Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are Kenilworth Town Council and we maintain the Kenilworth Town Council website

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

In running and maintaining our websites we may collect and process the following data about you:

• Information about your use of our site including details of your visits such as pages viewed and the resources that you access. Such information includes traffic data, location data and other communication data.
• Information provided voluntarily by you. For example, when you register for information.
• Information that you provide when you communicate with us by any means.

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

 About cookies

Cookies are files, often including unique identifiers, that are sent by web servers to web browsers, and which may then be sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website, and to identify users returning to a website.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie consists of a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date). A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

How we use cookies

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following purposes:

• to recognize your computer when you visit our website
• to track you as you navigate our website
• to improve the website’s usability
• to analyse the use of our website
• in the administration of this website.

The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website and will not be shared with anyone else.

Blocking cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. For example: (1) in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector; (2) in Firefox you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, and un-checking “Accept cookies from sites” in the “Privacy” box. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, such as websites which use shopping carts & other personalisation features.

Deleting cookies

You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer:

• in Internet Explorer, you must manually delete cookie files;
• in Firefox, you can delete cookies by, first ensuring that cookies are to be deleted when you “clear private data” (this setting can be changed by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Settings” in the “Private Data” box) and then clicking “Clear private data” in the “Tools” menu.

Obviously, doing this may have a negative impact on the usability of many websites & many of the options you have selected on websites will be forgotten.

Use of your Information

We use the information that we collect from you to provide our services to you. In addition to this we may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:

• To provide information to you that you request from us relating to our work.
• To inform you of any changes to our website, services or other work.

We never give your details to third parties to use your data to enable them to provide you with information regarding unrelated goods and services.

Storing your Personal Data

In operating our website it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our upmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated stored securely.
Unfortunately the sending of information via the Internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, sending such information is entirely at your own risk.

Disclosing your Information

We will not disclose your personal information to any other party other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in the circumstances detailed below:

• Where we are legally required by law to disclose your personal information.
•  To further fraud protection and reduce the risk of fraud.

Third Party Links

We include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.

Contacting us

Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding any matter relating to this Privacy and Cookies Policy via the contact page

If requested, in writing or via email, we will amend or delete your contact details as you specify, from our records within 2 working days.