Step by Step Fostering Ltd is a registered company number 13672670. Its registered address is 36 Crimea Road Aldershot Hants GU11 1UD. It is also has Ofstead registration number (TBA).
Our website can be found at www.stepbystepfostering.co.uk
We promise to respect any personal data you share with us and keep it safe. We aim to be clear when we collect your data about how it will be used, and not do anything you would not reasonably expect.
To make changes to any of your communication preferences, please do call us on 01252 346114 email us at Elaine.Hill@stepbystep.org.uk or send a letter to: 36 Crimea Road Aldershot Hants GU11 1UD
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
If you send an enquiry or register with us, we will usually collect some or all the below:
We will use your personal data to:
Photographs & Films
It is Step by Step Fostering’s policy that consent must be obtained from the young people or parent/ legal guardian if under 16 years old before any image or footage can be used.
Case Studies
If you chose to share your story and experiences we will request your individual consent, or parent/ legal guardian if under 16, and remove your name to protect your identity.
WHEN WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA ABOUT YOU
You may give us your personal data to enquire about our services, register as a foster carer, send us a communication, or otherwise interact with us or use our website.
Social Media
Depending on your settings or the privacy policies for social media and messaging services like Facebook or Twitter, you might give us permission to access personal data from those accounts or services when you interact with us via these channels.
We also use share tools on our website pages from social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, whereby an individual can share information from our website via social media. Any information shared via these tools is not shown to us, and we do not store any information from them. Please refer to each social network site’s own privacy policies for more information.
DIRECT MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
We will only email you, call you or text you if you have consented to receiving this form of communication from us, in accordance with applicable law and regulation. Postal mailings, you have the option to opt out of receiving post.
DATA SHARING
We will never sell or share personal details to third parties for marketing purposes.
We may need to disclose your personal data upon request to regulatory and government bodies as well as law enforcement agencies or legal advisors and if necessary due to a safeguarding concern. We may also partner with other organisations and in doing so, acquire or transfer personal data, but your personal data would continue to be used for the purposes set out above.
HOW WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA SAFE AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT
We are committed to maintaining confidentiality, and we aim to ensure your personal data is held securely in accordance with the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation and any subsequent legislation.
COMPLAINTS
If you are unhappy with the way in which we have handled your personal data please contact us on 01252 346114, email us at Elaine.Hill@stepbystep.org.uk or send a letter to: 36 Crimea Road Aldershot Hants GU111UD
DATA RETENTION
Step by Step Fostering shall regularly – not less than every 6 months – review the personal data which it holds and remove any data where retention is no longer justified. Such removal shall be made as soon as is reasonably practical, and in any case no longer than 20 working days (of the relevant Data Processor) after retention of the data was identified as no longer justified.
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36 Crimea Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 1UD, UK