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.
You may also like to read:
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.