Privacy Policy

Introduction

This website is owned and operated by East Devon District Council

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

  • information about your computer and about your visits to and use of our websites (which may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, referral source, entry page, exit page, length of visit, number of page views, route taken through our website, and similar information);
  • information relating to any enquiries/comments you make regarding the Exmouth Masterplan and its proposals (which may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, company name);
  • information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email newsletters (your name, email address and areas of interest); and
  • any other information that you choose to send to us.

Using your personal data

We may use your personal information to:

  • administer the website;
  • improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
  • send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to Exmouth Masterplan (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
  • provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but this information will not be used to identify any individual user); and
  • deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website.

Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.

Disclosures

We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose information about you:

  • to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
  • in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

Site Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10.00).
You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes (by email or otherwise) at any time. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.)

Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet..

Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of those websites.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email, or by post to

East Devon District Council
Council Offices
Station Road
Knowle
Sidmouth
Devon
EX10 8HL

Version date: 12 march 2010

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