Legal Information

Disclaimer
Homes for Islington is committed to the highest standard of quality information and every attempt has been made to present up to date and accurate information.

However, Homes for Islington gives no warranty as to the accuracy of the information on this website and accepts no liability for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of reliance on such information.

Although Homes for Islington takes all reasonable measures to ensure that the information provided to it from third parties is not defamatory or offensive, Homes for Islington cannot control the content or take responsibility for pages maintained by external providers.

Homes for Islington reserve the right to edit any work sent in for submission to the website and cannot guarantee publication.

Privacy Policy
Homes for Islington is at a time of great innovation and change. We are getting the priorities right and putting people first in everything we do. The purpose of Homes for Islington is to provide a range of quality services. This can only be achieved by effective and appropriate use of the personal data we collect.

The recent changes in English and European Law provide important new rights for everyone whose personal information is being held and/or used by an organisation. Data Protection legislation requires a balance between protecting individual's rights to privacy and the legitimate needs of business and other organisations to use personal information. The Data Protection Act 1998 strikes that balance.

Data Protection
Any personal information you give us is held securely and will be used only for Homes for Islington purposes. Information that was collected for one purpose may be used for another purpose, unless there are legal restrictions preventing this. Homes for Islington may share this information where necessary with other organisations, including (but not limited to) where it is appropriate to protect public funds and/or prevent fraud in line with the National Fraud Initiative guidelines.

Using your information in this way allows us to deliver more efficient services that can be tailored to your individual needs and preferences. All personal information is held in strict confidence.

We are required under Section 6 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to participate in the National Fraud Initiative data matching exercise. The data held by Homes for Islingtonl will be used for cross-system and cross authority comparison for the prevention and detection of fraud.

Fair Processing Notice
Any personal information you give us is held securely in an integrated Homes for Islington database. It will only be used for Homes for Islington purposes. Any Homes for Islington department can use this information even if they did not originally collect it and information that was collected for one purpose may be used for another purpose. This is unless there are legal restrictions preventing us from sharing your information within Homes for Islington.

Using your information in this way allows us to deliver more efficient services that can be tailored to your individual needs and preferences. All personal information is held in strict confidence, with only the necessary Homes for Islington representatives able to see or use it.

We are required under Section 6 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to participate in the National Fraud Initiative data matching exercise. The data held by Homes for Islington will be used for cross-system and cross authority comparison for the prevention and detection of fraud.

Monitoring
Homes for Islington reserves the right to monitor the use of the email (incoming and outgoing electronic mail) and internet system to ensure effective and appropriate use, and other lawful purposes when required.

Changes
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. By regularly reviewing this page you will ensure that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with others.

Links
www.homesforislington.org.uk contains links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to the Homes for Islington website. When you are transferring to another site you should read their privacy statement for their policy on the use of personal information. We do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other site.

For additional comments on the use of Homes for Islington website please see our disclaimer above.

Surveys of our Website
With the exception of occasional customer satisfaction surveys concerning the website, we will not send unsolicited emails to your address. If you do not wish to be contacted for this purpose please notify the web team via the email address stated below.

Company Information
Registered Office: Homes for Islington Ltd, Highbury House, 5 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RN.
Registered in England and Wales No: 05063751

Emails
HFI hold a contact list of residents emails to improve our communications with them. In accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Act 2003 (HFI/we) will not divulge your email address to any third parties or to use it in any way for direct marketing.

Contact
If you have any comments regarding the use of our website or this policy, please email web.feedback@homesforislington.org.uk or communications@homesforislington.org.uk