Website Terms and Conditions
By using or contributing to this website, you agree to be bound by the usage terms outlined on this page. We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time as may be necessary. You should also be aware of this site’s Privacy Policy when using the site.
Disclaimer
Content appearing on this site is published in good faith based on personal experiences of the site owners and contributors, information obtained from approved online sources, and information received from visitors to the site. Our aim is to inform visitors by providing access to information not available via other sources. It is not our intention to mislead, offend or upset, and we aim to act quickly to remove misleading, inaccurate or offensive content. Please contact the site administrator if you spot an error, or have an objection to content placed on this site. Under no circumstances shall the site owners or approved contributors be held liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on information published on this website. The site owners/administrators are not responsible for content on sites linked to from this site.
Copyright
Material originated by PAT Southend or its contributors is the copyright of the owners of the patsouthend.co.uk domain, unless acknowledged otherwise. All rights reserved.
No part of this website may be copied, mirrored, republished, distributed, or reproduced in any form whatsoever without prior written permission from the site owners.
Privacy Policy (Data Protection & GDPR)
We respect your privacy, and do not give or sell any information that you may provide us with to third parties. By using this website, you agree to accept our Privacy Policy.
The site owners have made best endeavors to be compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which came into force on 25 May 2018.
Be aware that our Privacy Policy may be subject to change. Changes to our Privacy Policy will appear on this web page.
Information gathered from visitors
In common with other websites, log files are stored on the web server saving details such as the visitor’s IP address, browser type, referring page and time of visit. Visitors that wish to interact with site’s discussion forum will be required to register. Registering results in the visitor’s email address, a username and password will be stored on the web server. Additional information can be entered optionally by the user to form of a user profile. An email newsletter service is offered by this site. Should a visitor elect to join the mailing list, their email address, plus email preferences, will be stored on the server. Cookies may be used to remember visitor preferences when interacting with the website.
2. How the Information is used
Server logs and site cookies are used for the purposes of monitoring and improving the performance of our website and service. Cookies enhance the visitor’s experience when using, and some of these cookies are essential to make our site work. We make use of the third-party Google Analytics for site performance and web statistics.
Personal data (such as email addresses) will not be sold, rented or leased to third parties. If requested, we may submit your information to local or government authorities.
Cookies
Cookies are small digital signature files that are stored by your web browser that allow your preferences to be recorded when visiting the website. They may be used to track your return visits to the website. Operating costs for running this website are funded by site advertising using affiliate networks. Some advertisement placements on this website make use of third-party cookies from one or more advertising networks. These cookies use anonymous data to improve the advertising experience for visitors, for tracking purposes, and to attribute advertising impressions to this website. You may be able to block cookies via your browser settings but this may prevent you from accessing certain features of the website, such as some forum functionality. You can find out more about cookies and how to control and delete them here: www.aboutcookies.org
COOKIES USED ON THIS SITEFor your information, here is a summary of the cookies used on this site: Google Analytics Our website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users use our site. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by these cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of our site and to compile statistical reports on website activity. We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website. You can find out more information on Google Analytics, and data collected by Google here: Google Analytics Privacy
WordPress We make use of the Content Management System WordPress, which collects statistics on visitors. The cookies collect the following anonymous information: browser type, language preferences, referring URL, time/date and pseudonymous IP address. More information here: automattic.com/privacy Our Forum When you create an account and log on to our forum, three cookies are created, one for username, one for password and one for your “session”. This. You can find more information on YaBB here: http://www.yabbforum.com/about.php |
Should you have any queries regarding this website’s Privacy Policy, please contact us using our Contact Us page.
