This statement covers the treatment of personal information that you provide to us. We will endeavour to process any personal information that you provide in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and ensure that your privacy is protected.
What happens when you visit this website?
When you visit this website we collect web statistics concerning your visit, which are stored in a log file. These statistics do not contain personal information and are only used for statistical purposes to monitor usage patterns on our website and cannot be traced back to an individual.
The Data Protection Act 1998
When you complete on-line forms you may be asked to provide personal information, such as your name and address. When you provide information from which you can be personally identified this information is protected by the Data Protection Act 1998.
Under the Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information
that we collect from you. We take measures to safeguard your data
and apply security standards and controls to prevent any
unauthorised access to it.
Please see the link at the bottom of the page, called
Privacy Notices, for more details on how information about you is
collected and used by the council.
Disclosures
Where you complete online forms you should be informed of the
purposes for which your personal data will be used and to whom it
might be disclosed.
In general, information that you provide will be disclosed
to the relevant section of the authority. Your personal details
will not be disclosed to outside agencies, unless it is necessary
to carry out our functions as a local authority and within the
law.
We will not sell information provided by you and will not
use your information for marketing purposes without obtaining your
consent.
Bulletin Boards
The authority may provide bulletin boards, message boards and
news group facilities. Personal information provided in these areas
becomes publicly available and you should only provide information
that you are happy to disclose.
Please see the link at the bottom of the page, called
Privacy Notices, for more details on how information about you is
collected and used by the council.
Disclaimer
Wirral Council is committed to the highest standard of quality
information and every effort has been made to present up to date
and accurate information.
However, the authority gives no warranty as to the accuracy
of the information on this website and accepts no liability for any
loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of reliance on
such information.
Links to external sites
Our website contains links to other related sites that may be of use. However, this privacy statement only applies to information collected on this website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies of third party websites that may be linked to or from our pages.