Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal data.
This Privacy Policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide tous, or that we collect from you whilst you visit our website. We do update this Policy from time to time so please do review this Policy regularly.
Information We Collect
Generally, we collect personal data from the individual directly (including in the case of children/pupils, from their parents).
This will include by way of example:
names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other contact details;
details of the years children / pupils attended the nursery;
car details (about those who use our car parking facilities);
bank details and other financial information, e.g. about parents who pay fees to the nursery;
past, present and prospective children’s / pupils’ academic, disciplinary, admissions and attendance records (including information about any special needs);
where appropriate, information about individuals’ health, and contact details for their next of kin;
references given or received by the nursery about children / pupils, and information provided by previous educational establishments and/or other professionals or organisations working with the children / pupils; and
images of pupils (and occasionally other individuals) engaging in nursery activities.
In running and maintaining our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
Information about your use of our site including details of your visits such as pages viewed and the resources that you access. Such information includes traffic data, location data and other communication data.
Information provided voluntarily by you. For example, when you register for information or make a purchase.
Information that you provide when you communicate with us by any means.
Use of Cookies
Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. We mayuse cookies where appropriate to gather information about your computer in order to assist us in improving our website.
We may gather information about your general internet use by using the cookie.Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally. It isstatistical data. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever
You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish.This can easily be done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer.
Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Suchcookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.
Use of Your Information
We use the information that we collect from you to provide our services to you.In addition to this we may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:
the processing of personal data to carry out and to fulfil our legal rights, duties or obligations – including those under a contract with our parents of children/pupils.
To provide information to you that you request from us relating to our products or services.
To provide information to you relating to other products that may beof interest to you. Such additional information will only be provided where you have consented to receive such information.
To inform you of any changes to our website, services or goods and products.
If you have previously purchased goods or services from us we may provide to youdetails of similar goods or services, or other goods and services, that you may be interested in.
Where your consent has been provided in advance we may allow selected thirdparties to use your data to enable them to provide you with information regarding unrelated goods and services which we believe may interest you. Where suchconsent has been provided it can be withdrawn by you at any time.
Storing Your Personal Data
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
In operating our website, it may become necessary to transfer data that we collectfrom you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing.We do our upmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated stored securely. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring that we will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
Unfortunately, the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically. Sending suchinformation is entirely at your own risk.
Disclosing Your Information
We will not disclose your personal information to any other party other than inaccordance with this Privacy Policy and in the circumstances detailed below:
In the event that we sell any or all of our business to the buyer.
Where we are legally required by law to disclose your personal information.
To further fraud protection and reduce the risk of fraud.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
How long we keep personal data
The nursery will retain personal data securely and only in line with how long it is necessary to keep for a legitimate and lawful reason.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal data are available in our retention policy which you can request from us by contacting us.
Third Party Links
On occasion we include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide alink it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitorprivacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.
Access to Information
What are your rights?
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.
You have the right to:
Be told how we use your personal data.
Ask to see the personal data we hold.
Ask us to change personal data you think is wrong.
Ask us to remove personal data when it’s not needed anymore.
Ask us to only use your personal data in certain ways.
Tell us you don’t want your personal data to be processed.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above please contact us.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
Contacting Us
Please do not hesitate to contact your Nursery Manager regarding any matterrelating to this Privacy Policy.
For further information on the Data Protection please visit the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) website.
The Information Commissioner Office regulates data protection. If you feel that your data has not been handled correctly, or you are unhappy with our response to any requests you have made to us regarding the use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
You can contact them by calling 0303 123 1113 or visit the website
