Website terms and conditions for use

The Didsbury Civic Society (DCS) takes every effort to ensure that the information published on this web site is accurate. However, DCS cannot accept any liability for the accuracy or content. Visitors who rely on this information do so at their own risk.

Copyright and neighbouring rights

All the material featured on this site is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The copyright protected material (other than the DCS logo) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified, the copyright status must be acknowledged, and any usage fees incurred must be paid.

For any other proposed use of the material please apply for the appropriate permissions to the Vice Chairman of DCS. Value added material on this web site includes photographs.

The permission to reproduce material does not extend to anything on this site identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Logos

The copying and use of the DCS logo and any other DCS-related logos is not permitted without prior approval of DCS. Permission requests should be directed to the Vice Chairman of DCS. Tell us who you are, the organisation you represent (if any), how and why you wish to use our logo. Please include your contact details, including name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail.

Virus protection

The DCS makes every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for users to run an anti virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet.

The DCS cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system, which may occur whilst using material off the DCS web site.

Privacy Statement

This statement covers the services provided by the DCS web site: www.didsburycivicsociety.org.uk . The Data Controller for this web site is the webmaster.

The purpose of this statement is to inform users of the DCS web site, which is managed by the DCS, about the information that is collected from them when they register on this site, how this information is used, if it is disclosed and the ways in which we protect users' privacy.

Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 establishes rights for individuals who disclose their personal information - where personal information is widely defined - to any organisation for any purposes involving processing of that information. Any organisation which processes information about living individuals is a data controller for the purposes of the Act; that is a person who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed. A data controller is required by the Act to ensure that the data subject has, is provided with, or has made readily available to him certain specified information, including the data controller's identity, the identity of any other person to whom he may disclose the information, and the purpose or purposes for which the data are intended to be processed.

The data controller in relation to this web site is the Webmaster. The purposes for which the data are intended to be processed is as follows:

1. Comments, questions and feedback

If you send an enquiry by e-mail to either a specific contact or a general enquiry address identified on the DCS web site, we will only use your personal details obtained from your enquiry to respond to your query or improve the site.

2. E-mail

If you register on the DCS website, we will only use the information you give us to enable you to login and view certain features and forums on the DCS website. We may occasionally contact registered users to help us evaluate and improve the website. We will hold the information you have provided for as long as you require access to certain features. If you inform us that you wish to cancel your registration, your details will be deleted from our records.

3. Site usage information

i) Cookies

Cookies are not used in any part of the DCS website.

ii) Log files

Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the site. DCS puts together log file information from all our website visitors, which we use solely to make improvements to the layout of the site and to the information on it, based on the way that visitors navigate around it. Log files are records of the visits made to the site by both registered and unregistered visitors. We do not make any use of this information, other than to improve the layout and content of the website, nor do we pass it on to any other organisation.

Your Rights as a Data Subject

As a data subject, you have various rights under the Act, including a right of access to any personal data being held about you by DCS as data controller. DCS will supply you with details of personal data we are holding about you if you submit a request ("subject access request") to the webmaster@didsburycivicsociety.org.uk e-mail account.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regular updating of this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

General help

For further help about this web site please contact the e-mail account webmaster@didsburycivicsociety.org.uk.