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Privacy Statement for the Website of the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area

General Information about our Website

This privacy policy only covers the Website of the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area at www.cheshireprobation.org.uk. Links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy.

You may contact us with any queries about the site by writing to the Corporate Services Manager at:

•  NPS Cheshire Area Headquarters
•  Beech House, Park West,
•  Sealand Road
•  CHESTER CH1 4RJ

or by using the form found on the Feedback page »

 

Collected Information

You may browse our website to find information about the National Probation Service and in particular, information about the Cheshire Area and the work it does, without disclosing any personal information.

On some pages there are on-line forms by which you may request information or documents from us or pass on comments about our organisation. In these, we ask you to submit your name, email address and some other relevant personal details. This information is only used for the intended purpose and, if we wish to use it for any other purpose, we will ask you first. In submitting information to this site, the act of clicking on the submit button is taken as your explicit consent to use the information as described in this statement.

We may pass your details on to third party organisations in the course of dealing with your request. These third parties are obliged to keep your details securely, will use them only to fulfil the request and will dispose of the information at the appropriate time.

Since no authentication of visitors is provided on this site, we cannot be held responsible for any acts of impersonation and will assume all information submitted is genuine unless there is reason to doubt its authenticity. Should you suspect that a false entry has been made using your identity please advise us using the contact above ». Appropriate corrective action will be considered.

 

Automatically Collected Information

We may automatically collect web statistics about your visit to our site. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences on our site so that we can improve it. These statistics do not contain personal data and cannot be traced back to an individual.

We do not use cookies to store personal data.

 

Disclosure

• We will only use personal information we collect from you for the purposes for which you provide it.
• We will only hold your information for as long as necessary for these purposes and will not pass it on to any other parties, except where required by law to carry out our duties and functions.
• All employees and subsidiaries who may have access to your personal data are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal data.

We will treat any personal information by which you can be identified (i.e. name, address, email and the like) in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. If you have any concerns about this, contact us at the address shown above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your concern, you can contact the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, Cheshire, CK9 5AF or view the website www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk »

 

Copyright

The copyright of all photographs, graphic images and text on this website is owned by the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area.

 

Disclaimer

• The information contained on this site is for general guidance only. You should neither act, nor refrain from action, on the basis of any such information. You should take appropriate professional advice on your particular circumstances because the application of laws and regulations will vary depending on particular circumstances and because laws and regulations undergo frequent changes.
• The National Probation Service, Cheshire Area disclaims all responsibility (including in negligence) for all consequences of any person acting on, or refraining from acting in reliance on, information contained in this site.
• Any links to third party websites by the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area are provided solely for the purposes of convenience for those browsing the website of the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area. Please note that the selection by you of a website which is listed on, or capable of being accessed from, the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area website will connect you to a site which is not under the control of the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area.
• The National Probation Service, Cheshire Area has no control over the content of linked websites or the services available through them and accordingly makes no representation concerning the content of those sites to you, nor can the fact that the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area has referred to, or established hyper-links with, such sites serve as an endorsement of any kind whatsoever by the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area of any of them, or of any subsequently linked sites (notwithstanding any description or summary against any item in the National Probation Service, Cheshire Area's own pages). The National Probation Service, Cheshire Area has not tested any content, software, features or links found on any sites listed and does not give any representation regarding the quality, safety, suitability or reliability of any of them or of any of the material contained in them.

 

Summary of Terms

Browser

A software application (programme) such as Netscape Navigator, Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer which is used to locate and display Web pages.

Cookie

A cookie is a very small text file placed on your hard drive by a web page server. It works like an identification card whose purpose is to tell the server that you have already been to that web page before and are now returning. A cookie cannot be executed as a code or deliver viruses. It can only be read by the server that gave it to you and is unique to your computer. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them.

IP (Internet Protocol)

All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.

IP address

If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9

Web Server

A computer which delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.

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