The Privacy Policy

Wiltshire Constabulary is committed to upholding the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998, to this end any personal details you supply will only be used by the Constabulary for the purposes of the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. The Data Protection Act 1998 gives certain rights to individuals in respect of their personal data and how it is handled. If you require any information regarding your personal data and what the Constabulary does with it please contact, The Data Protection Officer, Chippenham Police Station, Wood Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DH. Telephone 01249 654455 Ext 335.

Information Collection and Use

Any information collected, such as E-mail addresses will not be sold or given to third parties without your explicit permission. Wiltshire Constabulary is the sole owner of the information, personal or otherwise, collected from this site.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track users movements and gather demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. These statistics are used to identify areas that are popular and those that are less frequently visited. We will then use this information to improve our website according to our visitors' tastes.

Hyperlinks

This Website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Wiltshire Constabulary is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. We encourage our users and visitors to be aware that when they leave our site, they should read carefully the privacy statements of these third party sites. This privacy statement applies exclusively to information collected at this site.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information written to a users hard drive that contains information about the user. Cookies and other covert technologies are not used on the Neighbourhood Watch web site.

Feedback & Competitions

From time-to-time, our Website requests information from users via feedback forms or contests. Participation in these surveys or competitions is entirely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose any information requested, which may include contact information (such as name and address details), and demographic information (such as postcode or age). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and the award of prizes. Feedback information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the functionality of the Website.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on our Homepage, so that our users and visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner inconsistent with the published statement at the time and point of collection, we will notify users by way of an E-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this manner.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about our Website security, please E-mail the force Information Security Officer at fiso@wiltshire.pnn.police.uk