This Privacy Policy has been established to give a clear explanation of our data processing practices to safeguard you and your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns relating to this policy please email marie.bentley@harlow.gov.uk
Links to Other Sites
www.saferharlow.info links to other sites. Please be aware that Harlow Council is not responsible for privacy practices on other sites. This policy applies solely to information collected by this website.
The Data Protection Act
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we have a legal duty to protect information we collect from you. Our website contains full details of Harlow Council's Data Protection Policy. http://www.harlow.gov.uk/Default.aspx?sID=1&cID=207&ctID=11
Information Collected
You can visit our site without telling us who you are or giving us any personally identifiable information.
Harlow Council does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this web site, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via email, or by using an electronic form, or enquiring about any of our services.
Any personal data provided to Harlow Council will be used exclusively for providing you with the information you have requested. We do not pass any of your personal data to outside organisations and/or individuals, except with your express consent. This is only necessary when we need to share your information in order to provide the information or service requested. We do not collect personal information for commercial purposes.
Harlow Council does not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the web server. We do use 'Session Variables' which function like cookies but better preserves the visitors privacy. Find out more about 'Session Variables'
Harlow Council like any website owner monitors:
The Internet Domain and IP address form which you access the site. These IP addresses are not linked to any personal data so all visitors to our site remain anonymous.
• Which type of Browser and operating system used to access the site.
• The date and time of your visit.
• The pages you visit.
• If clicked on a link to the Safer Harlow Partnership site on another site, the address of that site and any website you visit directly from the Safer Harlow Partnership website.
This privacy policy only covers the Safer Harlow Partnership website. Links within this site to external websites are not covered by this policy.
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator although some people use Opera and Mozilla
Cookie
A text file given to a web browser by a web server. The text file is then stored by the browser on your computer and is called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this file 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 use a protocol called 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 198.184.98.9
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.
Use of Cookies on this site
Data Protection Act Requirements on Cookies and Personal Information
saferharlow.info is fully conformant with the provisions of the Data Protection Act. The Web Server application delivering the site pages to visitors does not use cookies directly.
The application uses 'session variables'. Session information is maintained on the server but only the session ID is sent to the client. This session ID contains no cookie type personal information that infringes either the letter or the spirit of the Data Protection Act. However, as this session ID performs a similar function to cookies in a much more secure way, cookies have to be enabled on the Client's machine.
When saferharlow.info delivers web pages to visitors it does not use cookies which store any personal information or information which could be linked to people on visitor's computers. The "session variables" use cookies which exist on visitor's computer only while the visitor is connected to the site and stores only the session ID - it never uses any data about the visitor and the session ID is erased immediately on disconnect.
The application can use the cookies mechanism and give visitors corresponding privacy warning if required. But if critical, it can switch off all cookies as required by the provisions of the Data Protection Act."
Disclaimer
This website is provided by Harlow District Council for the Safer Harlow Partnership as a service to the people of Harlow and those interested in Harlow. While every care has been taken in the compilation of this information, the Council will not be held responsible for any loss, damage, or inconvenience whatsoever, caused as a result of any inaccuracy or error within these pages. Where we have provided links to other sites, these are provided for information only. Harlow District Council accepts no responsibility or liability for access to other sites or for the material on them.
Copyright
All material on these pages, including without limitation text, logos, icons, photographs and all other artwork, is the copyright material of Harlow District Council, unless otherwise stated. Material provided by any third party, including material obtained through links to other sites is likely to be the copyright material of the author. In such cases permission to copy or otherwise use such material should be sought from the author.
