This policy covers North Wales Police use of personal information that is collected when you use www.north-wales.police.uk . The policy also gives you information about cookies and North Wales Police use of cookies.
The North Wales Police site does not store or capture personal information unless it is voluntarily offered (such as use of forum/discussion sites, completion of feedback forms or provision of an e-mail address). The intended use and/or retention of any such information provided will be made clear at the start of each relevant section.
Whenever the provision of personal information is required to enable us to provide a specific service, the details collected will only be used for the stated purpose and/or the policing purpose. When using your personal information North Wales Police will act in accordance with this policy, current legislation & our notification with the Information Commissioner and will aim to meet current Internet best practice.
Where we receive abusive, racist or offensive material from an individual, we reserve the right to investigate fully to ascertain whether an offence has been committed. Where this is the case we will proceed in accordance with normal police procedures.
North Wales Police will not share the personal information that you provide to us via this web site with any other organisation except where we are legally obliged to do so. North Wales Police are not responsible for your personal data where you disclose it within the body of any forum discussion.
This privacy policy covers the North Wales Police web site. Links within this site to other web sites are not covered by this policy. By continuing to use this site you are considered to have understood and agreed to the contents of this policy.
Children under the age of 16 should not submit any information to any website without the consent of a parent or carer.
Notification of changes
If we change this privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page so you are always aware of what information will be collected and how we intend to use it. We will never use the information that you provide under this current policy in a new way without first providing you with the opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prevent that use, except where we are legally obliged to do so.
Cookies
We do not attempt to monitor the browsing behaviour of individual users through any hidden means. However we currently employ cookies which will record what text size is preferred by the user: this is designed to assist visitors in making our site more accessible.
Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display web pages via a software application.
Cookies
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then generally stored by the browser in a text file. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.
Notification with the Information Commissioner
We are required to lodge a notification with the Information Commissioner detailing what processing of personal data we undertake as a force. Our notification can be viewed at http://www.esd.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/esd/DoSearch.asp