December 2008
The privacy statement contained within this page only covers the Lincolnshire Enterprise website – www.lincolnshire-enterprise.com
The Data Controller for this website is Lincolnshire Enterprise.
The purpose of the privacy statement is to inform users of this website, which is managed by Lincolnshire Enterprise, about:
- what information is collected about them when they visit this site
- how this information is used
- if this information is disclosed
- the ways in which we protect users' privacy.
By using the Lincolnshire Enterprise site, you agree to accept this privacy policy. If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
Information Confidentiality and Security
Any information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Your personal details will not normally be disclosed to third parties. In some circumstances however we may need to disclose your personal details to a third party so that they can provide a service you have requested, or fulfill a request for information. Any information about you that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and used only to provide the services or information you have requested.
You have the right, upon payment of the required fee, to request a copy of personal information Lincolnshire Enterprise holds about you. If you have a question concerning personal information held by us about you, please contact Lincolnshire Enterprise on 01522 852390 or info@lincolnshire-enterprise.com
Information we collect from visitors
We collect several kinds of information from visitors to the Lincolnshire Enterprise website, depending on the part of the site being visited: feedback, email enquiries, email addresses, site usage information and, in a few cases, personal details such as your name and company details if you sign up to the e-alerts service.
1. Feedback
If you provide feedback on the Lincolnshire Enterprise website through the online enquiry form, we will only use this information to develop and improve the site.
2. Comments and questions
If you send an enquiry by email to Lincolnshire Enterprise via this website, it may not always be possible for the Lincolnshire Enterprise team to provide the information requested directly. In such circumstances we may pass your enquiry to a partner organisation so that they can fulfill your information request.
3. Email alert services sign up
If you sign up to receive e-alerts we will use the information you give us to provide the service(s) you have requested. We may occasionally contact e-alert subscribers to help us evaluate and improve the service that we offer.
If you sign up for a e-alert service, we will hold the information you have provided for as long as you require access to the service requested. If you inform us that you wish to cancel a subscription we will remove you from our mailing list and your details will be deleted from our records.
4. Site usage information
i) Cookies
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a site, and contain a unique, anonymous number. They are stored in the cookie directory of your hard drive, and do not expire at the end of your session. Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify an individual user. If you choose not to accept the cookie, this will not affect your access to the majority of facilities available on our website.
Although your browser may be set up to allow the creation of cookies, you can specify that you be prompted before a site puts a cookie on your hard disk, so that you can decide whether to allow or disallow the cookie. Alternatively, you can set your computer not to accept any cookie.
Site statistics gathers non-personal data regarding the visitors to our site on our behalf using cookies and code which is embedded in the site. Both the cookies and the embedded code provide non-personal statistical information about visits to pages on the site, the duration of individual page view, paths taken by visitors through the site, data on visitors' screen settings and other general information. Lincolnshire Enterprise uses this type of information, as with that obtained from any other cookies used on the site, to help it improve the service to its users.
ii) Log files
Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the site. Lincolnshire Enterprise puts together log file information from all our visitors, which we use to make improvements to the layout of the site and to the content within it, based on the way that visitors move around the site. Log files do not contain any personal information about you.