Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This Policy describes the terms and conditions under which the Council will process any personal data that it obtains through the operation of this site.

We do not generally store or capture personal information during the routine operation of this web site, although the Internet Service Provider logs the user's IP address, which is automatically recognised by the Web server.

We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and we will not collect any information about you except that specifically identified in the notes below.

This privacy policy only covers the North Somerset Governor Forum website, links within this site to other web sites are not covered by this policy.

Notes

There are specific examples where visitors to www.nsgovforum.org may submit information via forms and in so doing they are deemed to have consented to the collection, processing and storage of that information. These forms are only used for processing requests for information.

Information submitted will be stored by the webmaster as an e-mail message and used to process the request, it will be retained for a reasonable period. Where a business transaction is then enacted commercial records registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 may be retained for up to seven years.

Contact information may be transferred to business partners and associates who may have a common interest in the subject material or a potentially relevant product or service.

The processing of information collected via this site is not registered under the Data Protection Act, however the principles of fair processing will be applied and should you have any concern regarding collection, processing, storage or disclosure of information submitted via this web site please do not hesitate to contact webmaster@nsgovforum.org

As any web site is potentially available in many countries it is possible that information submitted to this site will be transmitted via servers and networks that are outside the UK.

In submitting information to this site the act of clicking on the submit button is taken as explicit consent to use of the information as described in this statement.

Since no authentication of visitors is provided on this site we cannot be held responsible for any acts of impersonation and will assume all information submitted is genuine unless there is reason to doubt its authenticity. Should you suspect that a false entry has been made using your identity please advise us and appropriate corrective action will be considered.