First Steps Directory

This privacy policy applies to the website only. Other policies may be applicable to information submitted to the Rose Road Association via other means.The First Steps Directory Website (from here on in referred to as “the website”) collects personally identifiable information for a number of reasons. Furthermore, temporary data may be recorded for the purposes of customising the appearance of the website.

Information about your computer may be recorded by the web-server software. This data is not collected by the Rose Road Association, but is available to us for the purposes of website research and development. Data collected by the web-server software is held by “Altaire Ltd, UK”. The data collected cannot be linked to personally identifiable information, and only contains data supplied by your computer to the web-server, along with the IP address of your computer. This information may include: The web browser you are using to access the site, and the operating system installed on the computer. Reports generated using this information may be held by the Rose Road Association indefinitely.

The website may place cookies on your computer. The cookies placed by the website do not contain any personal data and only allow the website software to identify you and serve a website based on your preferences. Data about your preferences is not transmitted to your computer, and is held on the server for the duration of your session. Cookies placed by the website are session cookies and should not be cached by your web-browser.

Additional data may also be collected by third-parties which provide external content to the website.

Where you choose to supply personal information to the Rose Road Association, (eg via feedback forms) it will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and will not be transferred to third-parties without your explicit consent. The Rose Road Association cannot be held responsible for data intercepted during transmission from your computer to the web-server, or from the web-server to the final destination. If you wish to view information held about you by the Rose Road Association, up-to-date contact details can be found on the website. Data collected by the Rose Road Association may be used to contact you in relation to the context in which the data was submitted (eg confirmation of bookings made online). The data may also be used to contact you with regards to other matters.

Questions and Queries regarding this policy should be directed to the Rose Road Association using contact information available on the website itself.