The Website at www.gardenschildcare.co.uk is operated and controlled by The Gardens Childcare Limited, a private day nursery (company registered in England and Wales under company number 07707020 whose registered office is at The Gardens Daycare, 62 Standen Road, London SW18 5TG (“the Gardens”/ “we” / “our”).  

The aim of this Cookie Policy is to advise users of the Website how we protect and deal with their personal data within the Website.  We request that all users of the Website read this Cookie Policy and only if they are satisfied with it should they continue to use the Website.  The Cookie Policy may change from time to time; details of any such changes shall be posted on this page of the Website.  It is the user’s responsibility to check the Cookie Policy when they visit the Website.

1.    We collect and store the information and data provided by users of the Website through their use of the Website and through the Registration process. By providing this information, the user of the Website and/or the Parents registering their child with us consent to the use of their personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy (and more specifically in the Terms and Conditions applicable to those Parents registering their child with us on completion of the Registration Form).

3.    Information may be received and stored automatically when you use this Website, such as the internet protocol(IP) address used to connect to the internet, connection information, operating system and platform, unique reference number linked to the data entered on the system, cookie number, activity on the Website including the pages you visit.

4.    We, like many websites, may use cookies from time to time.  A cookie is a small amount of information that is sent to a person’s browser from a web server and stored on that computer’s hard drive so that the Website can remember who they are.  A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has been sent, the lifetime of the cookie, and a unique value number. Cookies cannot read your hard drive. There are different types of cookie.  Session cookies or temporary cookies only remain in the cookie file until you leave the browser.  Persistent cookies stay for longer.  We do not intend to use persistent cookies, but reserve the right to do so and if we do use persistent cookies, then an update to this Cookie Policy will be posted on our Website accordingly.

5.    Along with many other internet sites, we may use third party advertisers to fill advertising space on the Website.  These third parties may use cookies and other similar technologies to assess information about you or other visitors to the Website and other sites. We have no access to or control over third party activity which is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

6.    Your personal data is used in the provision of our Services such as processing payments, sending emails and other updates and messages to you.  Some messages may include special offers and messages related to our Services.  Your personal data will be used to help us to communicate with you effectively. As mentioned above, we may use cookies, IP addresses or personal data in order to recognise you when you visit or return to the Website, to show content related to your preferences, demographic and usage pattern, to prevent or detect fraud or abuses and help to improve the site. We reserve the right to access, monitor, remove, alter or store or otherwise use any personal data if it is thought that you may have breached the Terms of Use/Disclaimer Policy or to enforce our rights or to protect the public where we are required to do so by the appropriate authority.

7.    We take security of data and information very seriously.  Precautions are taken to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. We maintain safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personal data.

8.    We would only disclose personal data to third parties in particular circumstances, such as:  to those third parties involved in providing our Services, eg, payment processing providers and organisations that assist with the communications or monitoring of the Website; or if you have agreed to provide data to other third parties that we inform you of.  

9.    Consent
By disclosing your personal information via the Website, over the telephone or via email you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by us in the manner set out in this Cookie Policy and the Terms of Use/Disclaimer Policy and, if registering with us, in the Terms and Conditions.  Some information and emails sent to us may be used as testimonials but no email address or contact details will be displayed.