Privacy policy

Essendon Parish Council is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in
accordance with this privacy statement.
Essendon Parish Council may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy
with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st August 2023.

What We Collect

We may collect the following information:

• Contact information including email address
• Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• Other information relevant to surveys, grant applications, competition entries and applications for hiring our facilities, sports pitches, and allotments.

What we do with the information we gather

We collect information to understand your needs, and in particular for the following reasons:

• For internal record keeping.
• To improve our services.
• To support applications for our grants and services.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic
and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
We may keep a record of which web pages have been visited to monitor overall use of the site but this will not entail collecting any personal data, it will simply count how many users have visited a page over a given time.

Cookies

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

Essendon Parish Council is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified
when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the
information held on you please write to:

Nerine Chalmers

Parish Clerk
Essendon Parish Council
Village Hall
1st Floor

The Radlett Centre
Village Hall, School Lane
Essendon, AL9 6HD

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will
promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.