We are the World Wellbeing Movement (WWM, we or us), a non-profit social impact organisation working at the intersection between academic experts, and decision-makers in both business and policy to translate evidence-informed wellbeing insights into real world impact. We are a coalition of global leaders from business, civil society, and academia that have come together to put wellbeing at the heart of decision-making both in business, and public policy. We are based out of Harris Manchester College, in Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TD.

This privacy policy explains what data is collected when you visit our website and how it is used. If you have any questions about this policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at info@worldwellbeingmovement.org or by writing to World Wellbeing Movement Ltd, Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TD.

This policy was last updated on 04 May 2023.

How do you use my data?

When you sign up to receive our newsletters. We will collect your name and email address to provide you with our news updates in line with any preferences you have told us about. When we send you our news updates because you have opted-in to receive them, we rely on your consent to contact you.

You can unsubscribe from our updates at any time by responding to any email you receive from us to tell us you wish to unsubscribe or by emailing media@worldwellbeingmovement.org.

When you contact us either by phone, email, via our ‘contact us’ page or via social media, we will usually collect your name, social media handle and contact details, because it’s in our legitimate interest to make sure we can properly respond to your query.

When you use our website and consent to our use of cookies we will collect information about how you use our website. We use this information to improve our website and to better understand how people use it. More detail on the information we collect and how we do this is set out in our Cookie Policy below.

When you appear as a guest in one of our podcasts we will collect your name, email address, phone number, address, company name and address (if applicable) and your brief profile information available in the public domain such as your biography. We collect this as it is in our legitimate interest to have meaningful discussions with you about topics related to our podcasts.

When you attend one of our events or a third-party event we also attend (including virtual events via video conferencing providers including Zoom), we will usually collect your name, address, email address and phone number. We collect this information because it’s in our legitimate interests to promote our business and to know who’s attending our events.

When you apply for a job with us we may collect your name, contact details, recruitment information (e.g. right to work documentation and references), test results (inc. psychometric), qualifications, accreditations and any additional information we may receive from our recruitment partners.

We will use your personal information to assess your suitability for our available roles. We do this to perform our contract obligations or to take steps at your request, before entering into a contract. Where we process your right to work documentation, we will do so to comply with our legal obligations.

If our business is sold. We process your personal information for this purpose because we have a legitimate interest to ensure our business can be continued by the buyer. If you object to our use of your personal information in this way, the buyer of our business may not be able to provide services to you.

Who do you share my data with?

Business partners, academic partners such as Harris Manchester College, suppliers and subcontractors for the performance of the contract we enter into with them or with you.

Promotional events and marketing organisations, we do not sell data for marketing purposes, but may share your data with an event organiser or collaboration brand including where we run workshops with co-presenters and offer a promotion alongside a partner brand. We will always tell you before (usually on the event registration form) and you will be given the chance to opt-out before we do this.

Regulators/ Authorities/ Enforcement Agencies if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our clients or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection.

Prospective buyers of our business under our legitimate interest to ensure our business can be continued by the buyer.

Where do you store my data?

We store your data on third party servers which are based both in the UK and outside of the UK.

When working with third parties we may need to transfer your personal data outside of the UK and / or EU.

Whenever we transfer your personal information outside of the UK and the EU, we ensure it receives additional protection as required by law. To keep this policy as short and easy to understand as possible, we haven’t set out the specific circumstances when each of these protection measures are used. You can contact us at info@worldwellbeingmovement.org for more detail on this.

How long do you keep my data for?

We will only retain your personal information for as long as we need it unless we are required to keep it for longer to comply with our legal, accounting or regulatory requirements.

We only store personal data for as long as it is required for the purpose of collection. We delete all personal data as soon as you unsubscribe from our mailing list.

What are my rights under data protection law?

You have various other rights under applicable data protection laws, including the right to:

• access your personal data (also known as a “subject access request”);
• correct incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you;
• ask us to erase the personal data we hold about you;
• ask us to restrict our handling of your personal data;
• ask us to transfer your personal data to a third party; 
• object to how we are using your personal data; and
• withdraw your consent to us handling your personal data.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with us or the Information Commissioner’s Office, the supervisory authority for data protection issues in England and Wales. If you are based in the EU you can find your relevant supervisory authority here.

Please keep in mind that privacy law is complicated, and these rights will not always be available to you all of the time.

Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also helps us make improvements.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or in your device’s storage. We only use (and store) non-essential cookies if you provide your consent.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration	More Information
cookieyes-consent	CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.	1 year	Non-essential
_ga_*	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytics
_ga	Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytics
CONSENT	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.	2 years	Analytics
YSC	Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.	Session only	Advertisement
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.	5 months 27 days	Advertisement

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.