Privacy Policy
CITY OF SUNDERLAND EVOLVE WEB SITE
PRIVACY POLICY
INTERNET PRIVACY POLICY
Sunderland City Council respects and protects the privacy of individuals that
use the websites operated and owned by the Council. The following discloses the
information gathering and dissemination practices for the websites operated and
owned by the City of Sunderland.
Use of Personal Information Provided by the User
Where an individual provides personal information (e.g. name, address, telephone
number etc) to the Council via its website for whatever purpose (e.g.
registration, survey, feedback), it is made clear to the individual what the
information collected will be used for and who it will be provided to. The
Council will only use the information collected for the stated purpose.
At the current time, personal information provided, is only used by the Council.
The Council does not sell, trade, provide or rent personal information to third
parties. Specific personal information will be released where the Council is
required to do so by law, e.g. court order. Transfer of data will be done so on
the express permission of the supplying individual.
All data received by the Council will be afforded protection, whether in a
manual or electronic form in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act
1998 and British Standard 7799. When the data is no longer required or fit for
purpose, it will be destroyed or expunged from system areas. Access to data
supplied will only be used by relevant council staff; who will ensure that
surreptitious viewing is prohibited to unauthorised individuals.
Cookies*
The Council does not use ‘Cookies’ for collecting personal information from the
sunderland.gov.uk web site.
The following cookie types may be used by the site:
Session - Where the cookie expires when you leave the site
Permanent - Where the cookie remains on your machine for a certain period of
time
Examples of permanent cookie use are our site statistics and user preferences.
*A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the
message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time
the browser requests a page from the server. The main purpose of cookies is to
identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. For example,
when you enter a Web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form
providing such information as your name etc. This information is packaged into a
cookie and sent to your Web browser, which stores it for later use. The next
time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web
server. The server can use this information to present you with custom Web
pages. So, for example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might
see a welcome page with your name on it.
Scope of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy only covers the websites belonging to and operated by the
City of Sunderland. Links within this site to other websites are not covered by
this policy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Sunderland City Council may amend this policy from time to time. If substantial
changes are made to the way in which the Council obtains and uses your personal
information the website will show prominently any announcement to this effect.