Privacy Statement
Our Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information gathered from users via the RCPO website. Whenever you use this site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Ways that we collect information
Active Collection
We do not currently collect information directly from users of this website.
Passive Collection
Information may be gathered without you actively providing it, through the use of various technologies and methods such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and cookies. These methods do not collect or store personal information.
An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) so you can access the Internet and is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information, because in most cases an IP address is dynamic (changing each time you connect to the Internet), rather than static (unique to a particular user's computer).
We use your IP address to diagnose problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine the fastest route for your computer to use in connecting to our site, and to administer and improve the site.
A cookie is a piece of data stored locally on your computer and contains information about your activities on the Internet. On our website, we may sometimes use cookies to track users' progress through the site, allowing us to make improvements based on usage data. The information in a cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information you submit to our site.
Once you close your browser, our access to the cookie simply terminates. If you choose not to accept the cookie, this will not affect your access to the information available on our website.
Web Statistics
We use log files generated by our web servers to analyse site usage and statistics but the files do not identify any personal information. Log file analysis helps us to understand usage patterns on our website and to make improvements to our service.
Disclosure
Except as otherwise stated, we may use information gathered via this site to improve the content of our site, to customise the site to your preferences, for internal marketing and research purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
We will not disclose any information gathered via this site to any third parties or other government departments except where :
- Such disclosures are necessary to fulfil our service obligations to you in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- Required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations (e.g. to prevent or detect crime).
Links to other websites
This site may contain links or references to other websites. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated April 2005