Privacy Statement
Wexford County Council fully respects your right to privacy. The Council will not collect any personal information about you on its websites without your clear permission. Any information, which you submit via Wexford County Council's websites will be treated with the highest possible standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003
Scope
Wexford County Council’s websites include the following websites:
This statement outlines our privacy policy with regard to the Council websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other linked websites. The Council reserves the right to amend the scope of the privacy statement at any time which may include or exclude other sites.
Personal Information
Wexford County Council will not collect any personal data about you on its website, apart from information, which is submitted via web forms, or information volunteered via email. Any information provided in this manner, is not made available to any third parties, and is used by Wexford County Council solely for the purposes for which it is provided.
Technical Information
Technical details of your visit to Wexford County Council websites are recorded. The details include IP addresses, browser details and web search terms. This information will only be used for statistical and site management purposes. The Council websites may use cookies or web beacons in order to gather anonymous statistical data about the usage of its sites.
Privacy Statement And Data Protection Queries
Any queries in connection with the privacy statement may be directed to:
IT Department,
Wexford County Council,
County Hall,
Spawell Road,
Wexford Town
Glossary
Web Browser
The piece of software you use to read web pages. Examples are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Opera.
IP Address
The identifying details for your computer (or your
Internet company’s computer), expressed in "Internet protocol" code.
Every computer connected to the web has a unique IP address, although
the address may not be the same every time a connection is made.
Cookies
A cookie is a block of data that a web server places on a
user’s PC. Typically, it is used to ease navigation through the site.
However, it is also a useful means for the web site identifying the
user, tracking the user’s path through the site, and identifying repeat
visits to the site by the same user (or same user’s machine). This can
then lead to a web site owner being able to profile an individual users
browsing habits – and all potentially done without the knowledge, or
consent, of the user.
Web Beacons
Also referred to as a Web bug or a pixel tag. The
beacon is usually a small transparent graphic, one pixel in size, which
may be located on a web page or in an email. The transparent pixel is
normally set to load an image from a different location on the web and
may pass user information to the web server, such as the IP address,
the duration of the visit and browser type. Turning off the browser's
cookies will prevent Web beacons from tracking the user's activity.