1. Cookies: This site does not place ‘cookies’ (small text files which track usage of websites) on the devices from which it is is accessed.
2. Javascript: Some features of this site will not work without ‘Javascript’ being enabled in the web browser with which is viewed. Javascript code is typically used to embed additional content from third-party sources into web pages when they are displayed (which could include further Javascript code, and can thus represent a security risk); however, all material displayed on this website is stored on its own host server and domain, and does not load content or code from other servers or domains.
3. Logging: In order to be able to access this site, devices have to send it some information, so the site knows where and how to respond.
The site logs each device’s:
– IP address (location on the internet)
– User-agent (eg browser used, what type of device)
– Request method (eg GET or POST)
– Requested URL (eg which site page)
– Request date/time
The logs are analysed daily, semi-automatically, to monitor the site’s operation, and to detect and block access to the site from IP addresses from which inappropriate requests have been made. The logs are deleted on a monthly cycle; the list of blocked IP addresses is kept indefinitely.
4. Contact: If you send a message via the Contact Form or any of our general email addresses, or via our Facebook Page, or make contact by telephone, the details sent or recorded will be passed to Fresh Start Border’s Chairperson and/or other relevant persons within the charity.
The information will be used to reply to you if appropriate, and take any other necessary action. The details sent or recorded will be stored for a period of up to one month, then deleted. Unless permission to do so is required by or implied in your message, your details will not be passed to third parties without your explicit approval being subsequently sought and granted.
The mail server logs (which record message content, and sender and intended recipient email addresses) are analysed daily, to monitor the email system’s operation, and to detect sender addresses from which inappropriate messages have originated. Such messages are deleted immediately, and the sender address and/or domain and any associated ones will be banned from accessing the mail server indefinitely.
5. Software: This site is designed using WordPress, free, open source, software for creating websites, and managing its resources using a ‘content management system’. The basic functionality of Worpress is augmented on this site by carefully chosen trusted ‘plugins’, mostly third-party modules (also free and open source), either maintained or vetted by WordPress.
The basic software and plugins are frequently revised, and this site is regularly updated with the new versions. With open source software, any possible security vulnerabilities are readily discovered by researchers and the WordPress community, made known to the authors, and quickly patched in newer versions, these either notified to server/site administrators and/or automatically updated. This protects the host server or site and its visitors equally from possible security issues leading to privacy breaches.