Privacy Statement

Our policy is to respect and protect the privacy of anyone who visits the Haringey Council website. Any personal information you send to us (name, address, email, mobile phone number etc.) will be kept in strict accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

• We will not sell, trade or rent your information to other third parties.
• We will not collect any personal information without your knowledge.
• Your information will only be collected for a known purpose that you understand and will not be used in future for any reason other than the one for which it was collected (unless obliged to do so by law).
• We will only collect information from you if it relates to an online query you have, or will help you access our services online.

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Email or text/SMS messages

• The council will only send emails or text messages when you have explicitly given us permission to do so, either as part of an online registration process or in writing.
• We will only send you messages for a known purpose that you understand and will not be used in the future for any reason other than the one for which it was collected (unless obliged to do so by law).
• We will not pass your details to any third parties without your prior consent.
• All messages will be clearly marked as coming from the council, and will contain information about how to change your details, or unsubscribe from this service.

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Email monitoring policy

The use of Haringey Council's email system may be monitored and emails read to make sure the system is operating properly, to block spam, viruses or illegal/harmful content, and for other lawful purposes.

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Use of cookies

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.

A cookie normally contains the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value (usually a randomly generated unique number).

When you visit our website we might need to send you a cookie. Cookies may be used in the following ways:

• To help us recognise you, so you do not have to re-key your registration details.
• To help us recognise you as a unique visitor (just a number) when you return to our website.
• To compile anonymous statistics that allow us to understand how users use our site and so help us improve it. We cannot identify you personally from this information.

Disabling / enabling cookies

You can accept or decline cookies by changing the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled. In order to block or delete cookies, check the Help menu of your internet browser and type in delete cookies or block cookies to find a step by step process of how to do this.

• More information on enabling cookies.

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Web statistics

We currently use Google Analytics to compile statistics about people who visit the Haringey Council website. Google Analytics uses JavaScript and cookies to monitor how people are using the site. The information typically collected is the IP address of the user, which pages were visited and for how long, date and time of visit, browser type, search terms etc. The web traffic does not contain any personal information which can identify you as an individual.

For further information on how Google Analytics collects and uses data see the Google Privacy Statement in the external links section below.

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Your comments please

It is important to us that you feel you can trust our online systems. We therefore welcome any comments / doubts / suggestions you may have. Please use our online website feedback form if you wish to send us your comments, or email us at content@haringey.gov.uk.

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Useful External Links

The following links are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links

• Google Privacy Statement

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