Data Protection
Communities and Local Government is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of users of its interactive products and services as well as to respecting the Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1998. We do all that we can to protect information about participants and will never pass on individuals’ information to third parties.
This privacy policy applies to this specific online consultation website. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, cover what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit and register, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information.
Information about all visitors
In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to the site and its pages. We only use such data in aggregate form. This collective data helps us determine how much visitors and participants use specific parts of our site, so we can improve its operation and appeal. In addition to helping this site work efficiently and well, the data also helps us in our research to understand the ways in which technology can be used to facilitate interaction between citizens, elected representatives and political institutions.
Information about specific users
This site requires registration to use its functions, such as posting a comment. At registration we specifically ask you for personal information, for the purposes of evaluating this consultation and to ensure the validity of responses. Certain information is mandatory – such as your name, valid email address, screen name, password. We would also appreciate you filling out the rest of the registration form to enable us to conduct a thorough evaluation.
All submitted details are completely confidential and we do not pass on any of your personal information on to any third parties. Communities and Local Government may occasionally contact you about updates to this site or future e-consultations.
Disclosure
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to the site or information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address, to any third parties.
Copyright and neighbouring rights
The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.
The Crown copyright protected material (other than departmental logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study, web-based discussion, or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context.
Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.
The permission to reproduce Crown protected material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party.
For further information on Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements, see the guidance at www.opsi.gov.uk.
The copying and use of the Communities and Local Government logo and other Communities and Local Government-related logos is not permitted without prior approval of Communities and Local Government.
Virus protection
The site operators make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for users to run an anti virus program on all material downloaded from the internet.
Communities and Local Government cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material off the Communities and Local Government website.
Your privacy
Cookies are pieces of data that are often created when you visit a website and are stored in the cookie directory of your own computer.
Cookies are used to store a session ID which allows you to log-in and make comments. No personal information is stored in the Cookie.
Other websites linked from this site are not covered by this privacy policy.
Links to and from other websites
Communities and Local Government is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the external websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Links to external sites should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.
Communities and Local Government encourages users to establish hypertext links to the site. You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on the website. We do not object to you linking directly to our information, but you should obtain permission if you intend to use our logo.
