Introduction
Carer Support Wiltshire are committed to protecting your privacy and security and ensuring you remain informed and in control of the information you supply to us.
This Privacy Notice will help you understand how we collect, use and protect your personal information. We, Carer Support Wiltshire, are the ‘controllers’ of the information which we collect about you (‘personal data’). Being controllers of your personal data means we are responsible for how your data is processed. The word ‘process’ covers most things that can be done with personal data, including collection, storage, use and destruction of that data.
This notice explains why and how we process your data, and explains the rights you have around your data, including the right to access it, and to object to the way it is processed. Please see the section on ‘Your rights as a data subject’ for more information.
Carer Support Wiltshire is an independent charity (Charity Number 1092762) providing information, advice and support to carers in Wiltshire. Some of our services are funded under an agreement with Wiltshire Council and NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group. Our contact details are:
Address:
Carer Support Wiltshire, Independent Living Centre, St Georges Road, Semington, Wiltshire, BA14 6JQ
Email:
admin@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk
Telephone number:
01380 871690
Our Data Protection Officer (DPO) is Kerry McNally, who you can contact at Carer Support Wiltshire, Independent Living Centre, St Georges Road, Semington Wiltshire, BA14 6JQ, telephone 01380 871690 or email kerrym@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk if you have any queries about this notice or anything related to data protection.
What information do we collect about you?
Personal Data is any information that relates to a living, identifiable person. This can include your name, address, age, date of birth, gender, contact details, and if applicable, details of your caring role and bank account details.
For monitoring purposes this can also include ‘special categories’ of data, which is information about a person’s race or ethnic origin, religious, political or other beliefs, physical or mental health, trade union membership, or sexual orientation. The collection and use of these types of data is subject to strict controls and will only be held with your explicit consent. Similarly, information about criminal convictions and offences is also limited in the way it can be processed.
We also collect personal and health information about the person you care for.
We are committed to protecting all your personal data, and we only process data if we need to for a specific purpose, as explained below.
We collect your personal data mostly through our contact with you, and the data is usually provided by you, but in some instances we may receive data about you from other people/organisations, for example, if you are referred to us by another organisation. We will explain when this might happen in this policy.
If you are a donor, we will collect financial information (direct debit/standing order details) and whether your donations are gift-aided.
If you are a Working for Carers member we will collect information around your organisation or business.
When do we collect information about you?
- We collect information about you and the person you care for when you register with Carer Support Wiltshire
- When you are referred to us as a carer from a third party registration
- When we carry out an initial or full carer assessment
- When you register as a volunteer
- When you register for and attend a Carer Support Wiltshire event or group activity
- Membership of our 200 club lottery
- If you register and subscribe to our publications and communications
- Entering a competition or taking part in a survey
- If you make a donation or undertake fundraising in our name
- Recruitment processes
- When you provide feedback or make a complaint
- When you provide consent for a photograph or a video of you to be used for Carer Support Wiltshire communications including our website, media and social media
- When you provide consent for your story to be used in the media and in Carer Support Wiltshire communications, including our website and on social media
- When you ask to receive news from us
- When you register as a Working for Carers member
How and why we collect information about you?
In general terms, we process your data in order to manage our relationship with you by phone, email, in person, via our website and via third party organisations to:
- Carry out our obligations arising from any agreement entered into by you and us for the provision of information, advice and services to support you in your caring role.
- Seek your views or comments on the services we provide
- Send you communications which you have requested
- Inform our future service developments to ensure they are fully accessible
- Monitor our work
- Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation
- When processing of data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party.
At times, we may further process data which we have already collected. We will only do this if the new purpose for processing it further is compatible with the original purpose that the data was collected for. We will tell you about any further processing before carrying it out.
Legal basis for processing
- Public task: the processing of data is necessary for us to perform a task in the public interest or for our official functions
- Consent: the individual has given clear consent for us to process their personal data for a specific purpose.
Young Carers
Information for parents and guardians
We take great care to protect and respect the rights of individuals in relation to their personal data, especially in the case of children. If your child is under 13, we’ll usually only use his or her personal data with your consent.
If a young carer turns 16 and wishes to continue to access our services as an adult, some of the personal data we hold about that individual will be carried over to their adult record and they will need to provide consent for us to do so.
Information for children
You also have the same rights as adults over your personal data. See notes Your Rights as a Data Subject.
If you are aged 13 and over you are also able to provide consent for us to process your data.
Your rights as a data subject
We want to ensure you remain in control of your personal information. Part of this is making sure you understand your legal rights. As a data subject, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data processed by us:
- To be informed about how your data is handled;
- To gain access to your personal data;
- To have errors or inaccuracies in your data changed;
- To have your personal data erased, in limited circumstances;
- To object to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes or when the processing is based on the public interest or other legitimate interests;
- To restrict the processing of your personal data, in limited circumstances;
- To obtain a copy of some of your data in a commonly used electronic form, in limited circumstances;
- Rights around how you are affected by any profiling or automated decisions.
Withdrawing consent
If we are relying on your consent to process your data, you may withdraw you consent at any time.
Personal data received from third parties
This is a list of your personal data that we may receive from other people or organisations. This data will only be passed onto us with your consent.
Data
The personal information we collect from other people or organisations will include your name, address, age, date of birth, gender, GP surgery, health conditions, contact details and if applicable, details of your caring role and your cared for person, including name, gender, age and health conditions.
For monitoring purposes this can also include ‘special categories’ of data, which is information about a person’s race or ethnic origin, religious, political or other beliefs, physical or mental health, trade union membership, or sexual orientation.
Source
- Providers of health services including GP Surgeries, community and occupational health, mental health services and ambulance services
- Wiltshire Council
- Schools & Colleges
- Hospitals and hospices
- Charities
- Healthwatch
- Employers
- Friend or family member
- And if you are a carer, voluntary and community organisations that may be able to help support you in your caring role
Who we share your data with
For some processing purposes we share your data with third parties. We will never sell your personal data. This is a list of the information we may share with external recipients, and for what purpose:
Recipients of your data
- Providers of health services including GP surgeries, community and occupational health, mental health services and ambulance services
- Wiltshire Council
- Schools & Colleges
- Hospitals and hospices
- Charities
- Healthwatch
- Working for Carers partner organisations (only applicable if you are a Working for Carers member)
- And if you are a carer, voluntary and community organisations that may be able to help support you in your caring role
- Employer
- External payroll provider
- Pension provider
- External suppliers used for newsletter mailing
Purpose for sharing
The information we may share with third parties will include your name, address, age, date of birth, gender, GP surgery, contact details and if applicable, details of your caring role and your cared for person.
For monitoring purposes this can also include ‘special categories’ of data, which is information about a person’s race or ethnic origin, religious, political or other beliefs, physical or mental health, trade union membership or sexual orientation.
See ‘How and why we collect information from you’
Recruitment and HR processes.
Name and address to post a copy or our newsletter and what’s on guide
How we store your data
Your personal data is held in electronic formats.
Electronic data, including emails, is stored on our secure servers which are located in the UK.
How long we keep your data
CSW takes appropriate actions to make sure that the data we hold about you, whether that is on paper or electronically in a computer file or database, is stored securely. We will only hold this data for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it is provided to us. We will dispose of unnecessary personal data using secure deletion methods (electronic) or shredding. We will contact you periodically (at least every 3 years) to confirm that the data we hold about you is accurate and up-to-date and that we may continue to contact you. We will then update our records accordingly.
A copy of our retention schedule is available on request.
Exercising your rights, queries and complaints
For more information on your rights, if you wish to exercise any right or for any queries you may have or if you wish to make a complaint, please contact our Data Protection Officer: Kerry McNally at Carer Support Wiltshire, Independent Living Centre, St Georges Road, Semington, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. BA14 6JQ
Feedback and complaints may also be sent by email to admin@carersinwiltshire.co.uk or by phone or to a member of staff. You can contact us for a copy of our complaints leaflet or download it from our contact us page.
Cookies on our website
Cookies are small files which websites store on your computer and which contain various types of information about your visit to a website. They are not viruses or malicious software but they are generally aimed at providing you with a good experience when browsing a site by, for example, remembering your preferences so that you do not need to reset them every time you visit the website.
Cookies can record information about how you browse the internet. They can therefore be used by websites to advertise goods and services which, based on your browsing history, are similar to goods and services which you have previously searched online. This is why some users reject or delete cookies.
Cookies normally expire after a length of time which can vary from a few minutes to more than a year. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’ which are deleted when you close your internet browser or after a period of inactivity. Others are ‘persistent cookies’ which remain on your computer until their expiration date.
We do not store cookies on your computer without your consent, unless they have the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of communications or they are strictly necessary for providing an online service.
You may restrict or block cookies which are set by any website through your browser settings. Your browser settings also allow you to clear your browsing history and delete cookies. Information about how you can do this can be found on this link https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies. Mobile devices may have their own settings and you need to refer to the manual of the device.
Please note that restricting or disabling cookies may impact the functioning of parts of our website.
Our website uses the following cookies:
Cookie – Universal Analytics (latest version)
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This cookie enables us to estimate our audience size and usage pattern
See weblink below:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
_gat Described by Google as “Used to throttle request rate”(no more information is available about this cookie). Expires in ten (10) minutes. This cookie enables us to limit the number of times information is recorded. See weblink below:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
_gid This is used to distinguish users but has a 24hours expiration time. See weblink below:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
How to manage cookies
Our cookies do not store financial information, or information which is capable of directly identifying you (such as your name or address). Cookies simply allow our website to retrieve this information in order to personalise and improve your experience of our website.
However, if you wish to restrict, block or delete cookies provided by our site – or any other website – you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences, or use the following weblinks:
Microsoft Internet Explorer: Help: http://support.microsoft.com/?ln=en-gb
How to manage Cookies in IE 11:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: Help: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/home?as=u
Cookies: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies?s=manage+cookies&r=0&e=es&as=s
Google Chrome: Help: http://support.google.com/chrome/?hl=en-GB
Manage Cookies: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
Our analytics partner also provides the ability for users to opt-out using the following links:
Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Further information on cookies is available online at: www.aboutcookies.org
Please bear in mind that if you do this, certain personalised features of this website and others cannot be provided to you.
Third Party Cookies
To help improve your experience of our site we use content from other sites to help users and improve usability for example Google Maps for store locators. We also use social sites such as Facebook and Twitter to allow businesses to communicate with their clients along with analytics to help improve user experience. We do not control these social media websites and we suggest you read their cookie policy to see which ones they use and how to manage them.
What their cookies are used for
Google We use Google Maps to show our location.
Googles privacy policy:
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Social Tools: We take advantage of social networks and like to share our content with friends across these networks, such as twitter, you may receive cookies from these websites. We are not in control of these third-party cookies, if you’d like to learn more about them – visit their websites.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=GB&template=terms
ICO, Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR
We have registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and adhere to the following principles:
- access to your information is restricted to our relevant trained staff and volunteers only;
- Where any hard copies are created, the hard copies of your information and confidential documents are kept securely
- All our relevant employees and volunteers have received training in how to handle your information. This includes ensuring they are aware of the importance of handling your information safely and securely, and understanding the procedures in place to ensure this happens
- We will periodically evaluate our database and securely delete any contacts no longer engaged or any information no longer needed by us
- We have measures in place to keep your information safe and secure.
Complaints to the Information Commissioner
You have a right to complain to the ICO about the way in which we process your personal data. You can make a complaint on the ICO’s website https://ico.org.uk/
