WEST WORD PRIVACY POLICY

West Word is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. When we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when subscribing or contributing to West Word, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. We do not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.

What we store
We collect some or all of the following information:

• Name
• Phone number
• Email address (optional)
• Emails that you have sent to us
• Photos you have sent us

What we do with this information
We require this information for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our services.
• From time to time, we may also use your email to contact you to ask for your input into the West Word newspaper.
• If you are a subscriber, to send you your monthly copy

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Controlling your personal information
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information to contact you, you may unsubscribe at any time by sending an email to editor@westword.org.uk

Periodically we use information already in the public domain to produce a local telephone directory to raise funds. We maintain the information required to do this but do not use it for any other purpose. If you would like to amend or remove your details, please notify us in writing.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us at editor@westword.org.uk or write to us at Morar Station Building, Morar, PH40 4PB as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Our Web Site:

Cookies & Google Analytics
Our web site uses cookies which are small text files which are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit any web site. On our web site, the cookies are used by Google Analytics to track visitor use of our site and to compile statistical reports on web site activity, such as what countries our visitors are browsing from, and which pages are the most popular. The data gathered is anonymous and cannot be used to identify individual users.
We do not use cookies to gather personal data such as names or email addresses. Cookies are used by nearly all web sites and do not harm your system. You can set your Internet browser to block Google Analytics and/or not to accept cookies. See www.aboutcookies.org for more information or visit the official UK Information Commissioner's Office web site: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/

Third Party Links
Our web site includes links to third-party web sites and Facebook. Clicking on these links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party web sites.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.

Date of upload: 28 April 2019