Legal statement
Conditions of use
This website is maintained by Suffolk Coastal District Council.
The following are terms and conditions of use of the site.
Acceptance of these conditions is a requirement for use of this
site.
These conditions of use are governed by English law and any
dispute connected with this site is subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts.
- The Council gives no warranty and makes no representation as to
the content of this site or its accuracy and accepts no liability
for any errors or omissions in it.
- The Council does not warrant that use of the site will not
infringe third party rights.
- The Council does not warrant that use of this site or materials
downloaded from it will not cause computer virus infection or other
damage to property.
- It is a condition of use of the site and the materials in it
that use is at the user's own risk.
- Neither the Council nor any of the site's editors or
contributors shall be liable for any loss or damages suffered as a
result of any use of the site, including but not limited to direct
loss, consequential loss and loss of profits (but not including
death or personal injury).
Links to other sites
This site includes links to other sites on the Internet. We
are not responsible for such sites and cannot vouch for the
suitability or accuracy of their content. Use of these links is at
the user's own risk.
Copyright
Unless specified to the contrary, the contents of this website
and these pages are protected by copyright and no part of them may
be reproduced in any form or used in any other way except with our
prior permission or in accordance with the next term set out
below.
Printing off or downloading material from the site is permitted
for personal non-commercial purposes only. Reproduction of any part
of the website, including but not limited to the structure, overall
style and program code is prohibited.
Changes to these conditions
We may change these conditions of use from time to time. These
changes will be binding without further visits to this page to
re-read this notice
Enquiries
In the event of any enquiries relating to conditions of use,
copyright or the reproduction of material on our website please
contact:
Website Co-ordinator,
Suffolk Coastal District Council,
Melton Hill,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk IP12 1AU.
Email:
website@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
Privacy statement
Personal information
Your personal data is important to this Council. We promise to
process your personal information in accordance with
the Data Protection Act, for legitimate Council
purposes only. We will only pass your details to another agency if
it is required by law or that agency is relevant to your
enquiry.
National fraud initiative - Code of data matching practice
2008
Suffolk Coastal District Council is required by law to protect
the public funds it administers. We may share information
provided to us with other bodies responsible for auditing or
administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect
fraud.
The Audit Commission appoints the auditor to audit the accounts
of this authority. It is also responsible for
carrying out data matching exercises (new
window).
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one
body against other computer records held by the same or another
body. This is usually personal information. Computerised data
matching allows fraudulent claims and payments to be identified.
Where a match is found it indicates that there is an inconsistency
which requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as
to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an
investigation is carried out.
The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a
data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of
fraud. The Audit Commission requires this authority to provide
information it holds for this purpose. We are required to provide
particular sets of data to the Audit Commission for matching for
each exercise, and these are set out in the
Audit Commission’s handbooks (new window),
which are published on their website.
For this initiative, the Council will be providing details of
its electoral register, staff, Housing Benefits claimants,
Council Tax payers, insurance claimants, concessionary travel
users, market/street trader licence holders, personal licences for
the supply of alcohol holders and private hire and taxi
drivers.
The use of data by the Audit Commission in a data matching
exercise is carried out with statutory authority under its powers
in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. It does not require
the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection
Act 1998.
Data matching by the Audit Commission is subject to a
code of practice (new window) which can also be
found on their website.
Follow this link for
further information on the Audit Commission’s legal
powers (new window) and the reasons why it matches particular
information.
If you have an enquiry or concern regarding the processing of
personal data by Suffolk Coastal District Council, please
contact:
Audit Manager & Data Protection Officer,
Suffolk Coastal District Council,
Melton Hill,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk IP12 1AU.
Telephone: 01394
383789
Email:
dp@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
Website analysis and statistics
Some information is collected and stored automatically when you
visit our site by software we use to help us find
out how people use our website. This information does not
identify you personally and includes:
- The date and time of your visit and the pages you look at.
- If you linked to our website from another website, the address
of that website and any website you visit directly from our
website.
- Information on the number of times particular search terms are
used and the number of failed searches.
- The type of browser and operating system used to access the
site.
- The Internet Service Provider and IP address from which you
access the site.
We use this information to find out how many people visit our
site and what pages they look at. It helps us identify gaps in the
information content and also helps identify where we can make
improvements to the site.