Privacy Statement
The Highlands & Islands Local Food Network is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement is made in the light of the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 in order to alert you to the data processing practices which will govern the processing of your data. If you have any queries about this statement please contact us. Blaeberry consultants, developers of this website, is registered with the Data Protection Agency, registration no. Z8829145.
How do we collect information?
We will obtain personal information from you when you enquire about our activities, register with us, send or receive a registration form, or otherwise provide us with personal information. We may also receive information about you from third parties, for example from a friend who wants to tell you about the website.
What information do we collect?
The types of information collected might include names, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, fax number and areas of interest.
How do we use this information?
We will use your personal information to provide you with the services, products or information you have requested, for administration purposes. We may need to share your information with associated organisations and agents for these purposes.
We may share your information with other organisations and businesses who are supportive of our aims and objectives. We only use your personal information for direct marketing purposes if we are allowed to do this by law or if we have your consent. You can change your mind at any time by contacting us.
Do we use 'Cookies' ?
'Cookies' are small pieces of information stored on the hard drive of a user's computer which contain information about the user.
We will use session cookies to ensure that you can interact with our web sites successfully. These will record data entered by you so that it is available from one screen to the next, but it is not recorded or held by us after you leave our web sites. These session cookies exist only as long as the browser remains open. Once the browser is closed, the cookie is deactivated.
If you want to prevent our cookies being stored on your computer in future, you may do so by referring to your internet browser's instructions. You can do this by clicking on the "Help" menu. Please note however that if you disable our cookies you may not be able to access certain areas of our site. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.
How do we protect personal information?
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. Your information is protected both online and off-line. We also take appropriate measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.
Will we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?
As indicated above, we may pass your information to other associated organisations and agents, and, if you have consented, to other organisations and businesses who may share our objectives.
We may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.
Your consent
By providing us with your personal data, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the above purposes and this privacy statement.
Right of access
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.
Changes to your details
If your personal details change, please help us to keep your information up to date by notifying us at the above address.
Links
Our website contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. We encourage readers to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each web site to which we may link that may collect personally identifiable information.
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