Clare Elderkin's Website

Privacy Policy

This is the personal website of Clare Elderkin. This document describes how I will process and use any personal data that you provide to me, or that I may collect as a result of you visiting my website.

I commit myself to protecting and respecting your privacy when visiting my website. If you feel that this website is not following its stated privacy policy, you may contact me by visiting my contact website page.

Information that I may collect and store

I may collect and store the following information:
1. Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website by means of the following:
  This may include data such as your geographical location, browser type, operating system, referral source, length of visit and number of page views.
2. I may keep a record of any correspondence if you should contact me.
3. Any other information that you send to me.
With respect to cookies
About cookies and the way in which I use them:
1. A cookie is a file that is put on your computer by a website's server. It allows actions such as the ability of the website to recognise you as a user (but not to ascertain your identity) and possibly to store information about your usage of the website.
2. You can refuse to accept cookies but note that doing this may restrict the functionality of certain parts of my website. You can do this by activating the setting in your browser which allows you to refuse cookies.
3. I use cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that I can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. I may contract with third-party service providers to assist me in better understanding my site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on my behalf except to help me conduct and improve my website.
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Uses made of the information
I will use any personal information that I collect or that you give me in the following manner:
1. I only collect and store information necessary to the function and improvement of my services that I provide.
2. I do not directly share any information (personal or otherwise) with any organisations not mentioned in this policy.
3. I will only disclose your personal information to third parties if I am under a duty to comply with any legal obligation to disclose or share your personal data.
4. Data regarding your use of this website will only be collected and stored with the intention of improving the content of my website and to customise the content and/or functionality of my pages for visitors. This is statistical data concerning your browsing actions and does not identify you individually.
5. I will do my best to protect your personal data, unfortunately, the transmission of information over the internet is not entirely secure and I cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to my website or to me via email. Any transmission of data is at your own risk.
Access to information

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 you can exercise the right to access any information I hold about you. Please note that there may be a charge for this service.
Changes to my privacy policy

Any changes made to my privacy policy will be posted on this page. This policy was last modified on 10 March 2010.

Thank you for taking the time to read my privacy policy. My privacy policy is based on a template provided by Privacy Policy Template who provides a range of free website documents.