St Leonard's Ward Panel Privacy Policies
The St Leonard's Ward Panel is committed to protecting the privacy of its users of its website. The following synopsises our privacy and data protection policy:
- We will not sell your details to any other organisation.
- We will not provide your details to other organisations unless required to in order to comply with demands by legal order by a duly constitituted court of law, or other statutory bodies in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, having demonstrated proper due process.
- Third party partners of the St Leonard's Ward Panel and other websites you may access via stleonardsward.org.uk may have different privacy policies and are not subject to this one. We highly recommend that you read the privacy statement of each such website to find out how they protect your personal information.
Collection and Use of User Details
When you register at stleonardsward.org.uk, we collect personal details about you. Personal information such as your name, address, e-mail address or phone number may be collected via stleonardsward.org.uk’s registration form. When you visit the site, we also collect web site usage information and information about your computer and internet connection, including your computer's IP address, the type and version of browser and operating system you use, your internet domain and, if you arrived here via a link from another website, the URL of the linking page.
We use this information to:
- Improve the quality of our site
- Personalise the content you may see based on your personal characteristics or preferences
- Notify you of relevant information you may have requested
- Notify you of promotions from stleonardsward.org.uk
- Allow reputable third parties to send you information (if you so wish and opt to receiving such information)
- In some cases (notably for panel members) to provide a possible means to access the panel
- Facilitate information flows between site stakeholders
- Ensure,as far as is practical, that our site is accessible and compatible with the browsers and operating systems used by most of our visitors.
We also use the information for in-house research to:
- Improve our understanding of user needs in developing the site/li>
- Build marketing profiles
- Aid strategic development
- Manage our relationship with upstream suppliers
The results of all such research and analysis will be presented as anonymous or aggregated information and will not reveal any personal facts about individuals.
User Choices
The registration form provides you with a series of choices regarding promotional activity and other communication with you. If you want to be kept informed of developments within the area identified and provided to the St Leonard's Ward Panel, then you should tick the relevant opt-in box. We will send you our e-mail newsletter; should you not wish to receive it there is a link included at the bottom of the newsletter that may be used to unsubscribe.
Cookies: A cookie is a small file which is placed on the user's hard drive during a visit to our website. This is not unusual as most websites do this. This file allows the user to move quickly and easily around our site. It is used to identify returning users and to identify subscribers and members of the site (a member - and subscriber - will have the cookie linked to their user login as a way of identifying them). This means that if you are a member and/or subscriber, some forms can be filled in fully, or partially, each time you visit. We also use a cookie to track a user's sessions. We use this information to find out what site features are most popular so that we can improve the site in the light of our analysis of people’s usage. We also use cookies and the information we collect to show you relevant content. You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time. Bear in mind, though, that if you delete these cookies, any settings such as any stored form information will have to be reset by you when you log in again. Unlike many sites, you will be able to use most of our site even if you set your browser not to accept any cookies. Certain features and content will not be available to you until log-in every time you visit.
Further information on the use of cookies can be found at: The Cookie Central Informational Site.
Transfer of Personal Data Overseas: Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way. All data is physically held on the server of our website host in a secure way and is only processed in accordance with the EU rules on data transfer and is accessible only by the hosts and the Ward Panel.
Changes to this statement: Due to changes in legislation and best practice, or enhancements to functionality and content on stleonardsward.org.uk, we may make changes to our privacy policy and will reflect those changes in this statement, so you should check here from time to time.
