As a professional company, we take into account the privacy of all individuals that engage with our website. For the purposes of this Guarantee, 'You/Your' means the data subject, 'We/Us/Our' means the Early Years and Childcare.

1998 Data Protection Legislation
We abide by all legislation, and adhere to 'Best Practice' principles; meaning that all data will be not only lawfully but also morally and fairly processed.

Your Rights
You have the right to access the personal data that we hold on you in terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. If you feel that any of the information we hold on you is incorrect then please advise us so that we can make the necessary amendments.

Your Consent
We always obtain consent from you before collecting or publishing details on websites, or storing these details by any means. You are always at liberty to decline.

Statement of Purpose
All data collected will be processed for limited and clearly declared purposes. We never collect or retain personal data unless it is strictly necessary for our purposes. When collecting personal data, we always inform you who we are, what personal data we are collecting, processing and storing, and for what purpose. We do this before you are invited to give us any information.

Marketing Purposes
If we need extra information for marketing purposes this is always made clear and the provision of the information is always optional. We only use personal data for marketing purposes where You have 'opted in' for your information to be used in this way: such as Newsletters, Bulletins or e-Marketing initiatives.

Opting Out
If, at a later stage, you ask us to stop using Your data for marketing purposes we will do so immediately.

Third Parties
We will only give out your data to Third Parties, if you have expressly chosen to allow us to do this. In such an instance, we will always make clear who those Third Parties are. If, at a later stage, information is altered, we will notify the Third Parties to whom the original information was communicated.

Deletion of Your Data
We will stop processing data if you object to it because the processing is causing damage or distress.

Security
All data will be securely maintained. We design our systems/sites in such a way that we avoid or minimise the use of personal data. We use the most up-to-date technologies to protect the personal data collected or stored on this website.

Cookies
We will always inform you if 'cookies' or other forms of 'stealth software' are being used. Cookies are small pieces of information which can be automatically created on your computer and stored when you visit a website.