Privacy and Security

Our Commitment

Taunton Deane Borough Council is committed to protecting your privacy.  We are registered with the Information Commissioner and comply with the provisions of the 1998 Data Protection Act.

Information Handling/Collection and Use

We will ensure that your information is handled with the utmost confidentiality.  Personal information such as your name, address or account details will never be disclosed, sold or shared with any third parties without your consent.  We will not pass information on to any third parties other than those responsible for the information and services provided as part of your enquiry.

Security

We have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of your information under our control, we take every precaution to protect your personal details both online and offline.

Whenever we ask you to submit sensitive information (such as your payment card details), we will use SSL encryption to protect your data online.  While on a secure page, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked (or open) when you are just 'surfing'.

Links

Our website contains links to other sites.  Please remember that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of linked sites. You are encouraged to read the privacy policies of linked websites that collect personally identifiable information.  We accept no responsibility or liability for these sites.

Notification of Changes

If we change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.  

Copyright Notice

All material on this web site, including text and graphics, is Copyright Taunton Deane Borough Council unless otherwise stated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, you can contact the Council via any of the following methods:-