Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 23rd April 2018.
The information below covers our policies regarding:
- Our Privacy Policy as regards information we may capture from your input
- Use of Cookies on this site.
Privacy Policy
How we use your information
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when we collect personal information. It applies to information we collect about:
- visitors to our websites;
- people who use any services which may be provided from time to time on the website
- visitors who may contact us via the website.
Visitors to our websites
When someone visits www.gohadrianswall.org.uk/ we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website except where you request services from us. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
People who call us
When you call us we may collect some details about you such as an email address to enable us to send out information to you electronically. We do not share this information with third parties.
People who provide us with an email (either via phone or via the site contact form)
We send out occassional notifications or emails. We only do this to those who have explicitly requested us to do so or have signed up by virtue of making contact with us.
We have to hold the details of the people who have requested our services in order to provide them. However, we only use these details to provide the service the person has requested and for other closely related purposes.
Disclosure of personal information
In all circumstances we will not disclose personal data we hold about you without your consent. Such disclosure will only be used for the purposes intended.
Links to other websites
This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
How to contact us
Individuals are welcome to contact us to obtain details of the information that is held about them.
Requests for information about our privacy policy can be emailed to us or:
- by post: Address: Parish Clerk, Four Wynds, Longbyre, Greenhead, Brampton, Northumberland, CA8 7HN or
- by phone: +44 (0)1697 747972
Use of Cookies by 'GoHadriansWall'
The information below covers our policies regarding Cookies on this site.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies are just harmless files. Cookies cannot look into information stored on your hard-drive. It is technically impossible for cookies to read personal information. Cookies can only store data that is provided by the server or generated by an explicit user action.
Can cookies be used to run programs and deliver viruses on your PC? No. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or to deliver viruses to your computer.
You may delete cookies or prevent them being created and it should not impact your use of this site but may impact usability - for instance you may need to reset the font size for each page if you wish to view the site in a bigger font size.
We only use one type of cookie on this site. We use a persistent cookie which will outlast user sessions. If a persistent cookie has its Max-Age set to 1 year, then, within the year, the initial value set in that cookie would be sent back to the server every time the user visited the server. This could be used to record a piece of information such as how the user views this website (font size and contrast themes for example). These type of User Interface Customisation Cookies are exempt from consent according to the EU advisory body on data protection- WP29.
The table below describes this sites use of cookies and their type. Where cookies are persistent the duration of that cookie is provided.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Purpose | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Session | Lasts until the Browser window closes | Records the session id and is set by the Content Management System to ensure all accesses on all pages are from the same user. Partly used for security therefore. Also once you have logged on with a username and password (if you have such an account), you don’t have to do it for every Web page you request from our site. | Unless the Content Management System is changed (and it may not) this cookie is regarded as essential. |
| DGstyle | Persistent but may be set to Session | 1 year | User Interface Customisation Cookie. If in use this holds whether the user is using the default styling or the contrast high visibility styling. Values DGdefault and DGcontrast only. User changeable via the functionality provided at the top right of the page. | Prevents the user being asked every time they use this website or a different page within the website. |
| DGfs | Persistent but may be set to Session | 1 year | User Interface Customisation Cookie. If in use this holds the site's default font sizing to be used for each page. User changeable via the functionality provided (Bigger, Reset, Smaller) at the top right of the page. | Prevents the user being asked every time they use this website or a different page within the website. |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
