www.essexscouts.org.uk and The Essex County Scout Council take the issue of privacy very seriously and we are committed to protecting and respecting our users' privacy. This Privacy Statement sets out our current data processing practices. If you have any queries or concerns regarding these practices, you should contact us at .
1. The Information we collect
The only circumstances in which we will provide any of your personal data to a third party for non commercial purposes are those contained in this Privacy Statement.
2. Registration information
When you register with www.essexscouts.org.uk to use any services provided by us, we ask for your name, a username, password and valid email address. You will also have the opportunity to register additional optional information. We usually also capture your IP address at the time you register.
3. Sharing of data
We do not share you personal information with any third party organisation.
4. Legal jurisdiction
All personal information and details held on and processed by computers situated in the United Kingdom.
5. Disclosure of data by order of a Court and Security
We reserve the right to communicate a Member's personal information as we hold to third parties who are empowered by regulation, statute or order of a court.
We have security measures in place to protect our registered members database. Access to this database is restricted internally. It remains each Member's responsibility:
* to keep their password secret;
* to protect against unauthorised access to your personal details;
* to log off from any service provided by www.essexscouts.org.uk when not using it; and
* to ensure against use by anyone else of the www.essexscouts.org.uk service through the machine that Member uses while they are "logged on" to the www.essexscouts.org.uk service
6. Cookies www.essexscouts.org.uk uses small files known as "cookies" to enhance your use of the site and/or services. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to hold members’ login information, collect information about web site activity. Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol addresses; browser software and operating system types; dates and times that our site is being accessed.
This option can be turned off by switching the "Remember Your Password" option to "No" in your registration details. These cookies disappear when the Member’s browser session ends, or if the Member clicks the "sign off" text.
Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our web site and your web experience.
7. The Data Protection act
You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner's web site at www.dataprotection.gov.uk.
8. Contacting www.essexscouts.org.uk
If you want to contact us to raise any questions about this privacy statement, or any general matters relating to www.essexscouts.org.uk, you can contact us using this email address: .
Please use this address if you wish to request from us a copy of the personal data we hold about you. Please note that under English law we are entitled to charge you a fee for providing this service.
This privacy policy is not intended to, and does not, create any contractual or other legal rights.
