- Introduction
1.1 Our website uses cookies.
1.2 We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.
- Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).
- About cookies
3.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
3.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
3.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
3.4 Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
- Our cookies
4.1 We use only session cookies on our website.
- Analytics cookies
5.1 We use [Google Analytics] to analyse the use of our website.
5.2 Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.
5.3 The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: [_ga, _gat, __utma, __utmt, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz and __utmv].
5.4 The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.Our analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available at: [http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/]
- Mailchimp Newsletter Subscription
6.1 Personal information we collect about you
● Email address
6.2 Where we get your information from
This information is collated via an e-form which you will be required to complete to subscribe to the e-newsletter.
The lawful basis for processing your information
LHPC’s lawful basis for processing your personal information Under Article 6 of GDPR is:
● Based on obtaining your consent to use your data in issuing the council’s e-newsletter.
6.3 How we will use the information about you?
Your email address will only be used by Littleton and Harestock Parish Council to keep you informed and up to date with Parish Council news and information as part of the e-newsletter to which you subscribe. While your email address remains within the database you will receive regular newsletter-style emails.
We use a service called MailChimp which provides us with email marketing services. If you choose to add your name to any of our email newsletters your email address will be forwarded to MailChimp, which is a third party data processor. Your email address will be stored on MailChimp’s servers located in the United States of America. Mailchimp is authorised to hold personal data from the United Kingdom as it is certified to the EU-US Privacy Shield regime. You can view MailChimp’s privacy policy at this link here.
6.4 Data Retention
Your email address will remain within MailChimp’s database for as long as we continue to use MailChimp’s services or until you specifically ask to be removed from the list.
6.5 Unsubscribe
You can remove yourself from the list by the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email newsletter, or you can email our Parish Clerk at littleton.harestockpc@btconnect.com to ask to be removed from the list. Please send your removal request using the email account that is subscribed to the mailing list.
Alternatively, you can visit or contact the Parish Clerk at:
Littleton & Harestock Parish Council,
Parish Office,
The Hall Way,
Littleton
SO22 6QL
Office hours are:- Monday to Friday 9:00-12:30
- Blocking cookies
7.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
(a) in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;
(b) in Firefox (version 44) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
(c) in Chrome (version 48), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
7.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
7.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
- Deleting cookies
8.1 You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
(a) in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);
(b) in Firefox (version 44), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and
(c) in Chrome (version 48), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.
8.2 Deleting cookies may have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
- Our Details
9.1 This website is owned and operated by Littleton and Harestock Parish Council.
9.2 You can contact us:
Littleton & Harestock Parish Council,
Parish Office,
The Hall Way,
Littleton
SO22 6QL
or you can email our Parish Clerk at littleton.harestockpc@btconnect.com
You can read our Data Protection policy here, last updated February 2018.