Disclaimer & privacy
Our aims
The aims of this website are to:
- provide information to residents, users of Council services,
businesses and the general public;
- facilitate access to Council service; and to,
- promote the County of West Sussex, the Council and its
services.
Disclaimer
West Sussex County Council (WSCC), which is responsible for this
site, endeavours to provide up-to-date and accurate information.
However, the Council disclaims any responsibility for the currency
and accuracy of information, which is supplied to its web site by
information providers who are in many cases external to WSCC.
This web site is made available for public viewing on the basis
that WSCC excludes to the extent permitted by law all liability for
any loss or damage arising out of the use of, or reliance upon,
information contained within this web site.
We are not responsible for the content or reliability of web
sites to which we link. Listing should not be taken as endorsement
of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work at all
times, as we have no control over the availability of linked
pages.
Data Protection Act 1998
In accordance with our responsibilities under the Data
Protection Act, you should be aware that the personal information
you choose to provide will not be passed to any person or
organisation outside WSCC (unless we have your consent, or where we
have a legal obligation or have the statutory powers to do so) but
will be held by relevant staff in the service area relevant to your
comments.
WSCC will not sell or rent your personal information to
anyone.
The WSCC web site has security measures in place to prevent the
loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under its
control.
It will be understood by WSCC that, in providing personal
information, you agree to its use by WSCC under these conditions
and to the extent described in this and succeeding clauses of this
Disclaimer.
Information use
It is only when you complete a form that requests personal
information or when you email WSCC that you can be identified. When
completing forms you may be asked for a variety of personal
information such as name, address, postcode etc. Where you
voluntarily choose to give us your personal details that data -
within the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 - will be
used exclusively for providing you with the information or service
you have requested. If there is a need to share your personal
information with any other system or third party then consent for
us to do this will be requested at the point of data
collection.
WSCC automatically receives and records information from your
browser in server logs. The Council monitors the IP addresses of
visitors only to assess which pages are the most popular. These IP
addresses are not linked to any personal data so all visitors to
our site remain by default anonymous.
We will not transfer information about you to any web site that
is external to the westsussex.gov.uk domain and to which there is a
link from this web site without your consent and specific
notification being given to you prior to the transfer.
This authority is under a duty to protect the public funds it
administers, and to this end may use the information you have
provided for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also
share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing
or administering public funds for these purposes.
For further information, see www.westsussex.gov.uk/nfi
Cookies
You can visit our site and use the majority of its services
without telling us who you are or giving us any person-identifying
information.
'Cookies' are pieces of data that are often created when you
visit web sites, and which are stored in the cookie directory of
your computer. The Council does not use cookies for the general
running of the site. However, cookies may be used on some
interactive pages to provide additional functionality or when it is
absolutely necessary to maintain the unique identification of your
browser while you use those pages.
Copyright
Logos and Artwork
The logos and artwork on the WSCC web site are the copyright of
its information providers and use of them is strictly prohibited
without prior authorisation.
Text
Any use of text provided by WSCC is allowed within the Fair
Dealing terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, i.e.
for research and private purposes. If the text is changed in any
way, resulting documents cannot be credited to WSCC.
If commercial or public use is required of any of this web
site's content, application must first be made to WSCC via the
webmaster.
Contact: Telephone: 01243 777100.