General
East Scarsdale Scout Council (East Scarsdale Scouts), also operating as East Scarsdale District Scouts, respects the privacy of every individual who visits our websites.
The contents of this Privacy Statement refers only to those sites controlled directly by East Scarsdale Scouts.
Not all websites within the www.eastscarsdalescouts.org.uk are directly controlled by East Scarsdale Scouts.
If you’re unsure whether a page is controlled by East Scarsdale Scouts, please contact webmaster@eastscarsdalescouts.org.uk
Personal Data
East Scarsdale Scouts will not collect personally-identifiable information about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number or email address (personal data) through our web site unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. Personal data that you provide to us will only be used by us or a third party on our behalf to contact you in relation to matters relating to Scouting. We will not give any personal data to any other third party not connected with Scouts.
Children
Parents should be aware that East Scarsdale Scout’s Privacy Policy will govern our use of personal data, but that information which is voluntarily given by children – or others – in email exchange or the like may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited mail. We encourage all parents to instruct their children in the safe and responsible use of their personal data while using the Internet.
Additional Information Collected Automatically
In some cases, we may automatically (i.e. not via registration) collect technical information when you connect to our site that is not personally-identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site.
Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer – Cookies
When you view one of our websites, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a “Cookie” or similar file and can help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a website to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored.
Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
Links
Our websites provide links to a wide range of internet sites, some of which will be connected with Scouting and some not. The above Privacy Statement refers to websites within the www.eastscarsdalescouts.org.uk domain and directly controlled by East Scarsdale Scouts. You will need to refer to the Privacy Statements for other websites over which East Scarsdale Scouts has no control.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.