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Privacy notice

Plain English, because that's how we do everything. This notice explains what personal information we collect, why, and what your rights are.

Last updated: October 2026

Who we are

The ADHD Alliance is a peer-led community supporting emergency services personnel living and working with ADHD across the UK. For the purposes of UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), we are the data controller for the information described here.

You can contact us about anything in this notice at hello@adhdalliance.co.uk.

What we collect and why

  • Contact form: your name, email address, service (optional) and message, so we can reply to you. Legal basis: legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry.
  • Newsletter: your email address, to send you our monthly email. Legal basis: your consent. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
  • Forum membership: the forum has its own account system; the details you provide there are covered by the forum’s terms shown at sign-up.
  • Website analytics: anonymised usage data to understand how the site is used and improve it.
Messages you send us may describe your health, including ADHD diagnosis or treatment. This is special category data and we treat it with extra care: we only use it to support you, we never share it with your employer, and we only keep it as long as needed to help.

What we never do

  • We never sell your information.
  • We never tell your employer, force, trust or brigade that you have contacted us or joined the community.
  • We never send marketing on behalf of third parties.

Who we share information with

Only the service providers who run things for us (our website host, email provider and newsletter platform), and only so they can provide those services. Each is bound by a data processing agreement. We will disclose information where the law requires it, or where we believe someone is at serious risk of harm (see our safeguarding statement).

How long we keep it

We keep contact form messages only for as long as we need them to help you, and newsletter details until you unsubscribe.

Your rights

You have the right to access the information we hold about you, correct it, ask us to delete it, object to or restrict how we use it, and withdraw consent at any time. Email hello@adhdalliance.co.uk and we’ll respond within one month. If you’re not happy with how we’ve handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

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