Legal & privacy statements

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.

Suffolk Coastal 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. Suffolk Coastal does not warrant that use of the site will not infringe third party rights. Suffolk Coastal 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 Suffolk Coastal 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. Suffolk Coastal District Council 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 Suffolk Coastal's prior written 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

Suffolk Coastal 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.

We only collect personal information about you when you visit the website and you choose to provide it to us to take advantage of a specific service, for example completing an online form. We will use that information to respond to your enquiry and will only pass your details to another agency if it is required by law or that agency is relevant to your enquiry.

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.

Email: dp@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

Suffolk Coastal District Council is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it 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.

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.

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 the Suffolk Coastal website from another website, the address of that website and any website you visit directly from the Suffolk Coastal 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.

Links to other sites

The Suffolk Coastal website links you to many other websites. We do not have any control over the content, security policy or privacy policy of these sites.