Privacy Policy

The Mother Doula is committed to ensuring the best standards of practice in all its activities.

Visitors to The Mother Doula website (www.themotherdoula.com) can be assured that the protection of privacy and confidentiality are given the highest priority. All personal information is collected, held and used in strict compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. If you have any queries regarding your personal information, please email [email protected].

Information Collected

The Mother Doula does not collect any personal information from visitors to its website other than information that is knowingly and voluntarily given. Anonymous information is collected, such as the number of visitors to the website in a given period, but it is purely statistical and cannot be used to identify an individual user. Cookies are not used to collect any other information from visitors to the website (please see our cookie policy). Visitors interested in The Mother Doula can provide contact details via a fill-in form. Visitors cannot be contacted unless such information is given.

Use of Information

The information collected will be used to contact you with further details of The Mother Doula’s current activities or to send details of future initiatives or events. It may also be used for research purposes. We may contact you by email for these purposes. You can inform The Mother Doula at any time if you no longer require such information to be sent, by emailing us at [email protected].

Third Party Disclosure

We will NEVER pass any personal information on to any third party.

Statistical Analysis

We may, from time to time, use third party services such as Google Analytics, to monitor use of our website.

Data Security

The Mother Doula takes appropriate measures to safeguard the information it holds from unauthorised access or improper use. Our database is stored in a secure, password protected location. Only users authorised by The Mother Doula have access to this data.

Integrity of Data

The Mother Doula takes all reasonable measures to ensure that the information it holds is accurate. In particular it uses reliable collection methods and destroys or converts to an anonymous form any out-of-date data. Individuals may request details of all personal

information held by The Mother Doula so as to contest inaccurate or incomplete data, verify the information and have it corrected it as appropriate.

Disclaimer

Whilst we use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information published on this website is accurate, current and complete at the date of publication, no representatives or warranties are made (expressed or implied), as to the accuracy, currency or completeness of such information. We cannot accept responsibility (to the extent permitted by law) for any loss arising directly or indirectly from the use of, or any action taken in reliance on, any information appearing on this website or any other website to which it may be linked. We make no warranty that this website is free from errors, defects or viruses. We reserve the right to change or modify this policy and any changes will be shown here.

Enforcement

Any queries relating to The Mother Doula’s collection or use of personal information should be emailed to Sarah Carter, [email protected].

 

Cookie Policy

When someone visits themotherdoula.com we log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.

If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website (in a form, for example), we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Cookies and the law

You can find more information about cookies and the law on the website of the  Information Commissioner’s Office. 

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.