Privacy Policy

Housing Design Awards are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting our website or otherwise using our services you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy. For the purpose of the data protection law, data controllers are Housing Design Awards.

Information we collect from you

We will collect and process the following data about you: Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site hdawards.org, entry.hdawards.org, by using our services, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you register to use our entry system, subscribe to our newsletter, and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, scheme description and information and photographs.

Uses made of the information

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use please request our Cookie policy.

Cookies

We use information held about you in the following ways:

Information you give to us, we will use this information:

To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us.

If you are a new user, we will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data; to notify you about changes to our service; to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.

Information we collect about you: we will use this information:

to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer; as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure.

Information we receive from other sources: we will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).