Privacy and Cookies

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998).

We will not email you in the future unless you have given us your consent.

The information we collect will only be used by Match Fostering Care Ltd. Every time we email you we will give you the chance to refuse any such emails in the future.

The type of information we will collect about you includes:

  • your name
  • address
  • email address

This information is collected when you enter your name, address and/or email address on the site. We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.

We will endeavour to keep the information we hold about you up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us at the email address provided below. If there are any inaccuracies please let us know and we will correct it promptly.

The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy and the law.

If we intend to transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area) we will always obtain your consent first.

We may use technology such as a “cookie” to monitor users of this site such as which areas of the site you use most or least often and how often you use the website. A “cookie” is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user, it is not linked to any of your personal information on our site. It may be possible for you to modify your browser to prevent this happening and you may still be able to use our site.

If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should email us at administrator@matchfostercare.co.uk

Cookies

Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on a visitor’s device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

  • enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task
  • recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested
  • measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast

You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them through Internet browser cookies – what they are and how to manage them

There are two types of cookie you may encounter when using this website :

First party cookies: these are set by this website, controlled by the website and used to provide information about usage of the site.

Third party cookies: these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which are being using to enhance the site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.

First party cookies

This website uses cookies in several places – They are listed below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.

NamePurposeTypical contentExpires
PHPSESSIDAuth session to prevent having to login multiple times in one browser session.Hashed data of username and auth statusExpires on exit

Third party cookies

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If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should email us at administrator@matchfostercare.co.uk