Privacy Policy

GDPR Statement

On 25th May 2018, new EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPRs) come into effect, replacing current data protection regulations. These regulations are intended to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the EU.

Who we are

Pinewood School is a Special Needs secondary school in Ware, Hertfordshire. We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors to our web site. This Privacy Notice explains what data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

Types of Data we collect & Protecting your Data

Contact Form Data

When you complete an online form on our website. The data you enter is then stored in a secure data system, held within the European Economic Area (EEA) and owned by us.

Please be assured that we do not share your personal details with any other company without your consent.

Mailing Lists

If you register for updates or newsletters on our website. We use a third-party provider, Send In Blue, to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see SendInBlue’s Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing our data protection officer Ed Uncle at e.uncle@pinewood.herts.sch.uk

How will we use this information?

We use that information to tell you about what’s going on at Pinewood School and about events and changes that may affect you if you are a parent, carer or student; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information in relation to your web enquiry; to check our records are right and to check every now and then that you’re happy and satisfied. We don’t rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.

Cookies

Like most websites, Pinewood School’s website uses cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smart phones or tablets) as you browse this website. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses our websites. Cookies are essential for the effective operation of our website and to help you shop with us online.

Some cookies collect information about browsing behaviour when you access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and your journey around a website. We do not use cookies to collect or record information on your name, address or other contact details. If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies.

Information Sharing

We do not share information about you with any third party without your consent unless the law, education legislation or our policies allow us to do so.

Google Analytics

When someone visits https://pinewood.herts.sch.uk we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Data Protection Officer

You are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold. Email your request to our data protection officer Ed Uncle at e.uncle@pinewood.herts.sch.uk

Pinewood Schools Privacy Notice was reviewed on 24th June 2021 and will be reviewed and updated as changes become necessary.