Kids For Now Privacy Policy
Please read carefully.
The security of your personal information is our priority.
We collect the minimum amount of data possible for us to help achieve our purpose of connecting you with other parents in your school or local community who have also signed-up to Kids For Now.
In order for this to work your name and email address may be shared with the other families who have also signed-up via our website. We only share the information you provided with those families in order to fulfil our aim of connecting you with each other. No other personal information is shared.
We will not share your information with any other third party outside of our organization and your information will not be made public.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We store and process your data in accordance with all applicable UK law (UKGDPR).
Your information is stored securely and is not shared with any third party. We maintain a high standard of digital security and safeguarding to protect your personal information.
Privacy notice
Introduction
The security and privacy of your data is of the utmost importance to us.
This policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, processing, storage and sharing of your personal data.
We collect, store, process and share only the minimum amount of data possible for us to achieve our purpose of connecting you with other parents in your school or local community who have also signed-up to Kids For Now. Only your name and email address will be shared and only with the other parents from your child’s year at their school who have also signed-up to Kids For Now on this site.
Please read this policy carefully and contact us by email if you need further information.
Who we are?
Your data is controlled by Sam Rice at Kids For Now sam.rice@kidsfornow.org.uk
What information do we collect and how is it used?
Your data is collected only through the forms you complete on our website.
In order to achieve our goals we need to collect the names of you and the child(ren) you are signing-up. We collect your email address in order to be able to communicate with you and form connections between you and other parents. We collect your postal code, the name of your child’s school and the school’s postcode and your child’s year at school or their age in order for us to help you to form appropriate local community-based groups.
We may also use your email address to communicate with you directly to provide updates about Kids For Now. Wee may provide an email newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing us at info@kidsfornow.org.uk
What legal basis do we have for processing your personal data?
We process your data on the basis of your consent. Your consent is given when you complete the form on the website. We process your data solely in order to serve our stated aims of connecting you with other parents in your child’s school or local community who have also signed up because they want to delay smartphones for their child.
You can withdraw or manage your consent at any time by emailing info@kidsfornow.org.uk
We need to collect the most basic information about your child (name, school, school year or age) in order to connect you with parents of other children in your child’s year at their school.
When do we share personal data?
Your name and email address will be shared with the other families from your child’s year at their school who have also signed-up on this website. We share your email address by sending a group email to the parents of children in your child’s year at their school when another childs parent sign up.
This is in order to connect you with each other to reduce peer-pressure and help you to support one another. No other personal information is shared.
We treat your personal data with confidentiality.
We will not share your information with any other third party outside of our organization and your information will not be made public.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
Where do we store and process personal data?
Our website is hosted in the US. Data entered on this website is encrypted and stored by Google in the U.S. before being processed by Kids For Now in the UK in accordance with GDPR.
We ensure the highest standard of data security within our organisation. Our database is stored and encrypted securely on our UK premises.
How do we secure personal data?
Your personal data is stored in our database on a storage device. The data does not leave our premises physically or electronically other than for the purposes stated above.
We have appropriate firewalls in place to prevent unauthorised access by a third party.
The original copy of the data submitted on the website remains encrypted with Google and may be used for recovery in case of accident or disaster such as fire.
We restrict the persons who have access to your personal data only to carry out the business of Kids For Now as stated on our site.
How long do we keep your personal data for?
We only keep your personal data for as long as necessary. This will depend on your childs school year or age when you sign up. Once your child reaches the end of the period signed-up for, either primary school or secondary school, we will keep your personal data no longer than reasonably necessary. We may keep your record for up to 18 months as part of our data retention scheme and in case we need to maintain contact with you for any reason.
At the end of this time your data will be completely deleted from all of our systems and from Google.
Your rights in relation to personal data
Under GDPR you have the right to access and control your personal data.
You may contact us to ensure correction or deletion of your data. You may withdraw consent. You may receive a copy of your data.
You may lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
You can exercise these rights by contacting us at info@kidsfornow.org.uk.
We will respond to subject data requests within 1 month by email to provide you with any information we hold about you.
We will need to ask you questions in order to carry out identity verifications in order to provide any personal information.
Use of automated decision-making and profiling
We do not use any automated decision-making processes that might affect you at the time of writing of this policy.
How to contact us?
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, their personal information, or if you wish to file a complaint please contact us by email at info@kidsfornow.org.uk
Linking to other websites / third party content
Any links to other websites and resources from this site do not necessarily infer endorsement.