Privacy Notice
This policy was updated on 28 July 2026.
We are the Adolescent Health Study Limited (ICO reference (ZC201247)) though you may know us as “AHS” or “Project Youth”. On this page we may be referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”. We are a major new research study focused on understanding how young people grow and develop during adolescence.
The study is in development and we are speaking to young people, parents, carers, schools and researchers to find out how best to carry out this ambitious project. At the moment the study is not open for sign up and so this privacy notice explains how we handle data we collect for other reasons. When this changes, we will update the privacy notice.
This page along with our cookie policy, tells you how we use and protect your personal data.
Contact us: enquires@projectyouth.org.uk
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The AHS is the data controller for the purposes of this privacy notice. Our registered address is 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX with company number 15368073. We are also a registered charity in England and Wales with charity number 1213337.
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Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you or another person. For example, if you sign up to receive a newsletter or attend an event, we will collect and process the personal data that you have provide. The personal data we collect might include:
Basic personal details (your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number and date of birth);
Financial details (bank account number, UK taxpayer information for gift aid);
Credit or debit card information;
Photos, videos or audio recordings.
We may also collect, store and use the following 'special categories' of sensitive personal data which need more protection, called a 'condition of processing'. We won’t use any of this information without a justified reason:
Information about your race or ethnicity;
Nationality;
Philosophical or religious beliefs;
Sexual orientation;
Political opinions;
Information about your health;
Information about criminal convictions.
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There are many ways that we may use your personal data. Here is how we use your personal data for some our main activities:
To provide you with information you have requested, or which may interest you;
To check your suitability for a role as an employee or a volunteer;
For safeguarding purposes;
To enable us to support you in our work with you.
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Legal obligation
We may collect or share your personal data when we need to by law. For example, to comply with regulatory requirements or to carry out business operations and due diligence.
Consent
We may process personal data where we have sought your consent to do so.
Legitimate interests
Our legitimate interest is engaging with stakeholders such as researchers and the public to further our charitable aims. This means that it’s important for us to talk to members of the public so that we can promote our work and talk about our goals as a charity. Some examples of how we things we do that use ‘legitimate reasons’ as a reason are:
To send relevant information to people;
To invite people to participate in engagement and involvement activities that could be relevant to them;
To invite people to participant in events that could be relevant to them;
To facilitate the progression of research activities;
To handle complaints.
Vital interests
Where there is an immediate risk to your health we may use your personal data. For example, if we are worried about your health or safety at one of our events.Public task
Some activities are done in the public interest. For example, collecting personal data about safeguarding concerns raised and sharing those with the relevant organisations, bodies and authorities. -
We obtain personal data in various ways. This could include when you complete an application form to work with us, fill in an online form, or if you provide the data directly to a representative of Adolescent Health Study.
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We will not rent or sell your personal data to other organisations for use by them in any way, including for their own marketing.
We may have to share information with certain third-party organisations. This may include where we are legally required to do so, or where it is strictly necessary in order to deliver a particular activity, event or service.
Sometimes we cannot keep information confidential as we need to ensure all children, young people and vulnerable adults are safe. This means that if you tell us anything about yourself or another person being hurt or at risk of being hurt, we might need to tell someone who can help (such as a social worker, parent or teacher).
We will make all reasonable efforts to make sure that where we do need to share personal data with any third-party, they are compliant with data protection law.
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We may need to transfer your personal data outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA) or allow people in those locations to process it on our behalf. By giving us your personal data, you agree to this.
When we do this, we take steps to make sure your data is protected to the same standard as in the UK and EEA. We only transfer data where appropriate safeguards are in place.
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Item descriptionWe won’t keep your personal data for longer than necessary. We may keep it:
until we no longer need it to meet legal, regulatory, or financial requirements.
until the law no longer requires us to keep it.
until the reasons we collected it for no longer apply.
until you ask us to stop using it and to delete it.
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Right to access your personal data
You have the right to see the personal data that we hold about you in many circumstances, by making a request.
If you would like access to the personal data we have about you, we ask that you contact us using the details below.
Right to correct your personal data
If you notice that the data we have about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you may ask us to correct it and we will try to put this right as soon as possible.
Right to have your data deleted
You have the right to request your personal data be deleted. This is also know as the ‘right to be forgotten’. The right only applies in certain circumstances.
This is not an absolute right; if you were to request that we erase your personal data, we would erase as much of that data as we could but may have to retain some information if it is necessary.
Were we have received a request for personal data to be erased, if it is necessary for us to retain some of that information, we will make sure that the remaining data is used only when and where it is absolutely necessary.
The right to object
If you wish to object to the way we use, or have used, your personal data you may do so freely.
The right to complain
We will always try to maintain the highest standards around how we manage data, so that you can have confidence in us as an organisation. To achieve this, we request that any complaints be first brought to our attention so we can properly investigate matters. If you wish to file a compliant, please contact us using any of our Contact Details below. If you would like to complain about Adolescent Health Study to a regulatory body, you may do so by contacting your local data protection supervisory authority.
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We may update this notice from time to time. The latest version will be available on our website.
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Project Youth / Adolescent Health Study
27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX
enquires@projectyouth.org.uk
www.projectyouth.org.uk
Lakeside Offices
England
HR2 6JT