Fair Processing - Internet Use
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 information 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.
