Mission/Oikotree and we are committed to letting you know how we use your personal information and to making only responsible use of your data. This privacy policy (“the Privacy Policy”) should be read in conjunction with the www.oikotree.org Website Terms and Conditions.

The website www.oikotree.org  (“the Website”), is owned and operated by Council for World Mission (“CMW”), a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales, registered office address: Ipalo House, 32-34 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2DB, email: council@cwmission.org, company number: 4758640,  and a charity registered in England and Wales, registered charity number: 1097842.

References to ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ in this Privacy Policy refer to CWM.

1. Information about you

1.1 We may collect personal information from you when you:

  • create a profile on the Website;
  • enquire about our services and/or about CWM or Oikotree;
  • register for one or all of our mailing lists or events through the Website;
  • contact us through the Website; and/or
  • share information, including but not limited to information about yourself or your personal profile, through the Website. 

1.2 This personal information may include but is not limited to the following information about you:

  • Name;  (including first names and surname);
  • Date of birth;
  • [Title];
  • [Age];
  • Email address;
  • [Physical address];
  • Location you live or work in;
  • [Telephone number(s)];
  • [Photographs or images of you (shared by you through the Website)]; and
  • [Video footage of you (shared by you through the Website)] 

We may also ask for some additional, non-personal information from you.

2. Our use of this information

2.1 Your personal information will only be used to:

  • process your requests;
  • provide you with our services (including but not limited to facilitating your networking via the website);
  • provide or administer activities relating to our services;
  • display information about you or your profile that has been provided by you on the website; and
  • provide you with information relating to the Website, Oikotree, CWM and/or our services.

2.2 If you do not want to receive information from us or for us to contact you, please contact us at admin@oikotree.org.

2.3 Any personal information that you provide when you use the website may be shared with third parties, including but not limited to:

  • providers of website support services to CWM/Oikotree, if it is necessary to carry out your requests, provide our services or provide information about Oikotree or CWM to you; and
  • Sponsors of Oikotree.
    Your personal information will be shared with such third parties for the sole purpose of carrying out your requests, facilitating the services Oikotree and its sponsors including CWM offers, and providing you with information about Oikotree and its sponsors including CWM. However, CWM accepts no liability for any misuse of your personal information by third parties and you proceed at your own risk.

2.4 Subject to this clause 2, your personal information will not be sold or disclosed to any third parties without your permission unless we are required to do so by law.

3. Security

3.1 We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of information you give us.

3.2 Communications in connection with the Website may be sent by us by email. For ease of use and compatibility, communications will not be sent in an encrypted form unless you require it and provide the certification to enable us to communicate with you in that way. email unless encrypted is not a fully secure means of communication. Whilst we endeavour to keep our systems and communications protected against viruses and other harmful effects we cannot bear responsibility for all communications being virus-free.

4. Cookies

4.1 If cookies are used they will only be used to assist the services we offer, but cookies will not be used if we do not consider them to be necessary.

5. Other Information

5.1 If you would like us to correct or update any information about you, or if you would like information deleted from our records, then please contact us at admin@oikotree.org.

5.2 This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, so please check it periodically.

5.3 Links within our sites to other websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with our Website Terms and Conditions for www.oikotree.org