Privacy Policy
Lonsdale District Scout Council takes the issue of privacy very seriously and is committed to protecting and respecting our users’ privacy online. This Privacy Statement sets out our current data processing practices. If you have any queries or concerns regarding these practices, you should contact us at info@lonsdalescouts.org.uk
1. The information we collect
The only circumstances in which we will provide any of your personal data to a third party for non-commercial purposes are those contained in this Privacy Policy.
2. Registration information
When you communicate with www.lonsdalescouts.org.uk, we ask for your name, email address and postcode. We usually also capture your IP address at the time you register.
3. Sharing of data
We may share data supplied by you (or collected about you) with other parts of The Scout Association – We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any third parties with regard to any donation you make to The Lonsdale Scout Council.
4. Advertising
www.lonsdalescouts.org.uk does not include interactive advertising for other businesses as part of the site operation.
5. Legal jurisdiction
All personal information and details held on and processed by computers situated in the United Kingdom.
6. Further information
www.lonsdalescouts.org.uk as part of its normal operation will not send out information emails.
7. Use of cookies by Lonsdale District Scouts
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookie Settings
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
8. The Data Protection Act
You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner’s website at http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection.
9. Contacting www.lonsdalescouts.org.uk
If you want to contact us to raise any questions about this privacy statement, or any general matters relating to www.lonsdalescouts.org.uk, you can contact us using this email address: info@lonsdalescouts.org.uk
10. Google Analytics
Visitors to this website who have javascript enabled are tracked using Google Analytics. Google Analytics collects the following types of information from users:
• Type of user agent (web browser) used, software manufacture and version number.
• Type of operating system
• Screen colors (color processing ability of the users screen)
• Javascript support
• Flash version
• Screen resolution
• Network location and IP address
o Can include country, city, state, region, county, or any other geographic data.
o Hostname
o Bandwidth (internet connection speed)
• Time of visit
• Pages visited
• Time spent on each page of the website
• Referring site statistics
o The website (URI) the user came through in order to arrive at this website (example: clicking on a hyperlink from Yahoo.com that took the user to this website)
o Search engine query used (example: typing in a phrase into a search engine like Google, and clicking on a link from that search engine)
This data is only used to optimise our website for our visitors.
This data DOES NOT include any personalised identification information such as:
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Email addresses
• Mailing addresses
• Bank account numbers
• Credit card information
