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What it covers
This policy covers the treatment of personally identifiable
information that Ringwood Town Council and the web
team, TLC Online collects when you are on the Ringwood
Town Council domain.
What it covers
This policy covers the treatment of personally identifiable
information that Hythe Online and the web team, TLC
Online collects when you are on the Hythe Online domain http://www.ringwood.gov.uk and http://www.ringwoodtc.org.uk Links
within these domains to other web sites are not covered
by this policy.
Information collection
You can visit this site and use the services without
telling us who you are or giving us any personally
identifiable information.
We do not use cookies for
the general running of the site. Cookies may be used
on some 'interactive' pages to provide additional functionality,
such as the TV
Guide or when it is totally necessary to maintain
a unique 'id.' on your browser whilst you use those
pages. Where cookies are used their purpose will be
made clear.
It is only when you complete a form that requests personal
information or email Ringwood Town Council via the
web team TLC Online that you can be identified. When
completing forms you may be asked for a variety of
personal information such as name, address, postcode
etc.
Ringwood Town Council automatically receives and records
information on server logs from your browser.
The Webteam only monitors the IP addresses
of visitors to assess which pages are the most popular.
These IP addresses are not linked to any personal data
so all visitors to our site remain anonymous at all
times.
Information use
Where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal
details, the personal data you give Ringwood Town Council
and the web team TLC Online will be used exclusively
for providing you with the information you have requested
from us only.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Ringwood Town Council and the web team TLC Online will
not sell or rent your personally identifiable information
to anyone this includes any employees of Ringwood Town
Council or any other company or organisation.
Ringwood Town Council and the web team TLC Online will
only send personally identifiable information about
you to other organisations when we have your consent.
This is only necessary when we need to share your information
in order to provide the information you have requested.
We also use the information in response to subpoenas,
court orders or other legal process.
Policy changes:
By using our site you agree to accept this privacy
policy and are aware that our policy may change with
time. Any changes to this policy will appear on this
web page.
Summary of terms:-
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software
application. The most popular ones are Firefox, Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer with being
the Windows operating system, Apple Macintosh has its
own browser software called Safari.
Cookie
A message given to a webbrowser by a web
server. The message is then stored by the browser
in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser
requests a page from the server, this message is sent
back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users
and personalise their visit by customising web pages
for them for example by welcoming them by name next
time they visit the same site. A site using cookies
will usually invite you to provide personal information
such as your name, e-mail address and interests.
IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the
technical standard which allows data to be transmitted
between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get
from one host to another and that the messages are
understood.
IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one,
for example it may look something like this 123.145.67.8
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.
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