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 General Policy
Scalby School respects your privacy. The information that you provide
us with, or that is gathered automatically, helps us to monitor our services and
provide to you the services that you are entitled to as a Parent or visitor to our
website.
Is my
visit to this web site anonymous?
Yes! Your visit to our site is anonymous (no personal
information about you is recorded or gathered) unless you place an order, fill in
a survey or other form requesting information).
Each time you visit our web site,
our system automatically recognises your domain name, but not your specific e-mail
address. Our system keeps statistical information about your visit, but does not
log anything personally identifiable.
What's a domain name?
Your e-mail address
might look like "another@scalbyschool.org.uk", our system only recognises "scalbyschool.org.uk"
but not "another").
If you have provided us with your e-mail, postal address or
telephone number and do not want us to contact you in the future, please write to
us at the e-mail or postal address below or call us on 01723 362301. We will then
ensure that we do not process your contact information for purposes not connected
with your initial enquiry.
Cookies and Traffic Logs
We use cookies on our Website
to collect limited personal information. These cookies are used to assist in the
delivery of services to you and for some technical reasons such as mapping co-ordinates.
You can use your browser software to restrict or to refuse to accept these, or at
a later point in time, to remove them. We do not pass on information gathered from
these cookies to any third party without your express consent. Cookies will not
be used where the data can be obtained anonymously.
Online surveys of website usage
On occasion we may conduct online surveys of website usage. This is used to gauge
our service, collect demographic information and other information that we may find
useful to help us improve the service provided by the web site.
The survey method
deposits a cookie on visitors' computers. The cookie is used to count the total
number of unique visitors who are accessing the website over a particular period
of time and to identify web visitors who have already been offered the survey so
that they are not prompted to participate a second time within any three month period.
These surveys are optional and we may share non-personal, aggregated information
with third parties.
What's a Cookie?
A cookie is small file placed on a user's computer
by a Website, which logs information about the user and their previous/current visits
for the use of the site next time the user makes contact. More information about
cookies can be found in Guidance to the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC
Directive) Regulations 2003 which can be accessed by going to the Information Commissioner's
website and following the relevant link.
What are Traffic Logs?
We use traffic logs
to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page
traffic and improve our Website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only
use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Links
Our website contains links to other sites. Scalby School is not responsible
for the privacy practices within any of these other sites. We encourage you to be
aware of this when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements on other
websites you visit which collect personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected on our website.
Your Rights - The Data Protection Act 1998
Our privacy statement covers Scalby School
and its website.
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we have a legal duty to protect
any personal information we collect from you. We do not pass on your details to
any third party or government department unless you give us permission to do so
or the law requires/permits it.
Scalby School is committed to respecting your privacy.
We have structured our website so that, in general, you can visit it without identifying
yourself or revealing any personal information. Once you choose to provide us with
any information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it
will only be used for the purpose for which it was originally collected or compatible
purposes.
Please be advised that any information, unless stated otherwise, will
be sent to us via the open internet and is therefore not secure during transmission
to us. This is because your information may pass from your contact pc to an internet
service provider and then via other providers to Scalby School, much in the same
way as most e-mail correspondence.
The Information Commissioner
The Information
Commissioner enforces and oversees the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.
We have to notify the Information Commissioner of the types
of personal data we process and for what purpose we use it for and whom we share
it with. You can see what is recorded on our Data Protection Notification entry
if you search for Scalby School on the Information Commissioner's Web Site www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
notification number Z9215735.
The Data Protection Act 1998 provides you with rights
in relation to the personal data we may hold about you, namely;
- be provided with
a copy of your personal data that we process and information concerning the processing.
- prevent processing likely to cause damage or distress.
- prevent processing for
the purposes of direct marketing.
- rights in relation to automated decision taking.
- take action for compensation from the Council if damage results from any breach
of the Act by the Council.
- take action to rectify, block, erase or destroy inaccurate
data.
With regard to your rights to be provided with a copy of your personal data,
you are entitled to this within 40 days of making the request, providing the request
is in writing.
Requests must contain the information required to satisfy the School
as to the identity of the person making the request (we may require proof of your
identity).
Requests must contain the information required to enable the School to
locate the information which is being sort. We will assist you where possible
We
may charge for this data. Further information about the Data Protection Act can
be obtained from:
Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Fax: 01625 524 510
Website: www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Notification of Changes to Policy
If we
decide to change our privacy policy, we will post details of any changes on our
Homepage. This will help ensure that you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we share it with other
parties. If you have any concerns, questions or comments please Contact Us
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