Specific Privacy Policies

• Privacy Notice for the people we support (including NHS data opt out)
• Privacy Notice for the people we support - 'Easy Read' version
• Privacy Notice - Contractor
• Privacy Notice - Deputy Attorney Appointee
• Privacy Notice - Landlord
• Privacy Notice - Staff and Potential Staff

Cookies

Protecting your personal information is important to us. We don't use any cookies on our website that contain information which identifies you personally. However, we do use cookies on our website to help make your visit more effective. This policy explains how and why we use cookies.

What cookies are and what information we gather

Cookies are little data files which are sent to your web browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) from a website that you visit. They are stored on your computer's hard drive. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that particular website to recognise your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. We gather basic information like what web pages you have looked at, your browser settings and when you visited our website.

Control your cookies

• Aboutcookies.org
  Full instructions about how to manage your cookies in all the main web browsers.

Cookies in the Aspirations Care website

We use cookies to enable the smooth running of our website, but we do not use the information collected to identity individuals. Most of the cookies that are created when you use our website are called 'session cookies'. These are cookies which expire when you leave the website (they only exist during your visit, also called a 'session').

How we use cookies

When you visit the Aspirations Care website, the web pages you see are downloaded to your web browsing device, along with a cookie. Cookies enable us to do useful things like find out whether you have visited our website before.

Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse information about our visitors, which helps us to provide you with a better service, including content that better meets your needs.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our website. For example, we use Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how customers arrive at our site, browse or use our site and highlight areas where we can improve areas such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Third party cookies

When visiting our website, you may also notice some cookies that are related to content from other websites. When you visit a page with content embedded from another site you may be presented with cookies from these other websites. Aspirations (Bidco) Limited does not control these 'third party' cookies. You should check the other websites for more information about their cookies.

Google site search and Google Analytics

• For more information on cookies set by Google, see: Google privacy policy
• For information on how to opt out of Google Analytics see: Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on

Other information collection and use

What we collect

When users fill in the SOP registration form we collect the following information:

• name
• contact information including email address

Aspirations (Bidco) Limited is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. Only authorised employees of Aspirations (Bidco) Limited will have access to it. We will not sell or disclose it outside the Aspirations (Bidco) Limited unless we have your consent or unless we are required by law to do so.

Aggregate statistical information

Statistical information such as URL (webpage address), type of browser and IP address of site visitors is automatically monitored. This information is collected to analyse trends, track user movement and use, gather broad demographic information and administer the site. This monitoring does not include personally identifying information.