Portsmouth Liberal Democrats are committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats collect personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Portsmouth Liberal Democrats also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your post code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Portsmouth Liberal Democrats. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Portsmouth Liberal Democrats for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Portsmouth Liberal Democrats public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites linked to from this web site so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Portsmouth Liberal Democrats are not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats collect and use your personal information to operate the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Web site and to deliver any information you may have requested. Portsmouth Liberal Democrats may also use your personally identifiable information to contact you in relation to its activities as a political party. Some of these contacts may be automated. You can opt out of some or all of these contacts at any time by contacting Portsmouth Liberal Democrats.
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion on current issues or policies.
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Agents of Portsmouth Liberal Democrats may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of Portsmouth Liberal Democrats. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Portsmouth Liberal Democrats may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide advice, or arrange for meetings. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to assist in these ends for Portsmouth Liberal Democrats, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats keep track of the Web sites and pages our visitors view within the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats group of sites, in order to determine what pages are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content withinthe site to visitors whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Portsmouth Liberal Democrats or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Portsmouth Liberal Democrats; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Web Sites, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Web sites use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize pages, or register with a site or services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information.When you return to the same web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customised.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Portsmouth Liberal Democrats Web Site services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Portsmouth Liberal Democrats secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect party and customer feedback. Portsmouth Liberal Democrats encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Portsmouth Liberal Democrats is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Portsmouth Liberal Democrats has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Portsmouth Liberal Democrats (mail@portsmouthliberaldemocrats.org.uk). We will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.