Who we are
Our website address is: https://lookedafterchild.com. we are a group of care experienced people, parents of children in care / care leavers and care professionals who would like to share their stories and educate people through the insight of living in care.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
all comments and form entry are scanned via Askimet – View Askimets Privacy Policy Here
Media / Content
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
if you upload content, this will be viewable to all members and any guests on the website.
You can request to be forgotten / Request data to be removed with Our GDPR Tools
Cookie Policy
Decide which cookies you want to allow.
You can change these settings at any time. However, this can result in some functions no longer being available. For information on deleting the cookies, please consult your browser’s help function.
Learn more about the cookies we use.
Cookies on our site
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Is the cookie Storing / Sharing My Data
| Service | Cookie? | Privacy Policy | Holds Personal Data | Shares Data? |
| Cloudflare | __cf_bm | https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/get-started/reference/cloudflare-cookies/ | Yes | Yes |
| Google Adsense | __gads, DSID, IDE, SAPISID, HSID, test_cookie | https://policies.google.com/privacy | Yes | Yes |
| Google Analystics | _ga_V69S3BS7Y7, __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmt, __utmz, _ga, _gat, _gid | https://policies.google.com/privacy | Yes, But anonymizes Data | Can sometime share information with third parties |
| Google Various Services | __gpi | https://policies.google.com/privacy | Yes | Unknown |
| Lightspeed | _lscache_vary | https://www.litespeedtech.com/company/privacy-policy | No | No |
| lookedafterchild | PHPSESSID | N/A | No | No |
| Microsft Bing | SRM_B | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clck | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clsk | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| Microsoft Clarity | ANONCHK | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | ||
| Microsoft Clarity | CLID | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| Microsoft Clarity | MR | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| Microsoft Clarity | MUID | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| Microsoft Clarity | SM | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement | Yes | Unknown |
| WordFence | Wfwaf-Authcookie* | https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/ | Yes | Yes |
| WordFence | WfCBLBypass | https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/ | Yes | Yes |
| WordFence | Wf_loginalerted_* | https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/ | Yes | Yes |
| WordPress | wordpress_logged_in_ | Privacy Policy | WordPress.org | No | No |
| WordPress | wordpress_sec_ | Privacy Policy | WordPress.org | No | No |
Change Cookie Preferences
You can change your cookie preferences with Our GDPR Tools
Site Tracking
This website uses tracking by default. we anonymise all IP addresses with tracking parties but it does still collect your data like location / device used. or may record snapshots of your site visit. to help the administrators to provide a better expirence on the website. this data is only used to better gain insight on its audience, and is never shared with other parties. Google / Bing may on ocasion share the data to there trusted parties.
Google Analytics
We at lookedafterchild.com use Google Analytics to collect data. We need this data to understand how you use our website so we can improve its design and functionality. We also need the data to get the most out of our marketing campaigns.
With your consent, Google Analytics will process and collect your personal data (cookies and anonymised IP address) to give us valuable information. Google Analytics will transfer your data to the United States and store it indefinitely. To learn more about Google’s data transfer policies, click here.
because google Anonymizes your IP address there is no way for us to identify / remove data related to you. Please visit google’s Privacy Policy for more information – https://policies.google.com/privacy
Opt Out of google analytics tracking
- Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on Download Page
- You Can Opt Out using WebChoices: Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Choice Tool for Web US (aboutads.info)
- Vist Our GDPR Tools page and click cookie preferences, from there you can Block all cookies. Although this will have an impact on the way our website is displayed to you.
Microsoft Clarity
We at lookedafterchild.com use Microsoft Clarity to collect data. We need this data to understand how you use our website so we can improve its design and functionality.
Microsoft clarity does collect information on your device, location, Website usage including generating heatmaps and making live recordings of your site visit. Microsoft Clarity is fully GDPR Compliant and blocks out sensative information and anonymises your IP address but it does create a unique identify for each visiter. Please visit the Microsoft Privacy policy for more information https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Opt Out Of Microsoft Clarity Tracking
- You Can Opt Out using WebChoices: Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Choice Tool for Web US (aboutads.info)
- Vist Our GDPR Tools page and click cookie preferences, from there you can Block all cookies. Although this will have an impact on the way our website is displayed to you.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your personal data with anyone although we do use some plugins that may share information you have provided to us like IP addresses and location please see our comprehensive list of plugins, their use and if they send your information
| Plugin Name | Purpose | Holds Personal Data | Shares Data? |
| Broken Link Checker | Checks that links on the website are not broken | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Avada Builder | Allows Extra Customisation for the themes | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Indeed Ultimate Learning Pro | Allows for creating and listing courses | Stores Personal Data Locally Like your Learner Details | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Envato Market | Allows For Updating None WordPress.org plugins | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Avada Core | Allows Extra Customisation for the themes | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Interlinks Manager | SEO Tools | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| No Self Pings | Stops the pinging on internal links | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Virtual Robots.txt | Editing of Robots.txt Inside of wordpress CRM | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Redirection | Manages Redirection of links | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Table of Contents Plus | Shows Table of contents on pages and posts | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| LiteSpeed Cache | Manages the website cache | Stores Cached versions of the website | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Post SMTP | Email Managment. | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| Yoast SEO | SEO Tools | Dose not store personal Data | Dose Not Share Personal Data |
| KBx Pro | Allows For Creating Knowledge Bases | Dose not store personal Data | No, but displays Data directly on the website |
| Directories Pro | Allows for listing Directories | Stores Directory Information | No, but displays Data directly on the website |
| Directories | Allows for listing Directories | Stores Directory Information | No, but displays Data directly on the website |
| EventON | Allows Creation of events on the website | Stores Event Information | No, but displays Data directly on the website |
| Contact Form 7 | Allows the website to recive incoming messages | Messages and contact Information | No, Information is stored on our server and dose not transfer out apart from sending Email Notifications. |
| Google Site kit | Allows Admins to track analytics | Anonymises IP’s And collections location / Device used | Share Information to 3rd parties, Can Opt Out Via Cookie Prefrences |
| IndexNow | Indexes new pages to Search Engines | Dose not store personal Data | Shares New Pages to Search Engines |
| FS Poster | AutoPoster for social media | Dose not store personal Data | Shares New Pages to social media |
| Ultimate GDPR & CCPA | Allows the website to collect Cookie Consent | Collects a list of IP’s and there Cookie Prefrences | This information is stored in your browser as the form of a cookie |
| UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore | Backs Up Data | Creates a backup of the website | Uploads to to a remote server |
| Wordfence Security | To Protect the website from Fraudualant Views, And hacking attempts | IP addresses, Location | Yes It Shares your information with 3rd parties |
| Akismet Anti-Spam | To Protect the website from spam messages, and comments | IP addresses | Yes, Askimet Shares your information with 3rd parties |
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
if you post a blog post or media to this website your data this will be viewable to the whole website
What rights you have over your data
You Can request removal, the right to be forgotten, and rectification of data through our GDPR Tools