Privacy Policy
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information stored by the browser on your hard drive when you visit a website and which allow an organisation to recognise the user when he or she next visits. We do not send cookies to any third parties and simply use them to monitor the number of visitors we have and the pages they use. This enables us to ensure a better website experience for you.
Cookies cannot be used to determine the identity of any user. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you object to the use of cookies you may configure your browser so that it will not accept them. If you choose to do this some of the features on this website may not be available to you.
Data Protection & Confidentiality on our database
As an organisation we are bound by Data Protection legislation. We have a duty to make Carers aware of the information that we hold about them, and what we do with it.
Carer Support Wiltshire holds your details on computer; we do not share this information with anyone else without your permission other than from time to time we are required by Wiltshire Council and NHS Wiltshire to provide anonymised statistical information. No individual or personal details are used.
The information held will be:
Should the Carer Support Worker need to speak to another agency on your behalf they will ask your permission to do so; they will not speak to them without your permission.
Vulnerable Adults and Children
We have a duty to protect the interests of vulnerable adults and children. We are therefore obliged to inform the appropriate authorities if we are made aware of anything that compromises the safety of an individual, whether this is a Carer, Cared For Person or Child, in accordance with Wiltshire Council’s No Secrets document and Child Protection legislation.