North Yorkshire Care Leavers App

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy relates to the ‘Linking Lives’ app developed by This is Focus Ltd on behalf of North Yorkshire Council. North Yorkshire Council is the Data Controller responsible for your information when using this platform. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which we use your personal information, and relates only to data collected via this platform and no other website or software.

During use of the app or website we may collect:

• Information about what device and operating system you are using to access the app. This helps monitor popular usage and diagnose any faults or crashes.
• Information about what content is being visited, how long sessions last, how many screens are visited per session. This is useful for analysing the performance of the app, making improvements to it, and our service to you.
• Where location sharing has been enabled, we may collect and use data about your location. This helps us display relevant information about your local area, including location maps.

This data is used in aggregate form for general analysis and is not used to identify any users individually and not for marketing purposes.

Third Parties

The following third parties will have access to data collected during each session where the app is used:

• Google Analytics
• Google Maps

By using our app you provide us with consent for making this data available to these third parties.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about how we process the personal information we hold about you then please get in touch with us via the details on the Contact Us page.