Privacy Statement

What it covers

This policy covers the treatment of personally identifiable information that hastings-guide.com collects when you are visiting hastings-guide.com and associated websites.

Information collection and use

You can use hastings-guide.com and most of the services provided through the site without telling us who you are or providing any personally identifiable information. The site will use cookies in some cases to improve the quality of your visit.

It is only when you complete a form that requires personal information, or email hastings-guide.com, that you can be identified. In these cases your personal information will be used to fulfil your request for services or information, as input for improving hastings-guide.com, or to notify you about changes to the site (where you have requested this).

Protecting public funds

The Hastings & St Leonards TCM Business Partnership may receive information about you from others, or may give information to them. If so, it will only be done as the law permits, to:

• check the accuracy of information
• prevent or detect crime
• protect public funds

Our responsibilities

When receiving personal information from you the Hastings & St Leonards TCM Business Partnership will:

• comply with the Data Protection Act when handling personal data
• protect data and information in its custody from accidental or deliberate loss or disclosure
• balance personal rights and the need to provide effective and efficient services
• follow emerging Freedom of Information guidelines and legislation
• meet the common law duty of confidentiality when dealing with citizens and customers, and only disclose information in ways which are fair and understood
• ensure that elected members and the staff of the Hastings & St Leonards TCM Business Partnership understand their responsibilities when handling personal information, through training, and by promoting best practice
• ensure that its citizens and customers understand their rights in terms of access to their personal information