It is important to note that whilst Compare Care Homes primarily gathers, and freely displays information on care homes in the UK, it does not collect personal information from members of the public visiting the site.
The Data Protection Act gives individuals the right to know what information is held about them. It provides a framework to ensure that personal information is handled properly. For the purposes of this statement “personal data” means information about a living individual who can be identified from that information and other information which is in, or likely to come into, the data controller's possession.
The providers of Compare Care Homes are committed to fully complying with UK data protection law, and have prepared the following information to explain our commitment to protecting the information of care home managers who may wish to submit information to us.
- Who is the data controller?
Comparecarehomes.com is a trading name of Peolsford Ltd. The data controller is Peolsford Ltd, registered in England and Wales under 06915357 with a registered office at 106 Clockmill Road, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 4AJ
- Your rights
We comply with the data protection laws in the United Kingdom and take all reasonable steps to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data.
You are entitled, on payment of the fee of £10, made payable to Peolsford Ltd to see details of the information we hold about you. If any of the information held is inaccurate we will also make any necessary amendments and confirm to you that these have been made.
We reserve the right to amend or modify this privacy policy at any time in response to changes in applicable data protection and privacy legislation.
You are also entitled to ask us to remove personal information from our records and if you wish to do this then please write to the Data Protection Officer. Please provide your full name, address and date of birth when contacting us.
- Use of cookies
A “cookie” identifies your computer to a server that then enables information to be stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies allow a computer to be identified as corresponding to one that has accessed another website or visited a Site previously. Cookies are commonly used on the Internet and do not harm your computer system.
We may, from time to time use and serve cookies, pixel tags or action tags. Any information that is collected via cookies, pixels and action tags is completely anonymous.
We use cookies, pixel tags or action tags for various purposes, including collating anonymous aggregated information that is used to manage and plan enhancements to our services.
We are continually looking to adopt and implement certain practices and technologies in order that we may improve your user experience.
- How we use your information.
We will use your data provide you with information about our services.
It is very important to us that we provide a service that meets the expectations of our customers. In order to assist us in doing this, unless you tell us otherwise, we may use the information you supply to contact you by phone, e-mail, or otherwise to tell you about important changes to your account, or new features of the website. We may also contact you to notify you of offers and promotions that we believe may be of interest to you.