Version 1.1
Last reviewed 06/01/2023
Next Review 05/03/2023

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

Cookie names Type of cookie First or Third party Can be blocked Session or Persistent Expiry Time Purpose

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 

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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

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