Privacy

This privacy & cookies policy sets out how KSCB uses and protects any information that you provide when you use this website. KSCB is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this policy. KSCB may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

This policy also gives information about cookies – what they are, which ones are used on this website, the purposes for which they are used and how you can manage and/or disable them. Please carefully read the following to understand our views and practices regarding cookies and how we use them. See Privacy policy.

Data Protection & Confidentiality

Any information you give us via this website may be added to our database and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

We will never sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to any third parties (excluding those trusted organisations that carry out functions or services on our behalf) unless you give us permission to do so, or we are obliged or permitted by law to disclose it or where it is necessary for the purpose of or in connection with legal proceedings or in order to exercise or defend legal rights.

If you register with us, we may communicate with you through email, notices posted on this website, and other means. All email messages sent to and from KSCB may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and to protect our business.

What are cookies?

Cookies are files containing small amounts of text-only information which are downloaded to your device (your computer, tablet or phone, for example) via your web browser when you visit a website.

Cookies perform lots of different tasks, like allowing you to complete online forms and remembering the browsing preferences you set on a website.

All cookies used on this website are considered ‘privacy neutral’: they cannot be used to identify individuals, and the information they contain is never passed on to third parties. Knowsley Council does not use cookies for marketing or advertising purposes.

The cookies used on this site have been categorised based on definitions given in the ICC UK Cookie Guide as ‘strictly necessary cookies’, ‘performance cookies’ and ‘functionality cookies’.

Strictly Necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential in helping you to navigate the site effectively, and enable services such as online bookings, payments for services and forms you can complete online. These cookies are only used when you request a specific service.

Performance cookies

Performance cookies allow us to analyse how much ‘traffic’ (how many visitors) our site receives. Like many websites, Knowsley Council use a service called Google Analytics to allow us to study data about site use. Google analytics provides us with anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us to understand how visitors use our site, enabling us to improve the structure of the website and constantly improve the services we offer. The software does not allow us to identify individual visitors.

By using this website, you agree that we can place performance cookies on your device.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies allow us to provide user-friendly assistive functions on the site, for example allowing you to alter text size and customise page layout to suit your needs.

By using this website, you agree that we can place functionality cookies on your device.

Cookies from third party sites

In order to provide effective online services, Knowsley Council makes use of popular tools such as Flickr for sharing photos, Youtube for sharing video and Twitter and Facebook for keeping in touch. These sites they may also place cookies on your computer.We use a number of suppliers who may also have cookies set on our website.

While we may have enabled these cookies for data purposes, we do not control the dissemination of information they provide, beyond that used for our own purposes.

You should check the third party websites for more information about these. For more information please see each website’s own privacy policy (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr).

How to control and delete cookies

Knowsley Council will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by the Knowsley Safeguarding Children Board website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings.

Where to find information about controlling cookies

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Alternatively, you may wish to visit About Cookies which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may cause the Knowsley Safeguarding Children Board website to work incorrectly.

If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You’ll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.

You can find out more about how your web browser works by visiting the appropriate link below, or by looking under the ‘help’ menu option in your browser.

For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about how we use cookies or analytics to develop the Knowsley Safeguarding Children Board website please get in touch. Contact us by emailing corporatewebteam@knowsley.gov.uk.