Information which you send to us through our website (either by email or through electronic forms) will be treated as follows:
- We will keep it no longer than we reasonably believe is necessary
- We will use it only for the purpose for which you sent it
- We will gather aggregated statistical information to ensure the website is functioning. You will not be personally identifiable in this data.
Protecting Your Email Address.
You will not receive unsolicited paper or electronic mail from us as a result of using an electronic form unless we explicitly ask for and get your permission.
We will not pass on your e-mail address or any of your personal details to other organisations.
However, please note that if you choose to make your e-mail address publicly available on our website (via our forums, for example), it may be picked up and used by companies who specialize in creating e-mail distribution lists to send you unsolicited e-mail ('spam').
Security
All sensitive personal information that we display and gather (eg, financial and credit card details) will be sent through a secure connection.
All other information will be sent over the Internet. Do not include sensitive personal information by email. It cannot be assumed that this is secure and we cannot accept responsibility for misuse of information intercepted in this way.
Links
This policy applies to Harrogate Borough Council's website. Other websites, linked to from this website, have their own privacy policies.
Cookies
We use cookies on this website.
A cookie is a small piece of text stored on your computer, phone or whatever you use to surf the Internet. Cookies have many uses, but fundamentally they are used to store information about you on your computer.
We encourage you to accept the cookies our website uses as they help us to improve the user experience for you and many others.
To delete cookies or reject cookies
We recommend you allow the cookies we set by this website as they help us provide a better service.
If you do not want to receive cookies from this website, select cookie settings under the privacy settings in your browser options, then add our domain to the list of websites you do not want to accept cookies from.
Under settings you can also delete individual cookies or any cookies that your browser has stored.
If you set your browser to refuse cookies, please be aware that there may be functionality on various websites that does not work.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. This tool uses 'cookies', small text files which are automatically downloaded on your computer to collect anonymous information. This tracks information such as how visitors get to our website, what pages are being viewed and what Internet Browser is being used.