Privacy & Cookies

Introduction

This is the Gosforth Federated Academies website privacy policy. Please read it carefully as you should only submit information to us through this site if you agree we may use it in accordance with this policy.

We collect certain basic information about you when you visit our website. We recognise the importance both of keeping that information secure and of letting you know what we intend to do with it.

We may amend our policy to reflect changes to our business, website or to data protection law or legislation. We therefore ask you revisit this policy on a regular basis to ensure you are familiar with its terms.

This policy only applies to our website; if you follow a link out of our site or leave our site in some other way, this policy will no longer apply.

The policy sets out (1) who we are and describes (2) the information we collect (3) what we do with it (4) how you can find out more.

Who we are

This website is provided by Gosforth Federated Academies, a multi-academy trust. More information about Gosforth Federated Academies may be found by Contacting Us.

For our address details, please see our contact us pages. We are a registered Company in England and Wales 07431423. Our registered address is :

Knighsbridge Great North Road
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 2JH

The information we collect

We collect information from you:

when you complete our on-line forms

by means of ’cookies’ when you use our site, and

in the form of ’traffic data’.

On-line forms

In general, we will collect the information we need to provide you with the service to which the form relates. For example, if you subscribe to e-Newsletters, we will collect your name, email address, your organisation type and job title.

Where we ask for more information to help us improve our services, over and above the basic required information, your response is voluntary and you are free not to provide us with more information if you would prefer not to do so.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer’s hard drive by websites you visit to enable the site to ’remember’ who you are. In general, cookies are only visible to the site that serves them, not to other websites. ‘Serves’ means places on your computer’s hard drive.

<cookies>The Cookies we use

We use the cookies on this website to help you navigate our website efficiently, perform certain functions and to collect site statistics.  These cookies do not store any personal information that would, on its own, allow us to identify individual users of this service without your permission.

The Gosforth Federated Academies use a number of suppliers (3rd Party) who also set cookies this websites on our behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see the information in the tables provided below.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the Gosforth Federated Academies website and could mean that key features do not work properly. We strongly recommend allowing cookies from this website so that we can provide you with a full service.

To help you make an informed decision, we have categorised the cookies used on this site into two categories;

  1. Necessary cookies – these cookies are fundamental to ensure the site works correctly.
  2. Optional cookies – These cookies could help us track how you use the website so that we can improve the information and experience provided to you. They may also provide additional features by 3rd party providers to allow you to socially share content or comment on this website.

The cookies used on this site are explained in the tables below.

Necessary cookies

Provider

Cookie

Expires

Description / Purpose

Gosforth Federated Academies

ASP.NET_SessionId

End of session

This session cookie is used to store anonymous details about the pages visited by you on this website and is required to provide this functionality to you. If you do not allow this cookie this website will not work correctly.

Gosforth Federated Academies

AcceptCookies

Never

This cookie that tells us that you have accepted cookies from this site and allows us to stop showing you the same message each time you visit the site.

Optional cookies

Provider

Description / Purpose

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. We use this Plug-in to allow us to provide a better user experience to you and only use it on the basis that Google adheres to its own Privacy Policy.

 

The Google Privacy policy

http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Add This

These Cookies are used to collect information from visitors to our site. The cookies will gather analytics on how often the webpage is shared. We use Add This to help us market our business using Social Sharing functionality. We use this Plug-in as a convenience for our users and only use it on the basis that Add This adheres to its Privacy Policy.

 

The Add This Privacy Policy

http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy

Share This

These Cookies are used to collect information from visitors to our site. The cookies will gather analytics on how often the webpage is shared. We use Add This to help us market our business using Social Sharing functionality. We use this Plug-in as a convenience for our users and only use it on the basis that Share This adheres to its Privacy Policy.

 

The Share This Privacy Policy

http://sharethis.com/privacy

Disqus

These Cookies are used to collect information from visitors to our site. The cookies will gather analytics on how often the webpage is shared. Personal information may also be used when provided knowingly by you. We use Disqus to help us market our business using Social Sharing functionality. We use this Plug-in as a convenience for our users and only use it on the basis that Discuss adheres to its Privacy Policy.

 

The Disqus Privacy Policy

http://docs.disqus.com/help/30/

 

Facebook

These Cookies are used to collect information from visitors to our site. The cookies will gather analytics on how often the webpage is shared. Personal information may also be used when provided knowingly by you. We use Facebook to help us market our business using Facebooks comments, feeds and Like functionality. We use these Plug-ins as a convenience for our users and only use it on the basis that Facebook adheres to its Privacy Policy.

 

Facebook Privacy Policy

http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

 

Twitter

These Cookies are used to collect information from visitors to our site. The cookies will gather analytics on how often the webpage is shared. We use Twitter to help us market our business using Twitter feeds and allowing you to Follow US or tweet about our content. We use these Plug-ins as a convenience for our users and only use it on the basis that Twitter adheres to its Privacy Policy.

 

Twitter Privacy Policy

https://twitter.com/privacy

 

YouTube videos

These Cookies are used by YouTube follow your preferences and track the usage of content supplied by YouTube. The Cookies collect information in an anonymous form to help you keep your preferences when viewing content and to supply you with tailored relevant search results. If you have a Google account and are logged in this data can be linked to your personal profile.

 

YouTube Privacy Policy

http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/

 

I have <cookieAccept> optional cookies on this website.

<removecookies>How to control and delete cookies

The Gosforth Federated Academies will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you unless you willing provide it. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by this website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org 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 computer as well as more general information about cookies.

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

We do not use ’spyware’, that is web bugs or hidden identifiers or other similar devices to gain access to information, store hidden information or to trace your activities.

Traffic data

We keep a record of traffic data which is logged automatically by the server. This includes your IP address, the website address you visited before ours, the website address you visit after leaving our site and which pages you visit on our site. We do not store or analyse this traffic data in a way that identifies any individual. We also use Google Analytics for site statistics – see 'Cookies’ above for details of how this works.

What we do with your information

How we use it

We use your information to provide you with relevant support, information or other content and services that you request.

We will keep you on our mailing lists until you ask us not to contact you further. See Finding out more below for details of how to opt-out of mailings from us.

We will share your information with other members of the multi-academy trust. These are;

Gosforth Academy

Junior High Academy

North Gosforth Academy

Jesmond Park Academy

Callerton Academy

Great Park Academy

When we share it

We may disclose your information to third parties in certain circumstances.

Suppliers who process information on our behalf, such as our IT service providers. They will have incidental access to your information but will be obliged to act only on our instructions and to keep your information secure.

We may disclose your information to law enforcement or regulatory bodies if required to do so by them.

We may also disclose your information to a third party in the context of actual or threatened legal proceedings or if otherwise required to do so by law.

Your information will not be disclosed to or shared with any third party except as specified above.

How we keep it secure

Only authorised personnel and contractors have access to your information.

We will keep your information secure by taking appropriate technical and organisational measures against its unauthorised or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss, destruction or damage.

Transfers outside Europe

Data protection legislation is harmonised throughout the European Economic Area (EEA), which comprises the EU member states, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Countries outside the EEA do not generally have the same level of protection for personal information as those within the EEA.

Because of the way the Internet works, it is possible that the information you provide to us could be routed via countries outside the EEA. However, this is not considered a ‘transfer’ under data protection legislation and unless you are from outside the EEA, we will not transfer any information we collect from you outside the EEA without your permission or as permitted by law.

Further information about data protection issues including the online Register of Data Controllers can be found at https://ico.org.uk/

Finding out more

You can ask us to stop sending you material at any time by writing to the address on the Contact Us page or by email to admin@ga.newcastle.sch.uk. Please specify what you wish us to do clearly.

Further information about data protection issues including the online Register of Data Controllers can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website.