When you visit the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire website pages, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.
A small text files called a ‘cookie’, may be downloaded onto your computer. This is called a session cookie. This will only remain on your computer until you close your browser. This cookie is not used to identify you personally in any way. However, “usage data” may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. We will use this type of cookie to collect aggregated website statistics that allow us to understand how visitors use the site. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services. All of the information collected will be anonymous and only used to help us improve the website and report to funders on usage.
A persistent cookie may be downloaded when you first visit the site. These remain in your browsers cookie store between sessions. This type of cookie will allow us to identify repeat visitors to the site. Persistent cookies are also used to allow registered users to use the site without logging in on every visit.
You may opt to view the site without cookies by adjusting your browser’s settings. If you do disable cookies some functions of the site may no longer work correctly.
Your data may also be available to our website provider to enable us and them to deliver their service to us, carry out analysis and research on demographics, interests and behaviour of our users and supporters to help us gain a better understanding of them to enable us to improve our services. This may include connecting data we receive from you on the website to data available from other sources. Your personally identifiable data will only be used where it is necessary for the analysis required, and where your interests for privacy are not deemed to outweigh their legitimate interests in developing new services for us. In the case of this activity the follow will apply:
- Your data will be made available to our website provider
- The data that may be available to them include any of the data we collect as described in section 3 above.
- Our website provider will not transfer your data to any other third party, or transfer your data outside of the EEA.
- They will store your data for a maximum of [7] years.
- This processing does not affect your rights under sections 10 or 16 of this privacy policy