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Privacy policy

Visitors on a garden tour at Ightham Mote, Kent, beside a tree with red and yellow autumn leaves
Visitors on a garden tour at Ightham Mote, Kent | © National Trust Images/Chris Lacey

The privacy and security of your personal information is extremely important to us. This privacy policy explains how and why we use your personal data, to make sure you stay informed and can be confident about giving us your information.

Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our views and practices and your rights and freedoms regarding the protection of your personal data.

This privacy policy is specifically for members and supporters of the National Trust, including but not limited to the following:

  • National Trust members;

  • those who donate to the National Trust;

  • those who leave a legacy to the National Trust and their relatives;

  • tenants of National Trust properties;

  • those bound by National Trust covenants;

  • visitors to National Trust properties and places;

  • those who buy goods from the National Trust;

  • those who rent National Trust properties for holidays;

  • those who visit the National Trust’s website, app or social media pages;

  • those who have shown an interest in National Trust.

If you are a job applicant or current or former National Trust employee, worker, consultant or contractor, please also see our specific “Employee and Worker Privacy Policy” and Acorn Intranet. If you are a prospective, current or former National Trust volunteer, please also see our specific “Volunteer Privacy Policy”.

Important information

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policies or privacy notices we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing your personal data. This will help you be fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.

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