This information explains how South Hams District Council uses any information you give to us, and the ways in which we protect your privacy.

We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Under the Act,we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We take appropriate security measures to safeguard your data and apply security standards and controls to prevent any unauthorised access to it.

When you visit this website, your IP address, browser and version, operating system and the site you came from may be stored in a log file. This information is only used for statistical purposes to help improve this site. Log files do not contain any personal information

We do not use cookies for collecting personal information and we will not collect any information about you except that required for administration of the web server.

If you send us an e-mail message or complete an on-line form, we will use your e-mail/postal address and any information you provide to deal with and respond to your query or comments. This information may be disclosed to the appropriate office of the Council in order to deal with or respond to your message.

We may collect information that you give to us in consultations, surveys, competitions or questionnaires. Whenever we do this we will inform you of what your information will be used for and to whom it will be disclosed.

We may share non-personal statistical, or summary information with organisations working in partnership with us, such as health authorities or other local councils.

We occasionally provide bulletin boards, message board and news group facilities. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose information about yourself.

This privacy statement applies only to websites belonging to and operated by South Hams District Council.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third party web sites that may be linked to our web pages