Privacy & Cookies

1. Online Privacy Practices 
   Your right to privacy is important to us.
   We try hard to ensure a fair balance between your personal privacy and ensuring you obtain full value from our site and learn of things you are likely to be interested in.
   We ensure we comply with all protection the Data Protection Act 1998 gives you. Further information on the Act is here: www.dataprotection.gov.uk
2. Registration 
   When we ask you to provide information it is often (but not only) to enable us to enhance your site visit, or send information on things that we believe will interest you or reply to you after your visit.
   This would include where you subscribe to any online newsletters or provide feedback to us through a contact form or when you complete any on line competition form or survey we may offer from time to time. When you register we ask you the questions set out on that page to obtain your personal information. We may use (and you consent to the use of) your personal data for future e-mail, mailings, phone or other forms of contact, notification of new services, competitions and new versions. We do not disclose or sell your information outside our group.
3. Security 
   Making sure you can interact safely on line is a priority for us and we have made strenuous efforts to ensure that security is one of our highest priorities and we have devoted a great deal of effort to ensure that our online security measures help to safeguard your information.
   We have no desire to infringe your privacy while using our site and we will never provide your personal information to anyone else except as set out above.
4. Cookies 
   Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
   
   

   Cookie	Name	Purpose	More information
   Google Analytics	_ga	These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
   Cookie Consent	cookie_consent	This cookie is used to store whether or not you have consented to non-essential tracking cookies, such as Google Analytics.

   
   Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

   To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

5. Further Information on Data Protection and Personal Privacy

   For further information from us on data protection and privacy please contact us:-

   Houghton Regis Town Council
   Council Offices
   Peel Street 
   Houghton Regis 
   Bedfordshire 
   LE5 5EY

   Tel: 01582 708540
   Fax: 01582 861102
   Email: info@houghtonregis-tc.gov.uk

   Information on the Data Protection Act 1998 is also on the Information Commissioner's website at www.dataprotection.gov.uk.