Terms and Conditions, Copyright and Privacy
By using this site you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions. The West Lindsey District Council Website is a service operated by West Lindsey District Council The Guildhall, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. DN21 2DH.
You should read this in conjunction with the related pages below.
Privacy Policy
WLDC, as the data collector, may collect any personal information from visitors to this site. This information is used only to respond to enquiries and to monitor site usage. Cookies and logging of IP addresses are used to enable WLDC to monitor site traffic data, repeat visitor statistics and data recording your browser type and computer. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual. Such information is anonymous and held on a temporary basis. More information about cookies and IP addresses is given below. By submitting your data you consent to the use of that information as set out above.
Where personal data is requested through forms, such data will not be sold to any third parties. However, this authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers and to this end may use any information you provide for the prevention and detection of fraud. it may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes. For further information see Audit Commission - Data matching.
This privacy policy only covers the West Lindsey web site at www.west-lindsey.gov.uk. Websites linked to from this site are not covered by this policy.
West Lindsey District Council will at all times comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Copyright
All rights in the design, text, graphics and other material on our site and the selection or arrangement thereof is copyright of WLDC or other third parties. Permission is granted to electronically copy and print, in hard copy, portions of our site solely for private or educational use (within the classroom), provided that no changes are made to the material and that WLDC is acknowledged as the owner.
Any other use of the materials on our site (including reproduction for purposes other than noted above and alteration, modification, distribution or republication) without our prior written permission is strictly prohibited. Should you require permission for the above, please contact West Lindsey District Council, Guildhall, Marshall’s Yard, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. DN21 2NA.
Accessibility
This website has been designed and built to be fully compliant with WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) at a minimum rating of “AA”. This means we aim to meet the standard required for Local Government websites.
Photographic images are occasionally used for journalistic or artistic purposes. Whenever possible WLDC obtains (either directly or via third parties) the express permission for images of people to be used on the web. However, this is not always possible for group photographs.
Should a member of the public object to their image being contained in any such photograph they should contact feedback@west-lindsey.gov.uk and the photograph will be removed.
Summary of Terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Cookie
Detailed information about cookies, their use on this site and how to block them can be found on our Cookies page.
IP Address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 194.73.67.30.
User Session
A user’s visit to a site begins when the user first accesses any page on a given site and ends after a visitor has left that site and not revisited it within a specified amount of time (normally 20 minutes) or when the user’s browser is closed.
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.
