Who we are

The Catalogue of Social Care Data website is managed by the Care Policy and Evaluation (CPEC) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and was funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR). CPEC is not a legal entity; management of CPEC is led by the LSE and we follow the LSE’s Privacy Policy.

Our website address is: https://cataloguesocialcare.uk.

Feedback/Surveys

When visitors fill out a form on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection and avoid repeat displays of completed forms.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you complete a new feedback survey on our site you will be set a cookie. This is for your convenience so that you are not prompted to complete a survey that you have already taken.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Log files

Continuous logs are kept of requests received by the Website’s web servers as it is accessed. These logs are used to analyse usage of the Website.

Each log entry includes the internet protocol (IP) address of the client used (typically, though not necessarily, the IP address of the personal computer (PC) used), the type of client used (typically, though not necessarily, the type and version of web browser used), the URL of the page (or object) requested, the URL of the previous page (or object) requested (known as the ‘referrer’ and could relate to this Website or another), and the reference number stored in a cookie created by the Website (if one exists).

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Data protection

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Any information you provide to us will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy and for the purpose for which you have provided consent for us to use that information.

We comply with all protections that the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (‘the Act’) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) affords to you.

The main purpose of the Act and GDPR is to contain the possible threat to individuals from the misuse of personal data relating to them held in manual records or on computing equipment. We comply with all requirements of the law on protection of personal data held on computer or in manual records.

Your right to privacy is important to us. The following terms are provided to explain how we collect and use information about you so that you can make an informed choice about using this Website.

Collection and use of personal data

Personal data is not stored nor captured through the Website without the prior knowledge and consent of Users. Where personal information is captured (e.g. through web-based forms for feedback, registration, requests, posting of comments etc), the User will be informed as to what personal information is being collected, who will use it, and for what purpose(s) it will be used.

Any personal data that you give us will be treated with the utmost care and security. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as it is still used for the purpose stated when originally requested.

Should you request that we amend or suppress records containing your personal data, we will endeavour to do so as promptly as practical. However, you may receive communications for a transitional period while we process your records.

The Act and GDPR gives you the right to see the personal information we hold on you. If you would like to request a copy of your personal data or if you have any questions about the our policies, please write to:

Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE

Or email us at cpec-cascid@lse.ac.uk.