NATFHE collects and maintains personal information in order to carry out its functions as a trade union, provide membership services and comply with certain statutory obligations. All personal information is treated with the utmost confidentiality and with appropriate levels of security. By joining NATFHE you agree to our processing your personal information, including sensitive personal information, such as trade union membership, for the following purposes.

The personal data will be used for a range of union-based activities relating to the running of NATFHE including the maintenance of records, monitoring for equal opportunity purposes, assisting with employment disputes, ballots, injury claims etc and other services and benefits. All information (updated as appropriate) will be kept throughout membership and, to the extent necessary, for such reasonable period after membership as may be necessary to enable the member to access any post-membership benefits.

It will be available to our employees, officers and officials both at Headquarters and branch regional offices and other associations all associated with NATFHE, including agents, contractors and other service providers. Where, occasionally, NATFHE uses the services of other organisations, they are contractually obliged to process your data on behalf of NATFHE as data processor and in a secure and confidental manner under our strict instructions.

From time to time we may wish to use the information together with any other for analysis and/or marketing purposes. In particular, this may benefit you as NATFHE can use its collective bargaining strength to negotiate attractive terms and the provision of a wide range of additional member benefits and to contact you with details of any that we feel may be of particular interest.

Members have the right to object to and stop direct marketing in any form by organisations contacting them on behalf of NATFHE. If they wish to exercise their right to stop such direct marketing then they should write to NATFHE's membership administration department requesting that such mailings be stopped or, alternatively, write to the organisation in question direct. Please however understand that this may preclude you from receiving details of any of these additional member benefits and offers in the future.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you also have the right to ask for a copy of your information (for which a small fee can be charged of £10) and to request correction of any incorrect information held.

This notice will be amended from time to time and will be regularly published on this website.