Privacy Policy

Silchester District Scout Council take the issue of privacy very seriously and we are committed to protecting and respecting our users' privacy. This Privacy Statement sets out our current data processing practices. If you have any queries or concerns regarding these practices, you should contact us at the following e-mail address; dc.silchester@scouts-hants.org.uk.

1. The Information we collect

The only circumstances in which we will provide any of your personal data to a third party for non commercial purposes are those contained in this Privacy Policy.

2. Registration information

If you are asked to register with www.silchester-scouts.org.uk, we will ask for your name, email address and postal code. We will usually also capture your IP address at the time you register.

3. Sharing of data

We may share data supplied by you (or collected about you) with other parts of The Scout Association.

4. Advertising

www.silchester-scouts.co.uk may include interactive advertising or links for other Scouting organisations or related businesses as part of the site operation. We may use, and provide to third parties, your contact details if you have given us permission to do so.

5. Legal jurisdiction.

All personal information and details held on and processed by computers situated in the United Kingdom.

6. Further information.

www.silchester-scouts.org.uk may, as part of it's normal operation, send out information emails. Members can decide to ask for these emails as they register.

7. Disclosure of data by order of a Court and Security

We reserve the right to communicate a Member's personal information as we hold to third parties who are empowered by regulation, statute or order of a court.

We have security measures in place to protect our customer database. Access to this database is restricted internally. However, it remains each Member's responsibility:

- to keep any passwords secret;

- to protect against unauthorised access to your personal Details;

- to log off from the Service when not using it; and

- to ensure against use by anyone else of the Service through the machine that the Member uses while they are "logged on"

8. Cookies

This website can use small files known as "cookies" to enhance your use of the site. They have the following functions:

To hold Members' login information. This option can be turned off by switching the "Remember Your Password" option to "No" in your registration details.

To ensure the best use of the website by Members, by means of a temporary cookie. These cookies disappear when the Member's browser session ends, or if the Member clicks the "sign off" text.

9. The Data Protection act

You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner's website at www.dataprotection.gov.uk.

10. Contacting www.silchester-scouts.org.uk

If you want to contact us to raise any questions about this privacy statement, or any general matters relating to this website, you can contact us using this email address; dc.silchester@scouts-hants.org.uk.

Please use this address if you wish to request from us a copy of the personal data we hold about you. Please note that under English law we are entitled to charge you a fee for providing this service.