Revised January 2026
By using this website or providing your personal data, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
Who are we?
Company Name: Little Chums Day Nurseries Ltd.
Company Number: 06155138
Registered Office: Court Farm, Usk Road, Pontypool, NP4 0JB
What is this Privacy Policy for?
Little
Chums is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your
privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and
protect any personal information when you use this website.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. It also details the way this website processes, stores and protects your data and information.
As far as is reasonably possible, this
website complies with UK and EU laws and requirements for user privacy. Little Chums is registered with the 'Information Commissioners Office' (ICO) as a handler of personal data. For confirmation of our registration, visit the ICO page here...
Our use of cookies & monitoring
Our use of cookies & monitoring
This
website uses various Google services including, but not limited to,
Blogger, Photos, Calendar and Drive. When viewing this website for the first time, a
grey information banner is presented automatically by Google
at the top of the page and an option to accept or control cookies is given.
Cookies are small text files saved to any users device that track, save and store information about your interactions and usage of the website.
You are advised that if you wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to your device, you should take necessary steps within your web browser security settings to block all cookies from this website.
Data collection via this website
This website *NEVER* asks for or collects any kind of personal details or payment information, such as names, addresses, email addresses, banking, credit/debit card details or similar.
If you encounter any page on this site which requests such information, it should be closed immediately.
Contact, Data Retention & Third Parties
When you contact Little Chums by email using the contact information on the ‘contact us’ page, you do so at your own discretion.
Any personal
information provided by email is kept private and stored securely using password protected systems whose access is limited to authorised managers only.
Any information submitted by email is used only to provide users
with further information about childcare products and services, to communicate any important news and announcements, to send
invoices and/or to assist users in answering any questions or queries that are submitted.
When you engage in contact by email or telephone, data protection cover passes from this
website privacy policy to the Little Chums general ‘Data
Protection, Confidentiality and Privacy Policy’, which is available separately on request.
Your details are NEVER passed on to any third
parties without explicit permission from you and you have the right to request any personably identifiable
information to be deleted at any point.
Information
is kept until a time when it is no longer required or has no use, as
detailed in the
UK Data Protection Act 1998, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK
GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA), the Privacy and Electronic
Communications Regulations (PECR) and the Data Use and Access Act 2025
(DUAA).
External Links
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links to other websites, users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking them.
This website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Little Chums never asks for or discusses personal or sensitive information through social media platforms.
Such discussions should always be through primary
communication channels such as telephone or email.
Users are advised to use social
media platforms wisely and engage on them with due care
and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. When using our social media pages, this privacy policy is no longer valid and the duty of privacy passes to that of the individual social media platforms and their own privacy policies.
ClassDojo App
At Little Chums, we use the ClassDojo App to send photo updates about children to parents.
Should you choose to use this system, you must agree that Little Chums cannot be held responsible for the security of this external online system and cannot be held liable for any issues encountered on personal devices either during installation or use. Parents must direct all data protection and privacy concerns directly to ClassDojo. Information can be found on the ClassDojo site here...
Note, for security purposes we do not store any private information on the ClassDojo system, other than a child’s first name (and surname initial if needed). The devices used to administer this system never leave the Little Chums premises.
Shortened URL Links
Little Chums may occasionally share web links to relevant external web pages or resources. We use a service called 'Bitly' to shorten URL's (web addresses) that we deem overly long. Such links will start with 'bit.ly' and generally be followed by a short section identifying Little Chums and the purpose of the link. For example, 'bit.ly/chumsphotos' links you to our photo gallery page.
Please be aware that, by
default, some social media platforms also shorten lengthy URL's which we may use. Please refer to individual social media platforms privacy statements for information about these.
You are advised to take caution and use good judgement before clicking any shortened URL's. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine URL's are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Further Information
You are advised to take caution and use good judgement before clicking any shortened URL's. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine URL's are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Further Information
You can find out about your data protection and information rights on the website of the Information Commissioner's Office by clicking here...