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Privacy Policy
Suffolk County Council respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. Suffolk County Council provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policy and practices and to inform you of the way your information is collected and used.
This Privacy Policy applies to www.greensuffolk.com and data we receive from you via this site or by any other means. Suffolk County Council ensures that any data received will be processed in accordance with the eight principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the policy set out below.
The personal information you provide to us may include name, address, telephone, e-mail address, User IDs and passwords.
Data Collection and Purpose Specification
We collect your personal data to help us understand your needs and interests and provide you with better services. Specifically, we use your information to communicate with you, to update you on our services and better understand who uses our site and why.
Occasionally, we may also use your information to contact you for market research regarding the the ANSWER Project. We will give you the opportunity to opt-out of this communication wherever relevant and practical.
Unless we have your consent, we will ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to other organisations, institutions and authorities outside of the the ANSWER Project unless required for the provision of our services or required by law. We will not sell, rent or lease your personal data to others.
If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, other than for which it was originally supplied, we will ask you first.
Sometimes we may need to give information to our agents and subcontractors for the purpose of providing certain services. In these circumstances we always ensure that the information is safe and secure.
Links to other Websites
The website may contain links to other websites which may be owned and operated by third parties. If you choose to use the services provided by those websites, you may be asked by those sites to provide certain personal information. Suffolk County Council is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites although its name or logo may appear on those websites. Please read the privacy statements of each and every website that you visit.
Disclaimer
This website provides general information only. Nothing on the site amounts to legal or other professional advice. While we make every effort to keep the contents accurate and up to date we are not responsible or liable for any use to which the content is put.
Suffolk County Council is not responsible for the content of external sites which link to this site or are linked from it. The inclusion of links does not imply that we endorse, recommend or approve any material or services on or offered by the linked sites.
Copyright Notice
The copyright in this website belongs to Suffolk County Council or a third party where attributed and all our and their rights are reserved.
Permission is granted for the printing of hard copies for personal use or use within your organisation. You may also download and temporarily store pages for personal use or use within your organisation. Appropriate acknowledgement of the copyright owner is required if material is re-published in any format.
Permission is not granted for permanent storage of pages nor for any other reproduction or distribution.
For further information please contact: mailto:ned.harrison@et.suffolkcc.gov.uk
Accessibility
DDA Compliance
Suffolk County Council is continually striving to exceed customers' expectations - whatever their particular needs. This extends to the way in which the company is complying with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
This website has been designed for DDA compliance at levels 1 and 2.
We are pleased to have fully met the standard to AA and met W3C Guidelines. If you would like to know more about compliance, the Suffolk County Council policy or bring to our attention an improvement you would like to see, please contact us by either email at mailto:ned.harrison@et.suffolkcc.gov.uk. You can read more about our accessibility policies and how to make the site more usable here.
Use of Cookies
This web site uses cookies to deliver the site functionality and help improve the service through anonymous statistics. Depending upon which section of the site you are visiting the cookies are used to;
1 Session cookies
These help us identify where you are on the web site and what the system needs to deliver to your machine. The site runs from a number of servers to ensure it is available to a larger number of site visitors and to overcome technical problems that may take a single machine out of service.
2 Members areas
When you register with the site to use the any members/client only information we use a cookie to signify that you have logged onto the site and are authorised to access the information. By registering for the site you are accepting this and it is necessary for the functionality to be delivered.
3 Site statistics
We typically use Google Analytics to keep track on the number of visits to our site, what region of the world they have come from, page views and anonymous tracking through visitor journeys. This information is used to ensure we have sufficient capacity to manage the number of visits and that the site is structured in the best way for a visitor to quickly find what they need.
If at any stage you wish to stop cookies being placed on your machine you can change the setting in your browser software to block all, some or one at a time. The browser settings will allow you to be asked for each cookie whether you wish to accept it, reject it or block cookies of a specific nature on a specific site. For example you will find the controls for Internet Explorer 9 in the “Internet Options” on the “Privacy” tab.
You can learn more about cookies here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie