Privacy Policy

What is this Privacy Policy for?
This privacy policy governs the privacy of this website and it's users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

The Website and Our Commitment to Privacy
This website and it's owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. As far as possible, this website complies with UK and EU laws and requirements for user privacy.

Use of Cookies and Monitoring
Cookies are small text files saved to any users device that track, save and store information about the users interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through it's server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.  Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their device they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website.

This website uses various Google services including, but not limited to, Photos, Blogger and Drive.  These service use cookies to power Google Analytics, which the owners of this website have no control over.  However, when viewing a grey information bar is presented automatically by Google at the top and an option to accept or control cookies is given.

This website does not directly collect any kind of personal details or payment information, such as credit or debit card details.

Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or it's owners via email using the contact information on the ‘contact us’ pages, do so at their own discretion and initially provide any personal details at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely using online systems until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and the wider EU GDPR laws.

This website and it's owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the childcare products / services they offer, to communicate any important news and announcements, to send invoices and/or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. Your details are NEVER passed on to any third parties and you have the right to request any personably identifiable information to be deleted at any point.  Once you engage in contact using email / telephone, your data protection cover passes from this website privacy policy to the Little Chums ‘Data Protection Policy’, which is available separately on request.

External Links
When necessary, although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned on this website.

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and it's owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor it's owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Shortened Links in Social Media
This website and it's owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. Please be aware that, by default, some social media platforms shorten lengthy url's [web addresses].

Users are advised by this website and it's owners, to take caution and use good judgment before clicking any shortened url's published on social media platforms. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine url's are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.

Links to Resources & Further Information
Data Protection Act 2018
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 - The Guide (Easier to understand)