Privacy Policy
Our aims and duty of care
We recognise our duty of care with regards to your data and will always endeavour to do the right thing with the personal data you choose to share with us, including not compromising your anonymity; protecting your privacy; storing your data securely and giving you control over your own data.
Our mission at Privacy Policy
Our aims and duty of care
We recognise our duty of care with regards to your data and will always endeavour to do the right thing with the personal data you choose to share with us, including not compromising your anonymity; protecting your privacy; storing your data securely and giving you control over your own data.
Our mission at Forgotten Mothers UK is to make it a safe forum, be respectful, be able to share opinions, give advice and be supportive. We believe that securing your data, preserving your anonymity, protecting your privacy, and giving you control over your data are an important aspect of that mission.
Data you give us when filling in forms (when joining, for example, or when using the site) helps us show you more relevant things.
Your data
We store the IP address, cookies, approximate location, and any enquiries you’ve made. For registered members we also store the username and email address; discussions you may have with Forgotten Mothers UK site moderators; and a summary of decisions we’ve taken about you if we’ve reviewed your use of Forgotten Mothers UK forum for any reason. Registered members may also have given us more data on sign up.
We store your email address and contact you, and, we store things such as IP address and cookies so that our systems recognise you if you return to Soul of Adoption.
We don’t require your name or address when you view Forgotten Mothers UK content or register with the site, and you can use Forgotten Mothers UK fully without providing it.
We store the following data for all users, whether registered or not:
• IP address, cookies, device ID to identify your web browser and device.
• Page browsing information to enable us to show you more relevant things.
• We do not pass your personal data to Google. Google uses cookies and can learn about your browsing on Forgotten Mothers UK to inform Google ads and other Google services, as explained here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners We store the following information for registered members:
• Username and email address so that you can log in.
• Discussions that take place over email or via Private Messages between you and Forgotten Mothers UK moderators so that we have a record.
• A summary of any actions we may have taken with regard to your use of Forgotten Mothers UK (usually in response to reported posts) so that we have a record and can moderate fairly.
We also store the following optional data for registered members:
• Registration data: facts about you that you choose to provide in the sign-up process, such as your date of birth and gender. We do not share this information with anyone else. Provision of this data is optional; you can skip this stage.
• Private Messages that you choose to send other users.
• Data that you provide when taking part in surveys and polls.
Posting on Forgotten Mothers UK
Of your registration data, only your Forgotten Mothers UK username is displayed on screen for other Forgotten Mothers UK users to see but posts on Forgotten Mothers UK are visible to anyone on the internet. So, when posting, you should bear in mind that any personally identifying details you include in the text or pictures you post could be seen by anyone.
Registered members of Forgotten Mothers UK can start discussions and add comments, pictures and videos to existing discussions within Soul of Adoption forums. This is optional in the sense that it’s up to you whether you post on Forgotten Mothers UK or not; if you do post we always store the contents of those posts. These posts are public, but of your registration data, only your Forgotten Mothers UK username is displayed on the screen.
Forgotten Mothers UK forums are visible to search engines. This means that any personal information users choose to share in their posts on Forgotten Mothers UK can be seen widely. We cannot control who sees these posts.
Your permissions and choices
You can change your registration data and your email preferences on Forgotten Mothers UK at any time on your Profile page.
Your registration data
You can change the information that you provided when you registered, including your email address and Forgotten Mothers UK username, on your Profile page.
If you still wish to post on Forgotten Mothers UK you’ll then need to register a Forgotten Mothers UK username and password via our Registration page.
Your posts
If you’re ever worried that you’ve said too much, hit ‘report’ on one of your posts and explain the problem to our site Moderation team; they will be happy to help if they can. You can request a retrospective name change this means that all your previous posts will appear under a different username.
Your cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. A cookie is a small, temporary file which a web server sends to your web browser to be stored. Cookies allow Forgotten Mothers UK to identify your web browser and device if we see it again.
Cookies do not contain your name or other personal details and there are some benefits to you and Forgotten Mothers UK:
• “Information storage and access” cookies allow you to perform certain functions like logging into Soul of Adoption. Cookies improve your experience of the site.
• “Measurement” cookies allow us to gather information about how many people visit Forgotten Mothers UK, how often, and what they look at while on the site (a process called ‘analytics’). If you visit multiple pages or come back to Forgotten Mothers UK after a break, cookies mean we do not count you as a new visitor.
Data requests
If you’d like you can ask us to provide details of the personal information we hold about you, under the 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To request this information, please email us at admin@forgottenmothersuk.org.uk
How long is your data held
Any personal data you give us, or that we collect when you use Forgotten Mothers UK will be retained by us for as long as it’s needed to perform its function. Registration data is held permanently unless you deregister. There’s no one-size-fits-all time limit, but we regularly review the data we hold to ensure it is still necessary.
Any personal data that you give us will be retained by us for as long as it's needed to perform its function.
There's no one-size-fits-all time limit, for example. Information you give us when you sign up is stored permanently unless you choose to delete it or your Forgotten Mothers UK account is deleted.
Private Messages are stored until you delete them. If your account is deleted your messages will also be deleted.
We regularly review the data held by Forgotten Mothers UK and delete information that is no longer needed. All the data we hold is stored securely and only accessible to authorised staff members, who have regular data training.
Exceptional circumstances - safeguarding and official investigations
If there are obvious safeguarding reasons, or if we are contacted by the police about a possible breach of the law, we may share your personal information with public authorities without your permission. If we are compelled to do so by court order, we will share your personal data to the extent specified in the order.
If there are compelling safeguarding considerations, we may share your data with public authorities without your permission. We understand 'compelling safeguarding considerations' to mean credible evidence of imminent risk of serious harm, especially to a child or vulnerable person.
In such circumstances, on the judgement of a senior person within Soul of Adoption and in consultation with the Data Protection Officer, we may proactively contact relevant authorities (the police or ambulance service, for example) and share any relevant data we have, such as location data, relevant posts, private messages, details of any children who might be at risk, and descriptions of the situation.
If contacted by the police about possible breaches of the law disclosed in posts, we may sometimes on the judgement of a senior person within Forgotten Mothers UK and in consultation with the Data Protection Officer share your personal information with them. We will share your personal information if compelled to do so by court order, for example under Section 5 of the 2013 Defamation Act.
Complying with the law and best practice around data
The way we store and process data is compliant with the UK 1998 Data Protection Act, the 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant pieces of legislation.
The way that we store and process data is compliant with the following legislation:
UK Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA)
EU Data Protection Directive 1995 (DPD)
EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)
ePrivacy Directive 2002 (amended 2009)
If our data is compromised
If our security is breached, our data is compromised or if we fail to comply with the law, we will tell affected users as soon as we become aware of the failure. We will report any data breach to the Information Commissioner and, if appropriate, the police, in a timely fashion.
Used appropriately, we strongly believe using data improves the user experience on Forgotten Mothers UK Data you give us when joining the site can help us to improve the site.
If via human error, or via a breach of our security, we fail to comply with the law, we will let affected users know as soon as we are aware of it. We will report any data breach to the Information Commissioner in the UK and, depending on the circumstances, the Police.
Changes
Our skills or parts of them may change or be updated at any time. Further, this Privacy Policy might change.is to make it a safe forum, be respectful, be able to share opinions, give advice and be supportive. We believe that securing your data, preserving your anonymity, protecting your privacy, and giving you control over your data are an important aspect of that mission.
Data you give us when filling in forms (when joining, for example, or when using the site) helps us show you more relevant things.
Your data
We store the IP address, cookies, approximate location, and any enquiries you’ve made. For registered members we also store the username and email address; discussions you may have with Forgotten Mothers UK site moderators; and a summary of decisions we’ve taken about you if we’ve reviewed your use of Forgotten Mothers UK forum for any reason. Registered members may also have given us more data on sign up.
We store your email address and contact you, and, we store things such as IP address and cookies so that our systems recognise you if you return to Forgotten Mothers UK.
We don’t require your name or address when you view Forgotten Mothers UK content or register with the site, and you can use Forgotten Mothers UK fully without providing it.
We store the following data for all users, whether registered or not:
• IP address, cookies, device ID to identify your web browser and device.
• Page browsing information to enable us to show you more relevant things.
• We do not pass your personal data to Google. Google uses cookies and can learn about your browsing on Forgotten Mothers UK to inform Google ads and other Google services, as explained here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners We store the following information for registered members:
• Username and email address so that you can log in.
• Discussions that take place over email or via Private Messages between you and Forgotten Mothers UK moderators so that we have a record.
• A summary of any actions we may have taken with regard to your use of Forgotten Mothers UK (usually in response to reported posts) so that we have a record and can moderate fairly.
We also store the following optional data for registered members:
• Registration data: facts about you that you choose to provide in the sign-up process, such as your date of birth and gender. We do not share this information with anyone else. Provision of this data is optional; you can skip this stage.
• Private Messages that you choose to send other users.
• Data that you provide when taking part in surveys and polls.
Posting on Forgotten Mothers UK
Of your registration data, only your Forgotten Mothers UK username is displayed on screen for other Forgotten Mothers UK users to see but posts on Forgotten Mothers UK are visible to anyone on the internet. So, when posting, you should bear in mind that any personally identifying details you include in the text or pictures you post could be seen by anyone.
Registered members of Forgotten Mothers UK can start discussions and add comments, pictures and videos to existing discussions within Forgotten Mothers UK forums. This is optional in the sense that it’s up to you whether you post on Forgotten Mothers UK or not; if you do post we always store the contents of those posts. These posts are public, but of your registration data, only your Forgotten Mothers UK username is displayed on the screen.
Forgotten Mothers UK forums are visible to search engines. This means that any personal information users choose to share in their posts on Forgotten Mothers UK can be seen widely. We cannot control who sees these posts.
Your permissions and choices
You can change your registration data and your email preferences on Forgotten Mothers UK at any time on your Profile page.
Your registration data
You can change the information that you provided when you registered, including your email address and Forgotten Mothers UK username, on your Profile page.
If you still wish to post on Forgotten Mothers UK you’ll then need to register a Forgotten Mothers UK username and password via our Registration page.
Your posts
If you’re ever worried that you’ve said too much, hit ‘report’ on one of your posts and explain the problem to our site Moderation team; they will be happy to help if they can. You can request a retrospective name change this means that all your previous posts will appear under a different username.
Your cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. A cookie is a small, temporary file which a web server sends to your web browser to be stored. Cookies allow Forgotten Mothers UK to identify your web browser and device if we see it again.
Cookies do not contain your name or other personal details and there are some benefits to you and Forgotten Mothers UK:
• “Information storage and access” cookies allow you to perform certain functions like logging into Forgotten Mothers UK. Cookies improve your experience of the site.
• “Measurement” cookies allow us to gather information about how many people visit Forgotten Mothers UK, how often, and what they look at while on the site (a process called ‘analytics’). If you visit multiple pages or come back to Forgotten Mothers UK after a break, cookies mean we do not count you as a new visitor.
Data requests
If you’d like you can ask us to provide details of the personal information we hold about you, under the 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To request this information, please email us at admin@forgottenmothersuk.org.uk
How long is your data held
Any personal data you give us, or that we collect when you use Forgotten Mothers UK will be retained by us for as long as it’s needed to perform its function. Registration data is held permanently unless you deregister. There’s no one-size-fits-all time limit, but we regularly review the data we hold to ensure it is still necessary.
Any personal data that you give us will be retained by us for as long as it's needed to perform its function.
There's no one-size-fits-all time limit, for example. Information you give us when you sign up is stored permanently unless you choose to delete it or your Forgotten Mothers UK account is deleted.
Private Messages are stored until you delete them. If your account is deleted your messages will also be deleted.
We regularly review the data held by Forgotten Mothers UK and delete information that is no longer needed. All the data we hold is stored securely and only accessible to authorised staff members, who have regular data training.
Exceptional circumstances - safeguarding and official investigations
If there are obvious safeguarding reasons, or if we are contacted by the police about a possible breach of the law, we may share your personal information with public authorities without your permission. If we are compelled to do so by court order, we will share your personal data to the extent specified in the order.
If there are compelling safeguarding considerations, we may share your data with public authorities without your permission. We understand 'compelling safeguarding considerations' to mean credible evidence of imminent risk of serious harm, especially to a child or vulnerable person.
In such circumstances, on the judgement of a senior person within Forgotten Mothers UK and in consultation with the Data Protection Officer, we may proactively contact relevant authorities (the police or ambulance service, for example) and share any relevant data we have, such as location data, relevant posts, private messages, details of any children who might be at risk, and descriptions of the situation.
If contacted by the police about possible breaches of the law disclosed in posts, we may sometimes on the judgement of a senior person within Forgotten Mothers UK and in consultation with the Data Protection Officer share your personal information with them. We will share your personal information if compelled to do so by court order, for example under Section 5 of the 2013 Defamation Act.
Complying with the law and best practice around data
The way we store and process data is compliant with the UK 1998 Data Protection Act, the 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant pieces of legislation.
The way that we store and process data is compliant with the following legislation:
UK Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA)
EU Data Protection Directive 1995 (DPD)
EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)
ePrivacy Directive 2002 (amended 2009)
If our data is compromised
If our security is breached, our data is compromised or if we fail to comply with the law, we will tell affected users as soon as we become aware of the failure. We will report any data breach to the Information Commissioner and, if appropriate, the police, in a timely fashion.
Used appropriately, we strongly believe using data improves the user experience on Forgotten Mothers UK. Data you give us when joining the site can help us to improve the site.
If via human error, or via a breach of our security, we fail to comply with the law, we will let affected users know as soon as we are aware of it. We will report any data breach to the Information Commissioner in the UK and, depending on the circumstances, the Police.
Changes
Our skills or parts of them may change or be updated at any time. Further, this Privacy Policy might change.
