Privacy Statement
Kennet District Council (‘the Council’) has developed this statement because we want you to feel confident about the privacy and security of your personal information
Your right to privacy is very important to us and we recognise that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to act in a responsible manner. We believe this information should only be used to help us provide you with a better service. That's why we have put a statement in place to protect your personal information.
We will not provide any of your personal information obtained via the website to other companies or individuals unless required to do so by law.
Whenever you provide sensitive information (for example, a credit card number to make a payment), we will ensure all reasonable steps to protect it, such as encrypting your card number. We will also take security measures to protect your personal information in Credit card numbers are used only for payment processing and are not retained for marketing purposes.
The Use of Personal Information
If you register, we will treat you as having consented to our using your personal data in the manner described in this Statement. If you do not register, the personal data we collect from you will be limited to that which you give us in order to enter into any transactions online. The Council will use that data in order to facilitate that transaction and for no other purpose.
Users have an option on our website to provide views and comments about the website, the Council and its services. The information provided by users via this service will be acted upon according to the content of the communication. The Council may contact users in order to reply to the issues raised. This contact will be via email, unless an alternative is specified.
The Council will retain all communications received in order to produce statistical analysis reports on the comments received.
All personal information collected on the website will be used for the purpose of delivering the service for which the information was supplied. In addition, the information may be used to make users of the website aware of new or improved services available from the Council, unless permission is denied by the user. You have the right to
Disclosure of information
The Council complies with and is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 (‘the Act’) and takes all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data.
We will respond promptly to any request to remove photographic images and/or personal data from the website where the person making such a request has a right to do so under the Act.
Right of access to your Kennet District Council information
If you want to know exactly what personal information Kennet District Council holds on you, you can contact Kennet District Council. If it transpires that the information held is inaccurate, we will make the necessary amendments and confirm to you that these have been made. Please write to the following address, enclosing a cheque for the administration fee of £10 made payable to Kennet District Council plc under the terms of the Data Protection Act.
Contact Data Protection Officer, Kennet District Council, Browfort, Bath Road, Devizes, Wilts SN10 2AT
How does the Council protect your data
When you register details with us, make an order or access account details, we use a secure server. Any data you give us is encrypted using a 'Secure Socket Layer' (SSL) session. SSL is an industry standard and is one of the best ways to ensure Internet messages are not intercepted. You should be aware, however, that older browsers cannot use SSL. To be sure, you will need Netscape version 4.05 or Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers, version 4 or above.
Over and above what the Council do to safeguard your privacy and security, there are a number of things you can do to protect yourself from Internet fraud:
Choose a password you can remember but others will not guess, change it regularly, and if you do write it down, keep it somewhere safe and secure.
When you have finished your session on Kennet.gov.uk, make sure that you prevent your details being seen by anyone that you do not wish to see them. So, if you have registered and logged in, remember to log off. Clear any 'cache' so there is no record of any transactions left on screen - both Netscape and Internet Explorer let you do this. We also recommend you then close your browser so any history of the session is cleared. As an extra precaution your session on the payment section of Kennet.gov.uk will terminate if you have not used the site for 10 minutes.
Use of Cookies
We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and we will not collect any information about you except that required for the administration of the web server. A cookie is a small file placed on your computer by a web server to identify a user and personalise their subsequent visits to the site.
Statistical data
The computer which host our website maintain site logs which include the IP details of all machines accessing our pages. We only use such logs to determine website usage and not as a means of identifying or obtaining information about specific users. Any IP information is treated as strictly confidential and is not published or divulged to any third party.
Mapping
The Ordnance Survey mapping included within this web-site is provided by the Council under licence from Ordnance Survey in order to fulfil its public function to make available Council held public domain information. Persons viewing this mapping should contact Ordnance Survey copyright for advice where they wish to licence Ordnance Survey mapping/map data for their own use. The OS website can be found at www.ordsvy.gov.uk
Feedback & Competitions
From time-to-time, our Website requests information from users via feedback forms or contests. Participation in these surveys or competitions is entirely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose any information requested which may include contact information (such as name and address details), and demographic information (such as postcode or age).
Contact information will be used to notify the winners and the award of prizes. Feedback information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the functionality of the Website.
Photographic images
Photographic images of individuals are treated as personal data. Images of crowds in a public area are not. When taking photographs intended for publication on our website or elsewhere, it is our policy to seek the written permission of any individuals who are photographed. To use an image from the website please contact the webmaster@kennet.gov.uk
Third party sites
Third party Internet sites that you can link through to Kennet.gov.uk are not covered by our Privacy and Security statement, so we urge you to be careful when you enter any personal information online. The Council accepts no responsibility or liability for these sites.
Revisions
The Council may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting. You are advised to visit this page from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages on the Council website.