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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 2026

1. Introduction & Data Controller Information

Welcome to the Wilder Earth Privacy Policy. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

This privacy policy explains how Rewilding Us Ltd (trading as Wilder Earth, Company Registration No. 16812718) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you visit our website at www.wilderearth.org, submit an enquiry through our BNG Portal, or interact with our community and educational programs.

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2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data depending on how you interact with our website:

  • Identity & Contact Data: Includes your name, email address, telephone number, job title, and organisation name when submitted via contact or enquiry forms.

  • BNG & Commercial Project Enquiries: Details regarding your planning application, Local Planning Authority (LPA) requirements, required unit metrics, site location, and Forward Purchase Agreement (FPA) enquiries submitted through our BNG Portal.

  • Community & Volunteer Data: Contact details and preferences provided when registering interest for wild food walks, beehive sponsorships, educational visits, or volunteer conservation days.

  • Technical & Usage Data: Includes your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and details about how you navigate our site, collected automatically via website cookies.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We collect data through:

  • Direct Interactions: When you fill out contact forms, request BNG Portal information, register for tours or volunteering, or communicate with us by email.

  • Automated Technologies: As you navigate www.wilderearth.org, technical data is automatically collected by our website host (Wix) using cookies and analytics tools.

4. How We Use Your Data & Lawful Bases

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

  • Legitimate Interests: To respond to commercial BNG unit enquiries, process developer metric requests, coordinate site visits, and manage our business operations.

  • Contractual Necessity: To prepare, execute, or manage Forward Purchase Agreements (FPAs) or statutory unit allocation agreements.

  • Consent: Where you explicitly request to receive newsletter updates, marketing communications, or specific event invitations (you can withdraw consent at any time).

  • Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with statutory BNG reporting, legal land covenants, or accounting regulations.

5. Data Sharing & Third Parties

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers solely to operate our business and website (such as Wix website hosting, email service providers, and professional ecological advisors) under strict confidentiality agreements. Where required for statutory BNG compliance, technical metric data may be submitted to relevant Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), Natural England, or designated Responsible Bodies overseeing Conservation Covenants.

6. Data Security & Storage

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, or altered without authorisation. Data submitted through our site is encrypted during transmission via SSL technology on our secure web host.

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or BNG regulatory obligations.

7. Your Legal Rights Under UK GDPR

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights including:

  • Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data.

  • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.

  • Right to Restrict or Object: Object to or restrict processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.

  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@wilderearth.org. You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

8. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Our website uses essential and functional cookies to ensure proper website operation, security, and performance analysis. You can manage your cookie preferences through your web browser settings or via the cookie banner on our site.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact:

Rewilding Us Ltd t/a Wilder Earth The Courtyard, 30 Worthing Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1SL, England Email: info@wilderearth.org / chris@rewildingus.co.uk

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