Privacy Policy
Know your rights and protection.
Last updated: 5 September 2026
Leave Our Hills Alone (“LOHA”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website.
This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, how it is used and protected, and the choices and rights available to you.
1. About Leave Our Hills Alone
Leave Our Hills Alone is a community-led campaign concerned with protecting the landscape, environment and communities around Moniaive and the wider surrounding area.
Our website is powered and technically supported by ObjectNow.
ObjectNow is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and operates its systems and services with regard to its obligations under applicable UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.
For privacy enquiries relating specifically to this website, please contact:
Email: contact@leaveourhillsalone.co.uk
2. Information We Collect
We aim to collect only the personal information reasonably necessary to operate the website and respond to people who contact us.
Depending on how you use the website, this may include:
- your name;
- your email address;
- information you provide through our contact form;
- information contained in correspondence you send to us;
- technical information necessary for the security and operation of the website;
- your cookie and privacy preferences; and
- information generated when you choose to interact with third-party content or services.
We do not operate a newsletter or general marketing mailing list through this website.
We do not intentionally collect payment card or banking information through the Leave Our Hills Alone website.
3. Contact Form
If you contact us through our website, we may collect your name, email address and the information contained within your message.
We use this information to:
- read and respond to your enquiry;
- communicate with you about the matter you have raised;
- maintain appropriate records of correspondence where necessary; and
- protect our legitimate interests where correspondence relates to our activities or campaigns.
Depending upon the circumstances, our lawful basis for this processing will normally be our legitimate interests in communicating with people who contact Leave Our Hills Alone and administering the activities of the group.
Where another lawful basis is more appropriate, such as compliance with a legal obligation, we may rely upon that basis instead.
Submitting a contact form does not subscribe you to a marketing or promotional mailing list.
4. How Long We Keep Your Information
We do not keep personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Contact enquiries and correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the enquiry and maintain an appropriate record of the matter.
Some correspondence may need to be retained for longer where it relates to an ongoing campaign, planning matter, complaint, legal issue or another matter for which maintaining an accurate record is reasonably necessary.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it or otherwise dispose of it securely.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies where necessary to operate the website and remember your privacy choices.
Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your device by a website.
Some cookies or similar technologies are necessary for a website to function correctly. Others may be used by optional services or third-party content.
Where consent is legally required, optional cookies and similar technologies should not be activated until you have made an appropriate choice through our cookie consent system.
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies may be used without optional consent where they are required for essential website functions, security or to remember your privacy choices.
This includes the cookie used by our cookie consent system to remember whether you have accepted or rejected optional categories of cookies.
Preferences
Preference technologies may be used to remember optional choices or provide enhanced website functionality.
Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, they will only be used where you have provided the appropriate consent.
Analytics
We do not currently use Google Analytics or an equivalent visitor analytics service.
If analytics technology is introduced in the future, this policy and our cookie information will be updated as appropriate, and technologies requiring consent will not be intentionally activated until that consent has been obtained.
Marketing
We do not currently use the Leave Our Hills Alone website to operate a marketing mailing list.
If marketing or advertising tracking technologies are introduced in the future, we will update our privacy information and obtain consent where required.
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit the website, our cookie consent system allows you to:
Accept All, Reject Non-Essential, or Manage Preferences.
Optional categories are not intended to be treated as accepted merely because you continue browsing the website.
After making a choice, you can reopen the cookie preference controls using the cookie icon displayed on the website.
You can therefore change or withdraw your consent at any time.
You may also control or delete cookies using your browser settings. However, blocking necessary cookies may affect some website functionality.
7. YouTube
Our website may contain videos provided by YouTube.
YouTube is a third-party service operated by Google.
When YouTube content is loaded or played, information about your device, browser and interaction with the content may be transmitted to Google/YouTube. Depending upon Google’s configuration and your own Google account or privacy settings, Google may also use cookies or similar technologies.
Where technically practicable and legally required, we aim to prevent non-essential third-party technologies associated with embedded content from being activated until the appropriate consent or user interaction has occurred.
Your use of YouTube is also subject to Google’s own privacy terms and policies.
8. Google Maps
We may use Google Maps to display geographical information relevant to Leave Our Hills Alone and the surrounding area.
Google Maps is provided by Google and may process technical information when map content is loaded, including information relating to your device, browser and network connection.
Google may also use cookies or similar technologies in connection with its services.
Where consent is required for non-essential storage or access technologies associated with Google Maps, we aim to obtain that consent before those technologies are activated.
Google’s processing of information through Google Maps is governed by Google’s own privacy policies.
9. Facebook
Our website may contain links to Leave Our Hills Alone content or pages on Facebook.
Simply displaying an ordinary link to Facebook does not mean that Leave Our Hills Alone receives access to your Facebook account.
If you choose to follow a link to Facebook, you leave our website and Facebook/Meta’s own terms, privacy practices and cookie policies will apply.
If embedded Facebook content or other Meta services are introduced in the future, we will review the privacy and cookie implications and obtain consent where required.
10. GoFundMe and Donations
Leave Our Hills Alone may provide links to fundraising campaigns hosted by GoFundMe.
Donations are not processed directly through the Leave Our Hills Alone website.
If you choose to follow a GoFundMe link and make a donation, you will be using GoFundMe’s website and services. Any personal information or payment information you provide as part of that transaction will be processed in accordance with GoFundMe’s own terms and privacy practices.
Leave Our Hills Alone does not receive your payment card or banking information through this website.
11. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to other websites or services.
Once you follow an external link, the privacy practices of the destination website will apply. Leave Our Hills Alone is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of independent third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy information provided by those organisations before providing them with personal information.
12. Website Hosting and Technical Operation
The website is powered and technically supported by ObjectNow.
In providing technical website services, information may be processed where reasonably necessary for:
- hosting and delivering the website;
- maintaining website security;
- preventing abuse or malicious activity;
- troubleshooting technical problems;
- maintaining the website and its underlying systems; and
- providing the website’s privacy and cookie-management functionality.
ObjectNow is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office and operates with regard to applicable data protection and information-security obligations.
Access to personal information is limited to circumstances where it is reasonably necessary for the operation, administration, security or support of the website.
13. Server and Security Information
Like most websites, our hosting infrastructure may automatically process limited technical information when somebody accesses the website.
This may include information such as:
- IP address;
- date and time of a request;
- requested page or resource;
- browser or device information;
- server error information; and
- information associated with attempted malicious or unauthorised access.
This information may be processed where necessary for website operation, security, fraud and abuse prevention, troubleshooting and maintaining reliable services.
Our lawful basis for this processing is generally our legitimate interests in maintaining a secure and functional website.
Technical and security logs are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for their operational and security purposes, subject to any longer period required to investigate a security incident or comply with a legal obligation.
14. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information.
Personal information may be accessible to service providers where this is reasonably necessary to operate, maintain or secure the website.
We may also disclose information where we are legally required to do so, where necessary to establish or defend legal rights, or where necessary to prevent or investigate fraud, abuse or security incidents.
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate data protection arrangements are in place.
15. International Data Transfers
Some third-party services available through or linked from this website, including services provided by companies such as Google/YouTube, Meta/Facebook and GoFundMe, may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, the organisation responsible for that processing is required to use an appropriate lawful mechanism and safeguards where required by applicable data protection legislation.
For information about international transfers carried out directly by those third-party providers, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
16. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending upon the circumstances and the lawful basis on which your information is processed, UK data protection law may give you rights including the right to:
- request access to personal information held about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances;
- request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
- object to certain processing;
- receive certain personal information in a portable format where the right to data portability applies; and
- withdraw consent at any time where processing is based upon your consent.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Your Right to Object
Where we process your personal information on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to that processing in certain circumstances.
To exercise a data protection right, contact:
contact@leaveourhillsalone.co.uk
We may need to ask for sufficient information to confirm your identity before fulfilling a request involving personal information.
17. Complaints
If you have concerns about how Leave Our Hills Alone handles your personal information, please contact us first at:
contact@leaveourhillsalone.co.uk
You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK’s independent data protection regulator:
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Website: www.ico.org.uk
You are not required to contact us before approaching the ICO.
If EU data protection law applies to the processing of your personal information, you may also have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority in an EU or EEA member state.
18. Children
This website is intended to provide general public information about Leave Our Hills Alone and its activities and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly use the website to collect personal information from children for marketing purposes.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the website and you have concerns about its use, please contact us.
19. Automated Decision-Making
Leave Our Hills Alone does not use personal information collected through this website to make solely automated decisions about individuals that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
20. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy when our website, services, legal obligations or use of third-party technologies changes.
The latest version will be published on this page and the “Last updated” date will be changed accordingly.
Where a change materially affects how consent-based cookies or similar technologies are used, visitors may be asked to make their privacy choices again.
21. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy & Cookie Policy, how your personal information is handled, or wish to exercise a data protection right, please contact:
Leave Our Hills Alone Email: contact@leaveourhillsalone.co.uk
Website privacy and technical services are supported by ObjectNow, an organisation registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
