Online Privacy
This page explains how we use any information you give to us, and the ways in which we protect your online privacy.
We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
Data Protection
Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal obligation to protect your personal information. We take appropriate security measures to safeguard your data and apply security standards & controls to prevent any unauthorised access to it.
If you send us an e-mail message or complete an on-line form, we will use your e-mail/postal address and any information you provide to deal with and respond to your query or comments. This information may be disclosed to the appropriate office of the Council in order to deal with or respond to your message.
We will not disclose your details to anybody outside of Devon County Council without your permission, unless we have a lawful reason to do so, for example disclosure is necessary for crime prevention or detection purposes. We also undertake to only hold your information for as long as is necessary for providing a service to you.
For more information about how we will use your information and how to obtain a copy of the information we hold, please contact the Information Governance team via email at dpoffice@devon.gov.uk or write to Customer Relations & Information Governance Team, Room 120, County Hall, Topsham Rd, Exeter, EX2 4QD.
This online privacy statement applies only to websites within our domain. We should make it clear that this privacy policy (the one you're reading) only applies to websites owned and operated by us. For a current list of websites read our cookies section.
Following a link to another website
If you go to another website from this one, please read the privacy policy on that website if you want to know what it does with your information.
Following a link to our domain (devon.gov.uk) from another website
When you come to devon.gov.uk from another website, we may get personal information about you from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of websites you visit that link you to devon.gov.uk if you want to know about this.
