Privacy and data protection

Providing information about privacy and the Data Protection Act.

Suffolk County Council is committed to protecting your privacy and will treat your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.

You may view the council's Data Protection Notification (registration number: Z5113825) and access more information about data protection by visiting the Information Commissioner's web site.

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Cookie and log files policy

A "cookie" is a small data file created by your web browser and normally stored on your computer. We use temporary "session" cookies that are only stored in your browser's memory whilst you visit our web site. If your browser accepts the cookies used on our web site, we do not gain access to any personal data. The information collected by the cookie permits the web site to assist you to navigate.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually refuse cookies by adjusting the preferences in your web browser. If you do not know how to do this, contact us, giving details on the type of browser you are using, and we will do our best to help. If you turn off cookies, though, there may be some features of our web site that will not be available to you and some web pages may not display properly or load slowly.

Some anonymous log-file information is collected automatically when you visit the site:

  • your IP (Internet Protocol) address;
  • your browser and operating system;
  • the date and time of your visit;
  • the pages you request;
  • if you followed a link to the SCC site, your previous web site.

This information is used to analyse overall patterns of web site use.