Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Policy 

To create and maintain a website, in line with Ofsted guidance, that is a source of useful information for pupils, parents and carers and professionals alike. This policy is in two sections. Section One outlines technical and content based information. Section Two refers to visitors of the website and the website disclaimer. 

Section One

Purpose of the website

Cascade recognises the importance of having a website, not only to showcase resident’s and pupil’s success and achievement, but also to be a source of information for professionals, parents and carers. The main purpose of the website is to:

• Provide information to prospective parents and professionals

• To provide information to the wider community

• To contribute to and celebrate success and community spirit

Website Structure

The school website can be found at www.cascade-care.com. The site is hosted by square space and updated by Pace Communications. There is only one way to access the website and that is though the publicly available link (www.cascade-care.com). Content for the website is written by the website coordinator Simone Garland and approved by one person from the Advisory Board, Sonnie Rozenbroek, before being updated on the website. The website coordinator Simone Garland is in charge of ensuring content is appropriate, relevant and meets statutory duties for a school website. 

Safeguarding

The safety of the residents and pupils, and any person who may appear or be referred to on the website is of paramount importance. Cascade will take measures to ensure no resident or pupil can be contacted as a direct result of being published on the website. For more information regarding safeguarding at Cascade, please refer to the safeguarding policy.

Pictures and content

Permission will be obtained from a parent or legal guardian before any resident’s or pupil’s image is used.

Only first names of residents and students will be used. Personal information about residents, pupils or staff will not be shared on the website. Any links to external websites will be thoroughly checked being used on any material on the website. External links will be checked for the suitability of their content for the intended audience. All written content will be checked by the website coordinator Simone Garland to ensure it is suitable for the intended audience. Content will be checked to ensure that as far as possible, no copyright or intellectual property rights are infringed.

Privacy

All adults connected to Cascade (staff, visitors, family) have the right to refuse permission to have their image published on the website. Parents and legal guardians have the right to refuse permission of their child's progress, image or video to be published on the website.

Monitoring

Content will be approved by one or more members of the advisory board. The website coordinator Simone Garland will check material before it is uploaded or published to ensure it  is suitable for its intended audience and within copyright laws (as far as possible). Any persons named on a web page can ask for their details to be removed. New pages will be tested for errors. Webpages will be regularly reviewed for their accuracy, relevance and suitability and updated as required. This review will be at least termly. It will be the responsibility of the website coordinator Simone Garland to carry this out.

Maintenance and editing

The general maintenance and upkeep of the website is outsourced to Pace Communications Any new content or revised content will first be approved by at least one member of the advisory board before Pace Communications carries out any changes or updates. The website coordinator will ensure that this happens.

Section Two: Privacy for website users. What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

• Information about your visit and use of the website

• Information about any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website

Information about website visits

We may collect information about your visit to the website such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views. We may use this information to improve the websites usability and for marketing purposes. We use cookies on the website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to and stored by a web browser. This enables the server to keep a track of your visits and activity on the website. We may use cookies to identify users patterns to improve the  website and your experience using the website. We may also use that information to recognise your computer when you visit the website, and to personalise the website for you.  Most browsers allow you to accept or refuse cookies however refusing cookies might have an impact on the usability of the website.

How we use your personal data

Personal data submitted to the website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or unless otherwise stated on the website. In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy we may your personal information to:

•           Improve your browser experience by personalising the website.

•           Provide other organisations with statistical information about our users. This information will not be used to identify any user

Other disclosures

In addition to disclosure necessary for the purpose of this policy, we may disclose information about you:

 •          Where we are required to do so by law

•           In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings

•           In order to establish, exercise or defend our league rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk)

•           Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your information to third parties

Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable precautions to protect and prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure to a degree and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.  

Website Disclaimer

This disclaimer governs your use of the website, by using our website you accept the disclaimer in full. If you disagree with any part of the disclaimer, do not use our website.

Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, we own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all our intellectual property rights are reserved.

License to use the website

You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website, provided that:

•           You must NOT republish material from this website (including republication on another website), or reproduce or store material form this website in any public or private electronic retrieval system

•           You must NOT reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit or otherwise exploit our website or material on our website for any purpose, without our express written consent

Limitation of liability 

The information on this website is provided free-of-charge, and you acknowledge that it would be unreasonable to hold us liable in respect of this website and the information on it. Whilst we shall endeavour to ensure that the information provided is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy. Although we will endeavour to ensure it is regularly updated, we do not commit to ensuring the website remains available or that the material is kept up to date. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill). Our liability is limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. We will not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage arising under this disclaimer or in connection with the website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise - including, without limitation, any loss of profit, contracts, business, goodwill, reputation, data, income, revenue or anticipated savings. However, nothing in this disclaimer shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Revision to disclaimer

We may revise this disclaimer from time to time. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

Entire agreement 

This disclaimer constitutes the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of the website, and supersedes all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

Law and jurisdiction

This notice will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

Policy monitoring and reporting

This policy will be reviewed every year by the website coordinator at Cascade.