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Privacy Statement
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for
www.wow4water.net.
The information on this site covers the following
privacy issues:
- The organisation collecting the information
- How the information is used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the
loss, misuse or alteration of information under British Waterways
control
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
BW follow the requirements of the Data
Protection Act If you feel that we are not abiding by its privacy policy,
you should contact the webmaster by email at wow@britishwaterways.co.uk
Information Collection and Use
British Waterways is the sole owner
of the information collected on this site. Information may only be shared
between the three organisations involved in the WOW project; British
Waterways, the Inland Waterways Association and the Waterways Trust. We will
not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from
those disclosed in this statement. British Waterways collects information from
our users at several different points on our website.
Forms
We request information from the user on our forms. A user must provide
some contact information on these forms. We may use this contact
information to get in touch with a user to fulfill their specific
request. We will only contact the user on unrelated matters if the
user agrees to this on the form.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to
any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the
user closes their browser, the cookie terminates. If a user rejects
the cookie, they may still use our site, however certain features may
not function correctly.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user
traffic through the site and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information, such as visitor
totals, country of origin, peak visit time, average length of visit,
with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal
information that can identify any individual person. We may partner
with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs
up for these services, we will share names, or other contact
information that is necessary for the third party to provide these
services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable
information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
British Waterways are not responsible for the privacy practices of
such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site
that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
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