Privacy

This policy covers how the Thames Ditton Retailer's Association ("the Association") treats personal information that the Association collects and receives. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.

Concerning cookies and your use of this site
A cookie is a short unique string of characters which is retained in your internet browser for a length of time. It can be used to identify your computer during a visit to a website, or from one visit to the next, and can enable other data you may provide wittingly or unwittingly to be linked to the same computer. A cookie is given an expiry time by the application which sets the cookie. The Association does not set permanent cookies nor marketing software on your local computer for the purposes of tracking visitors to this site between visits, but may set an ephemeral cookie to enable use of parts of this site during a visit or "session." If you elect to log in to the site for the purposes of site or content administration, an ephemeral cookie will be placed on your computer to enable this. 

This website provides functionality to turn on or off the use of cookies and is available by clicking on 'Privacy settings' at the bottom of any web page within the website.  This is intended to meet the EU regulations on the use of cookies.

Whilst accessing the website, your Internet Protocol address, which is the identifier that enables a web page to be served to your computer on request, will be recorded. This is to help counter potential abuse of the website.
Your use of this website implies that you consent to this website's use of cookies.

Concerning the Data Protection Act 1998
Information that you volunteer to the Thames Ditton Retailers Association is handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, the principles of which are that personal information should be:

  •  fairly and lawfully processed
  •  processed for limited purposes
  •  adequate, relevant and not excessive
  •  accurate
  •  not kept longer than necessary
  •  processed in accordance with the data subjects’ rights
  •  secure
  •  not transferred to countries outside the EEA without adequate protection

Data that you volunteer are processed and stored solely for the purposes of:

  •  Administration
  •  Public relations
  •  Accounts and records
  •  Communications between the Association and you

Under the Data Protection Act you are entitled to a copy of any information held about you.

Confidentiality
Data will be made available only to authorised personnel within the Association who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information and will not be given to other parties except as may be required by law.