Highworth Historical Society Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out how we use and protect any personal information that is given to us and has been drawn up in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations, which came into force on 25 May 2018.

If we are provided with information by which the provider can be identified, we will use that information only for the purpose stated when it is shared with us.
The information will be stored in a secure manner.
The information will not be passed on to any third party without explicit consent.
In all communications we send out, we will give the option to review choices and to opt-out of further communications and/or to delete all details permanently.

Information we hold and the purpose for which it is used

We may have been given other personal information (for example, name, address, telephone numbers). We do not, in general, request any sensitive personal data but, if this is provided to us, we will take extra care to ensure rights are protected.

We will use this information to make contact either individually or as a group, to respond to questions or comments or to pass on information that is relevant to the interest in the Highworth Historical Society.
We may use the information to improve the services and products we will be supplying.
We may periodically send promotional emails about events, developments, special offers or any other information, which we think will be interesting and relevant.
We will only use information for the purpose for which it was collected.
We will never sell personal data or share it with third parties who might use it for their own purposes.
We take specific technical and organisational measures to keep personal data safe and to prevent unauthorised access, use or disclosure of data.

Controlling your personal information

Any person giving us personal information has the right to control the collection or use of that personal information in the following ways:

To receive confirmation that we have the personal data and, if we do, to obtain a copy of it.
To rectify inaccurate data or limit the use of that data.
To no longer receive any communication from us by email or
To request that any personal information is deleted by contacting the Highworth Historical Society at Mrs. Chris Suter,
Highworth Historical Society, c/o 16 Swindon Road, Highworth, Wiltshire, SN6 7SL or by email at chair@highworthhistoricalscoiety.org.uk

Cookies

What are Cookies?

A “cookie” is a small piece of information sent by a web server to store on a web browser so it can later be read back from that browser. This is useful for having the browser remember some specific information. Without cookies, websites and their servers have no memory. A cookie, like a key, enables swift passage from one place to the next. Without a cookie every time you open a new web page the server where that page is stored will treat you like a completely new visitor.

Session Cookies are also used by the server to store information about user page activities so users can easily pick up where they left off on the server’s pages. By default, web pages really don’t have any ‘memory’. Cookies tell the server what pages to show the user so the user doesn’t have to remember or start navigating the site all over again. Cookies act as a sort of “bookmark” within the site. Similarly, cookies can store ordering information needed to make shopping carts work instead of forcing the user to remember all the items the user put in the shopping cart.

Persistent or tracking Cookies are also employed to store user preferences. Many websites allow the user to customise how information is presented through site layouts or themes. These changes make the site easier to navigate and/or lets user leave a part of the user’s “personality” at the site.

Cookie security and privacy issues

Cookies are NOT viruses. Cookies use a plain text format. They are not compiled pieces of code so they cannot be executed nor are they self-executing. Accordingly, they cannot make copies of themselves and spread to other networks to execute and replicate again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they fall outside the standard virus definition.

A Cookie cannot be used to get data from your hard drive, get your email address or steal sensitive information about you as a person. Cookies can be used to track where you travel over a particular site, if the you want to disallow cookies you can do so with your browser.

These cookies aren’t used to identify you personally but they can remember activities and preferences chosen by you and your browser. You can manage cookies by controlling which cookies are saved or by deleting them, if you wish. For managing and deleting cookies for different browsers see here .

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the cookies Highworth Historical Society website uses are essential for parts of the website to operate. You may block all cookies from this site, but parts of the website may not work and therefore reduce your ability to use the website.