The Data Protection Act 1998
Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We use leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data, and keep strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it. We do not pass on your details to any third party or government department unless you give us permission to do so, or where allowed by law.
You have the right to make a formal request in writing for access to personal information (or "personal data") held about you by our website, to inspect it and to have it corrected if it is wrong. We make a small charge for providing this information (currently £10.00). Please use the contact details on this page to direct your enquiries.
What Information do we collect?
We collect two kinds of information from visitors to our website:
- feedback submitted by you.
- site usage information from log files and web analytics software.
Feedback
You can send us your feedback via e-mail by using the Feedback link shown at the bottom of every page.
Log files and web analytics software
Log files allow us to record your use of the site. Herefordshire Council ICT Services puts together log file information from all our visitors, which we use to make changes to the layout of the site and to the information in it. This is based on the way that you move around our website and the route you used to accessed it.
What happens when I link to another site?
Our website contains links to other websites, both those of the Herefordshire Partnership organisations and of other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to this website, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information.
We do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other site.