Privacy statement
This statement details the information gathering and
distribution practices for this website: www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
It does not cover links within this site to other websites.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council (the Council) does not capture or
store any personal information about individuals who browse this
website, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your
personal details via email or an online form.
Where you choose to complete any online form the personal
information you give us is used, by the Council or third party
service providers who are contacted to us, to provide the service/s
you request.
The Council will endeavour to safeguard your information and any
disclosure of that information will be in accordance with our
registration under the Data Protection Act 1998. Third party
service providers contracted to the Council are required to conform
to the same standards.
The Council is committed to abiding by the Data Protection Act
1998, as well as respecting peoples’ rights to confidentiality and
privacy. We treat your private information with respect. It is kept
secure and only those staff who are entitled to see it have access
to it. We will do our best to keep information about you accurate
and up to date. When we no longer need to keep information about
you, we will dispose of it in a secure manner. If you would like to
know more, including about how we look after your information,
please contact:
The Information Manager
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Civic Offices
Holton Road
Barry
CF63 4RU
foi@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
01446 700111
The Council collects and stores only the following information
that is automatically recognised: the date and time, the
originating IP, the type of browser and operating system used, the
URL of the referring page, the object requested, and the completion
status of the request. Visitors to our website remain anonymous as
none of the data collected is linked to any personal information.
The information only allows us to diagnose problems with our
server, and assess the popularity of the pages on the website, so
that we can continually improve our website.
The Council website does not force users to have cookies enabled
on their computers. Cookie information is not stored on our
servers.
As the Council creates new services, this may mean we need to
amend this statement. If our privacy policy changes at any time in
the future, it will be posted on this page.