Harrogate Borough Council
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Privacy
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 do not use "cookies" for collecting personal information
from the site, other than to see which pages of the website have
been visited and as part of the registrar's copy certificate online
ordering system. This helps us to improve the navigation menus used
in the website, and to make sure that our pages are as up to date
as possible.
A cookie is a small piece of information that is placed on
your computer by a website. They are used to store information
about you so that next time you enter the website it can customise
the web pages for you, these cookies will remain on your hard
disk.