Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Sparks Fostering
Social Work Enterprise Ltd, trading as Sparks Fostering, is the controller of the personal data described in this policy. Contact: [email protected].
This document is the cookie notice referred to in the agency’s privacy notice. The privacy notice explains how personal data is used across Sparks Fostering’s work as a whole, and sets out the rights available in relation to it.
The cookies used
The strictly necessary cookies are set on every visit and cannot be switched off. The rest are set only where consent is given, relying on Article 6(1)(a) of the UK GDPR. All are HTTP cookies, and all process personal data in the form of pseudonymous identifiers and, in some cases, IP addresses.
Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration | Consent |
[unique identifier]_cf, cf_[unique identifier] | Cloudflare | Website security, including protection against attack and abusive traffic | 24 hours | Not required |
moove_gdpr_popup | Sparks Fostering | Records the cookie choices made in the consent panel so they can be applied on later visits | 12 months | Not required |
_ga, _ga_WMTTW849L0 | Google Ireland Limited | Google Analytics. Counts visitors and sessions and records which pages are visited. | 400 days | Analytics |
CLID, _cl | Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd | Microsoft Clarity. Records how pages are used, including clicks, scrolling and session recordings, to inform website design. Session recordings are kept for 30 days. | 365 days | Analytics |
_gcl_au | Google Ireland Limited | Google Ads conversion linker. Records responses to Google adverts and shares conversion information with Google Ads. | 90 days | Marketing |
gtag, google_tag_manager | Google Tag Manager. Loads the analytics and advertising tags listed above, and is used only where consent has been given for at least one of those purposes. | 365 days | Analytics or marketing |
Consent, and how to change it
A banner appears on the first visit. Nothing beyond the strictly necessary cookies is set unless consent is given.
Choices are recorded for 12 months, after which the banner appears again. Consent can be withdrawn at any time by deleting this website’s cookies in the browser settings, in which case the banner appears again on the next visit. Withdrawing consent does not affect anything done beforehand.
Information sent outside the UK
The suppliers listed above process personal data in Ireland and in the United States. The agency’s privacy notice sets out the transfer mechanisms relied on.
Complaints
Complaints about the use of cookies on this website can be made to the Data Protection Lead by email to [email protected]. There is a legal right to complain to the agency under section 164A of the Data Protection Act 2018, and the agency’s privacy notice explains how a complaint is handled.