Privacy Policy

childmindinghelp.co.uk is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Respecting the privacy and wishes of our users is important to us. This policy lists what we do with any personal information that we collect. If you have any questions, please email info@childmindinghelp.co.uk

The information we collect and what we do with it:

The personal information we collect is the information you provide us when you join the Forum. We may also collect some automatically derivable information such as the internet host name of the computer you are using when you interact with our site and the date and time of your visit.

You have provided us with your email address and we may use it to keep you up to date with news related to this site promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so. (by "third party" we mean any business, organisation or individual). We especially understand the problem of unsolicited email and under no circumstances will we sell, rent or give away the email addresses of our users to any third party, whether they can be identified with an individual or not.

If you would prefer to receive no email updates then please update your options in your User Control Panel by logging into the Forum and selecting 'do not receive admin emails' and we will not email you with news.

While every effort is taken to protect information from internet and computer hackers it may be unlawfully available. We take no responsibility for this.

We use the information we collect to monitor the performance of our services and in the future we may also use it to provide statistical information to advertisers such as number of visitors per day. This will be done without divulging personally identifiable information about any individual.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please log in to the Forum and correct this in your profile or email us as soon as possible, at the above email address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Links to other websites:

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest both in text and in banner advertising. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information:

You have the opportunity on the Forum (with certain membership types) to create a personal profile, some of the information provided is available for others to read and you are responsible for its content.

We are not responsible for information you share on the Forum either privately with other members or openly in posts.

You may at any time ask for your membership to the Forum to be terminated. To do this email info@childmindingforum.co.uk using the email address you used to register with and your account will be terminated as soon as possible.

Cookies:

We use cookies to enable you to save time by having certain forum settings pre-set with your preferences.  A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Third party advertisers:

childmindinghelp.co.uk works with third parties that serve ads to this site.

To find out more about how Google manages the privacy of information in conjunction with serving ads on this site, please go to: http://www.google.co.uk/privacy_ads.html

Changes:

The internet is changing rapidly and it is impossible for anyone to predict the future and what issues will arise as internet technology and culture develops. As a result this privacy policy is likely to change from time to time. A current version of our privacy policy will always be present at this location and we will continue to respect the wishes and concerns of our visitors.

Contacting us:

You can contact the owners of childmindinghelp.co.uk and childmindingforum.co.uk by emailing info@childmindinghelp.co.uk however we cannot be held responsible for non delivery of any email. If you have not received a response within a reasonable time please contact us again. As a member you may also contact us by logging into the forum and sending a Private Message to the administrator, Pauline