Privacy Policy (GDPR) for Baby Beat

At Baby Beat, accessible from https://babybeat.org.uk/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Baby Beat and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Log Files

Baby Beat follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Baby Beat uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimise the users’ experience by customising our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Baby Beat, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Baby Beat has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. For more information about how to remove cookies from your device, or how to block individual cookies from being received, please see the instructions and guidance at www.aboutcookies.org.

Third Party Cookies

Name: _utma
Description: The _utma cookie is part of Google analytics, and is primarily used to track visits to any site which uses Google analytics. _utma stores the number of visits made from your device, the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit. This cookie does not contain any personal information other than the IP address of your device. For more information read Google’s privacy policy.
Lifespan: Session

Name: _utmb
Description: The _utmb cookie is part of Google analytics, and is primarily used to track visits to any site which uses Google analytics. _utmb stores the number of visits made from your device, the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit. This cookie does not contain any personal information other than the IP address of your device. For more information read Google’s privacy policy.
Lifespan: Session

Name: _utmc
Description: The _utmc cookie is part of Google analytics and is used to check approximately how long you stay on any site that uses Google analytics: when a visit starts and approximately ends. This cookie does not contain any personal information other than the IP address of your device. For more information read Google’s privacy policy.
Lifespan: Session

Name: _utmt
Description: The _utmv cookie is part of Google analytics. It contains no specific customer data other than the IP address of your device, but is used to record custom variables for segmentation. For more information read Google’s privacy policy.
Lifespan: Session

Name: _utmz
Description: The _utmv cookie is part of Google analytics. It contains no specific customer data other than the IP address of your device, but is used to record Custom variables for segmentation. For more information read Google’s privacy policy.
Lifespan: Session

Third Party Privacy Policies

Baby Beat’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Baby Beat does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Baby Beat. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.

Contact Us

If you have any further policy about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Baby Beat
Sharoe Green Unit
Royal Preston Hospital
Fulwood, Preston
Lancashire
PR2 9HT
01772 524414
babybeatuk@lthtr.nhs.uk

 

Last updated: 01/09/2021