Information about our Website

 

This privacy policy only covers the South Newton & Stoford Parish Council website at www.southnewtonpc.org.uk.  Websites linked to and from this site are not covered by this policy.

 

Privacy Compliance

This privacy policy is for this website and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations). This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhered to. Additionally, it will explain the use of cookies or software, and the download of any documents made available to you on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website to help you understand how this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer / device. Please contact us by email if you have any questions.

 

What personal information do we collect?

South Newton & Stoford Parish Council, as the data controller, may collect personal information from visitors to this site.

 

In some areas, we may ask you to register your name, email address, and relevant personal details. We will also collect information from you if you complete any other forms on our site or if you contact us with comments or specific requests. This information is only used for the intended purpose and, if we wish to use it for any other purpose, we will ask you first.

 

Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use. Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you additional information by email. This is done in accordance with the regulations named above.

 

On occasion, South Newton & Stoford Parish Council may pass your details onto third party service providers who are contracted to them in order to deal with your request. These third parties are obliged to keep your details secure and will only use them in order to complete the request.

 

Collecting Information Automatically

We collect web statistics automatically about your visit to our site. This information is used to help us understand how visitors use the site and to regularly improve the site.

 

These statistics do not contain any personal information and cannot be traced back to an individual.

 

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to improve the users experience while visiting the website. As required by legislation, where applicable this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission or to deny the use of /saving of cookies on their computer / device.  

 

Our cookie policy

 

Website Visitor Tracking

This website uses tracking software to better understand how it is being used. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect any personal information from which you can be identified.  We use Google Analytics (GA) to collect statistical data about our visitors and how they use our site so that we can improve the website. The GA cookies collect information in a way that does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.  We collect this information in a way that does not identify you and the data is not shared with anybody else.

 

Downloads

Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications. We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.

 

Contact & Communication With Us

Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use. Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you additional information by email. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in 'The policy' above.

 

External Website Links & Third Parties

Although we only look to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.  We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

 

Policy Changes

By using our site, you agree to accept this privacy policy and are aware that our policy may change with time. Any changes to this policy will appear on this page.