Privacy Policy
How we use your information
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when Just Checking collects personal information. It applies to information we collect about:
- visitors to our websites
- complainants and other individuals in relation to a data protection or freedom of information complaint or enquiry
- people who use our services
- people who notify under the Data Protection Act
Visitors to our websites
When someone visits www.justchecking.com we collect standard internet 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 (www.justchecking.com). 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, 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.
Use of cookies by Just Checking
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
More information |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
| Just Checking site cookie acceptance | civicAllowCookies | This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on the Just Checking website. | |
| Civic cookie control record | civicShowCookieIcon | This cookie is used to record a users preference of showing the cookie control icon. | |
| Just Checking session management | PHPSESSID | This cookie is essential for the web application to operate. It is set only for those people who successfully login and keeps a users login details active through every page navigation. This enables us to keep a user logged in | |
| Just Checking returning user cookie | LOGUID | This cookie is set by our website to help users auto-fill their username when re-visiting the site after a successful login. | |
| Just Checking visitor insights | wassup wassup_screen_res |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | View the wassup website for more information |
| Linkedin.com | bcookie
X-LI-DDC X-LI-IDC |
Used only as part of our social media plugins. | View linkedIn’s privacy page |
| Twitter.com | pid | Used only as part of our social media plugins. | View Twitter’s privacy page |
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 www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
YouTube cookies
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
People who call our helpline
When you call the Just Checking helpline we collect Calling Line Identification (CLI) information. We use this information to help improve its efficiency and effectiveness.
Our helpline also offers an out of hours service for customers and when no-one is available at the helpdesk, this is provided by a third party company. The company that provides this service retains information from the calls. This information is also sent to the Just Checking helpline staff to aid in handling, categorising and improving our service levels for calls.
People who make a complaint to us
When we receive a complaint from a person we make up a file containing the details of the complaint. This normally contains the identity of the complainant and any other individuals involved in the complaint.
We will only use the personal information we collect to process the complaint and to check on the level of service we provide.
We usually have to disclose the complainant’s identity to whoever the complaint is about. This is inevitable where, for example, the accuracy of a person’s record is in dispute. If a complainant doesn’t want information identifying him or her to be disclosed, we will try to respect that. However, it may not be possible to handle a complaint on an anonymous basis.
Similarly, where enquiries are submitted to us we will only use the information supplied to us to deal with the enquiry and any subsequent issues and to check on the level of service we provide.
Just Checking tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.
People who use Just Checking services
Just Checking offers various services to the public. For example, we send out publications and electronic notifications. We use a third party to deal with some publication requests, but they are only allowed to use the information to send out the publications.
We have to hold the details of the people who have requested the service in order to provide it. However, we only use these details to provide the service the person has requested and for other closely related purposes. For example, we might use information about people who have requested a publication to carry out a survey to find out if they are happy with the level of service they received.
This privacy notice was drafted with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of Just Checking’s collection and use of personal information. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent to the address below.
Access to personal information
Just Checking tries to be as open as it can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’ under the Data Protection Act 1998. If we do hold information about you we will:
- give you a description of it;
- tell you why we are holding it;
- tell you who it could be disclosed to; and
- let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.
To make a request to Just Checking for any personal information we may hold you need to put the request in writing addressing it to our team, or writing to the address provided below.
If you agree, we will try to deal with your request informally, for example by providing you with the specific information you need over the telephone.
If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes by, once again, contacting the team.
Links to other websites
This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 01 May 2012.
How to contact us
Requests for information about our privacy policy can be sent by writing to:
Information Controller
Just Checking Ltd
The Mill
Brome Hall Lane
Warwickshire
B94 5RB