Privacy Policy

Pulborough Parish Council is registered as a ‘data controller’ with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO - Reg. No. Z6413427), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.

We comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR). This ensures that your personal data is processed fairly and kept securely for no longer than is necessary.

Visitors to this website

When someone visits this website, we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Security and Performance

We use a third-party service to help maintain the security and performance of our website. To deliver this service it processes the IP addresses of visitors to the site.

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

Use of Cookies

This site uses cookies to enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. We also use Google Analytics cookies to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. For more information on how these cookies work, please see our 'Cookies page'.

Disclosure of personal information

We collect contact details via the website for the purpose of providing a service to existing and potential customers. We will never disclose personal details without the consent of the owner. Details are only held for as long as is necessary to fulfill the service request.

Access to personal information

Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’ under the General Data Protection Regulations. If we do hold information about you we will:

• give you a description of it.
• tell you why we are holding it.
• tell you who it could be disclosed to, and
• let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.

Please make any such request in writing via our email address clerk@pulboroughparishcouncil.gov.uk or by post to our office.

If at any time you feel that we have failed to meet these standards, then please either contact us or make a complaint direct to the Information Commissioner using their website www.ico.org.uk/concerns