Privacy policy

Your privacy is of great importance to us.

Any personal information you send us via our website is kept securely and we will never divulge your personal information to other organisations, unless to satisfy a specific request you have made of us. All data and information that you send to or via this website is securely stored and / or processed in strict compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

This website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website.  This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve the website.

By continuing to browse the website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as set out by this policy.

1. Information about cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that, if you agree to their use, is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or device.  They contain information that is transferred to your hard drive.

The cookies that we could use can be split into the following categories:

• Necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the website.  They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into parts of the website.
• Analytical cookies. These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to the website and to see how they move around within the website when they are using it.  This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Third party cookies. These are used to third parties (such as Google) to enable their services to work, for example Google Captcha on forms or Google Maps. Some third parties use their cookies for advertising purposes. We have no control over these cookies and provide a link to the third party’s privacy policy, where you may have the option to opt-out of their data collection.

2. The cookies we use

We use the following cookies:

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.  These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

3. How you can block cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.

However, please be aware that blocking cookies may affect your ability to use the website.  In particular, you may not be able to access all or parts of the website or use the functionalities contained on it.

Any personal information you voluntarily send us may be kept for up to 1 year to allow us to track the actions your comments may have caused us to take. Any information you send us via this website is not encrypted.

We do keep a record of which WebPages have been visited to monitor overall use of the site but this does not entail collecting any data about you other than the IP address of the computer you are using, it simply counts how many users have visited a page over a given time.

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Great Ashby Community Council is committed to meeting its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

How to Make a Request for Information The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into full effect on 1st January 2005. If you require information that the Parish Council holds, such as Minutes and Agendas, please refer at first instance to our website. If the information is not available there you can request it by sending an email to our parish clerk.

Personal Details Policy

Our policy is to exclude personal details such as names, phone numbers, addresses or emails unless explicitly instructed otherwise. Therefore, If you wish to put contact details in a news item or event then please make that clear in the email sent to us.