Privacy policy
The Data Protection Act
In accordance with the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we
collect from you. We will only use your information for the purpose as described. You have a
right to access your personal data and rectify any inaccuracies.
Site usage
From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself or your organisation
in order to receive or use services on our website. Such services may include the creation of your
own ‘Space’ on the site, email updates, newsletters etc. We may pass your details to third parties
who are offering a service as part of the Year (e.g. an event, activity or new curriculum material)
that we feel you may be interested in, based on the information you have supplied.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable us to provide you with the services you select.
Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy.
When using your personal information we will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet
current Internet best practice.
When organisations, schools or individuals submit information through the registration process, this data
will then be included on the Megamap, and will be accessible to all users of the website. Users will
have the option of updating this information.
With the exception of the registration processes, we do not capture any personal information whilst you
are using this website. The Year of Food and Farming website uses industry standard encryption to
safeguard your data throughout the registration process and to store it.
The Year of Food and Farming website records your IP (Internet Protocol) address in its log files that
allow us to record a visitor’s use of the site to enable us to enhance the future layout of the site.
The data we gather in this way does not contain any personal information or information about which
other sites you have visited.
Statement coverage
This privacy statement only covers the Year of Food and Farming website at
https://www.yearoffoodandfarming.org.uk and subsequent subsites
of this domain. Other websites linked to and from this domain are not covered by this privacy statement.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss and alteration of information under our control.
Changes to the policy
If the privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly
reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and
under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, you can contact
us at [email protected].
Glossary of terms
Log files are files created by a proxy or web server which contains all of the access information
regarding the activity on that server.