East Dunbartonshire Council has created this privacy statement
in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The
following discloses the information gathering and dissemination
practices for the East Dunbartonshire Council web site.
Data Protection
If you choose to complete any of our on-line forms, any personal
data you provide will be kept by relevant staff in the appropriate
service area of East Dunbartonshire Council, and that data will be
processed in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection
Act 1998.
We will not use the personal information you provide us with for
marketing purposes. We may pass your details on to third party
service providers who are contracted to East Dunbartonshire Council
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 details when the request is
complete.
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you can make a formal
request (known as a subject access request) for
the following information:
- clarification that your personal data is being processed by the
Council
- a description and copies of such personal data
- the reasons why such data is being processed
- details of to whom it is or may be disclosed
For further information on Data Protection or if you wish to make a
subject access request please contact:
Data Protection/Freedom of Information Officer
East Dunbartonshire Council
William Patrick Library
2-4 West High Street
Kirkintilloch
G66 1AD
Tel: 0141 775 4571
Fax: 0141 776 0408
Email: foi@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Information automatically
logged
We use your IP address to gather broad demographic information to
help us target content to our audience. We use WebTrends analysis
software to build a picture of what content is popular, what
browsers are being used to access the content and the popular
routes through the site. This information is only used by the
Council's web development team to improve the site.
Advertisers
We do not display ads on our site.
Forms
Our site has a number of forms. Some of these forms may require
users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and
postal address) and demographic information (like their post code
or age). The customer's contact information will only be used in
relation to that enquiry e.g. to provide feedback or to get in
touch with the customer if necessary.
Surveys/questionnaires
Periodically we may conduct online surveys or questionnaires and
ask visitors for contact information (like email address) and
demographic information (like post code or age). The customer's
contact information will only be used in relation to that
survey/questionnaire e.g. to build a demographic, provide feedback
or to get in touch with the customer if necessary.
External links
This site contains links to other sites. East Dunbartonshire
Council is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such web sites and has no control over the content that may be
found there. If any site we link to causes concern please contact:
webmaster@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
Contacting the web site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site or your dealings with this web site, you can
contact: webmaster@eastdunbarton.gov.uk