Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

The Aylesbury Town Council website is the main online presence of the Town Council. It is an information point for services offered and related to the Town Council and for other items of information we feel relevant to the people of Aylesbury.

Aylesbury Town Council are the sole owners and managers of the website. Responsibility for the information within the aylesburytowncounil.gov.uk domain lies with the Town Council.

Aylesbury Town Council are not responsible for the content of websites linked to from this domain, nor do we necessarily endorse any views found expressed on them.

Privacy Policy and Data Protection

Aylesbury Town Council respects your privacy.

If you contact us online, your information will be processed by the Town Council with the utmost care. We are registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner’s Office and all data is collected and processed in adherence with the Data Protection Act (1998) and the General Data Protection Regulation (2018). Our address is Town Hall, 5 Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2QP, telephone 01296 425678.

The Data Protection Officer is Adil Iftakhar, the contact details are the same as above.

Your personal data will be processed by Aylesbury Town Council employees only for the purposes above. We will not share your personal information with any third party unless we are legally obliged to do so, or with your consent.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as legally necessary, after which it will be securely destroyed.

You have the right to access your personal data, the right to request erasure of your personal data, the right to request restriction of processing, the right to receive or have your personal data sent to another controller in a portable format, and the right to object to processing your personal data.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office by calling 0303 123 1113 or via their website www.ico.org.uk

Analytical Tracking & Cookies

Aylesbury Town Council recognises the importance of assessing website usage trends to gauge priorities.

To this end, we make use of Google Analytics which makes a non-invasive record of domain traffic. It does not collect personal or private data about you or your computer.

When you first access our website, you will be given the option at the bottom of the page to accept or decline the cookies we use.

You can also disable the use of cookies manually in your internet browser settings. The All About Cookies website has instructions: All About Cookies – Manage Cookies

Note: Aylesbury Town Council cannot be held responsible for the changes you make to your own web browser and its security settings. You do so at your own risk.

The data collected via Google Analytics will not be hared with any third party.

We will only collect data about website traffic to ensure that our provision of services is relevant to the people of Aylesbury.

Aylesbury Town Council will not make use of third party cookies or any other cookies on the aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk domain

For more information about Google Analytics use of cookies, please refer to the documentation: Cookies & Google Analytics. For more information about cookies in general read the following: All About Cookies.

Third Party Sites

Aylesbury Town Council makes use of a number of third party sites and plugins to enhance the performance and content of this website.

These include: Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Calendars, Picassa Web Albums, Twitter, Facebook, BBC, Survey Monkey and Fronius.

These sites are not integral to the functionality of our main website and should they be blocked the core information on the Town Council pages will still be accessible.

When you first access our website, you will be given the option at the bottom of the page to accept or decline the third party plugins we use.

To disable the use of plugins manually you will need to research your browser’s security settings. The following sites are good starting points:
About.com – Web Browsers: Security
Cnet – Browsers Security Features Compared

Note: Aylesbury Town Council must reemphasise that we cannot be held responsible for the changes you make to your own web browser and its security settings. You do so at your own risk.

Computer Security

While every effort is taken to ensure that documents and files uploaded to our site are virus free, we cannot guarantee that some files may become infected.

It is your own responsibility to take security measures on your own computer to provide protection. Consider using a firewall, anti-virus software and anti-spyware software to provide a level of protection for your computer.

Take time to learn about the security features in your web browser and ensure that they are adequate for the task.

The following website offers a good introduction to computer security. Keep in mind that this has a focus on Microsoft operating systems and other OSs will be different: Microsoft Safety & Security Centre

Copyright

All content on this site, including text and images, is the copyright of Aylesbury Town Council, unless otherwise stated. You may electronically copy and print portions of this site for private or educational use provided no changes are made and Aylesbury Town Council is acknowledged as the owner.

Conclusion

We welcome any feedback you may have  on this policy or any other aspect of our website. Please get in touch through the Contact Page.