Privacy Policy

Introduction

  1. Our website uses cookies.
  2. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

Credit

  1. This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).

About Cookies

  1. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
  2. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
  3. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
  4. Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.

Cookies that we use

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  1. Authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website;
  2. Status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website;
  3. Security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally; and
  4. Analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services;

Cookies used by our service providers

  1. Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
  2. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

Blocking Cookies

  1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
    1. in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;
    2. in Firefox (version 44) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
    3. in Chrome (version 48), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
  2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
  3. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

Deleting Cookies

You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:

  1. in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);
  2. in Firefox (version 44), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and
  3. in Chrome (version 48), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.

Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.


Our Details

  1. This website is owned and operated by Bitterley Parish Council.
  2. Our registered office is at Bitterley Parish Hall, Bitterley, Ludlow
  3. Our principal place of business is at Bitterley Parish Hall, Bitterley.
  4. You can contact us:
    1. by post, using the postal address given above
    2. using our website contact form
    3. by telephoning the Parish Clerk
    4. by emailing the Parish Clerk