Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership ("We") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act), the data controller is Leeds City Council of Civic Hall Leeds LS2 8BH.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site (our site). This includes information provided when requesting services this information will be used for service provision and held for as long as necessary to undertake the service requested. We may also ask you for information if you report a problem with our site.
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
- Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.
IP addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type and for system administration. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
Information about our use of cookies
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 allows us to improve our site.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie.
Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below, with a note as to whether we use them; and then some details of the actual cookies on the site, their purpose, and what to do if you do not consent to any specific cookies being used. Please note however that since we only use cookies where they will be of benefit, any failure to consent may limit your use of this site.
Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies:
These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for.
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
WE DO USE THIS CATEGORY OF COOKIE ON OUR SITE
Category 2: Performance Cookies:
These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited.
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
WE DO USE THIS CATEGORY OF COOKIE ON OUR SITE
Category 3: Functionality Cookies:
These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience.
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
WE DO USE THIS CATEGORY OF COOKIE ON OUR SITE
These are the cookies used on our site
|
Cookie name |
Category |
Purpose |
More information |
|
Session ID cookie |
1 |
Standard ASP.NET cookie containing the user’s session ID. |
Expires as soon as user navigates away |
|
Culture cookie |
2 |
Utilised to store the users CMS culture |
Type: Culture Code, Expires: 1 year |
|
Visitor Status Cookie |
2 |
Sets the visitor status (unknown/first visit/more visits) |
Type: Integer, Expires: 1 year |
|
Current Visit Status Cookie |
2 |
Sets the current visit status (throughout current day) |
Type: Integer, Expires: 23 hours |
|
URL Referrer Cookie |
2 |
User URL referrer. Remembers the page the user last visited. |
Type: Url String, Expires: 1 day |
|
Form State Cookie |
2 |
Utilised for a check if the form state needs to be restored. Decides if the submitted fields in the form should be repopulated. |
fields in the form should be repopulated. Type: Integer - ID, Expires: 10 minutes |
|
Google Analytics |
2 |
Utilised by Google Analytics to track visitor’s data on the website. |
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html |
|
Preferred Culture cookie |
3 |
Storing details of the users preferred CMS culture |
Type: Culture Code, Expires: 1 year |
|
CurrentTheme |
3 |
Sets the current chosen theme |
Type: Integer - ID, Expires: 23 hours |
|
VisitorStatus |
3 |
Sets the visitor status (unknown/first visit/more visits). |
Type: Integer - ID, 1 year |
You may be able 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 site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon you visit our site.
If you do not consent to cookies being placed, you must notify us of the cookies to which you do not consent.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 12 months.
Where we store your personal data
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. However unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Uses made of the information
We use information held about you in the following ways:
- To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
- To provide you with information or services that you request from.
- To notify you about changes to our service.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership, our users, or others.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes, and we do not process data for that purpose .
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. ARequesting your data is usually free but we may charge if:
you want more copies of the same information
we think your request is excessive
We will tell you there will be a charge before we send you the information.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
Further information on how Leeds City Council use your information can be found via our website here.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to the LSCP Business Unit.