Privacy Statement
If you are a member of the public and decide to access
the Council’s website, please be assured that we do not
capture and/or store any personal information about you
but merely log your internet enabler’s IP address
because this is automatically recognized by the
Council’s web server. IP addresses are not linked to any
personal data, so unless you are formally contacting us
by email or completing an on-line form you will retain
your anonymity.
When you email us or complete one of our on-line forms
we will record your email address and any other
information you provide voluntarily to us. Your data is
treated confidentially and will be used only for the
purpose or purposes for which you have provided it.
Furthermore, unless the Council are required to disclose
it by law or are permitted to do so, your data will not
be passed to any third parties or shared with other
departments for the Council for any other purposes
unless you have indicated or have previously indicated
that you have no objection to us doing so. However,
please be aware that if you post offensive,
inappropriate or objectionable content information on
the Council’s website we may use your personal in
formation to stop such behaviour continuing. If we
reasonably believe that you are or may be in breach of
the law, we may use your personal information to inform
relevant third parties about your behaviour and the
content you have posted. If you are 16 or under you will
need to get your parent’s or guardian’s consent before
providing personal information to us.
Any personal information you provide will be retained by
the Council only for as long as it is reasonably
necessary for the relevant purpose for which you
provided it or for as long as is necessary and
reasonable in the circumstances and also to enable the
Council fulfil any statutory or regulatory requirements.
Please see below the Council policy on cookies.
This statement may be updated from time to time.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that some websites send to
the hard drive of your computer every time you visit
them. The file often contains a unique identifier and
can contain information such as your internet provider’s
IP address. These websites store the sites and the pages
you have visited and may track the patterns you adopt
when accessing such sites. However, theses cookies can
only contain personal information which you have
provided about yourself. The Council’s own Web Tracking
service uses cookies to determine how useful our website
is to our users. Our cookies do not collect personal
information. You can adjust your computer to accept all
or some or alternatively, not to accept any cookies at
all. However, by disabling or even partially disabling
cookies you may restrict or even preclude the Council
being able to contact and assist you in certain
circumstances. |