Who runs Nursery Watch
Nursery Watch is a small, free service that helps families in Wigan find a nursery or childminder place for their baby. It is run by a private individual, who is responsible for your details (the "data controller").
To ask anything about your details, email fcornelll15@gmail.com.
What we keep, and why
- Your first name, to say hello in our emails.
- Your email address, to send you alerts, reminders and the link to your page.
- Your baby's birth month and year, to work out funding dates and which places take babies of that age. Never the day, and never a name.
- Your home postcode, and your work postcode if you give one, to find places near you.
- Your choices: how far you could travel, when you'd like childcare to start, whether to include childminders, whether you'd like the Sunday round-up, and whether you have a 30-hours code and its reconfirmation date.
- Your list: the places you add, where you are with each one, your notes and when to call next.
- A record of the emails we send you, so we never send the same thing twice and keep to a few emails a day.
- When you signed up and agreed to this notice, which version you agreed to, and the invite you used.
We never keep your child's name or full date of birth. Links to your page are kept only in a scrambled form that can't be turned back into the link.
The details of nurseries and childminders come from Ofsted's public register. We never keep or show a childminder's home address.
Why we're allowed to use your details
Only because you agreed to it when you signed up (your consent). You can take that back at any time: use "Stop these emails" in any email, or "Stop and delete" in Settings.
Where your details are kept
On a server in Helsinki, Finland, rented from Hetzner, in the EU. A copy of the backups is also kept on the computer of the person who runs the service, in the UK, so nothing is lost if the server fails.
Who else sees them
- Google: our emails are sent through Gmail, so Google handles your email address and the emails we send you.
- postcodes.io: to find where a postcode is, we send it the postcode only, and nothing else about you.
Nobody else. We never sell or share your details, and there's no advertising, tracking or analytics.
Cookies and logs
We don't use tracking cookies. If you choose Light or Dark in Settings, your browser keeps that choice in a small cookie so pages open in the right colours. It holds nothing else.
The server doesn't keep a log of the pages you visit. To stop the sign-up and link forms being misused, it remembers the internet addresses that use them for about an hour after they last do, in memory only.
How long we keep your details
- While you're signed up.
- If you stop the emails, your details are deleted 30 days later. You can turn emails back on before then.
- "Stop and delete" in Settings deletes everything straight away.
- If you sign up but never confirm your email address, your details are deleted after 7 days.
- We keep backup copies of the service for 14 days, on the server and on that one computer, so deleted details can stay in a backup for up to 14 days.
Your rights
- See what we keep about you: your page shows it, and you can ask us for a copy.
- Correct it: change your details in Settings at any time.
- Delete it: use "Stop and delete" in Settings.
- Take back your consent at any time.
- Complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113. We'd be grateful for the chance to put things right first, so please contact us too.
Changes to this notice
If this notice changes, the version above changes too. Your sign-up records the version you agreed to.