Website Privacy Statement
Dover District Council respect the privacy of all visitors to
the www.dover.gov.uk website.
You are not required to provide any personal information to
visit this site.
If you choose to provide information to the council via forms on
this site you are assured that any information you provide will not
be passed on to third parties for commercial purposes.
Dover District Council is required by law to protect the public
funds it administers. We may share information provided to us with
other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public
funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud - see Data Matching.
The Dover District Council website does not automatically
capture or store personal information, other than logging the
user's IP address and session information such as the type of
browser used and the duration of the visit. This information is
only used for statistical purposes.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of text stored on your computer, phone
or other device used to surf the internet. Cookies have many uses,
but fundamentally they are used to store information about you on
your computer. We may use both session cookies (which expire once
you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on
your computer until you delete them or they expire naturally) to
provide you with a more personal and interactive experience. We
encourage you to accept the cookies our website uses as they help
us to improve the user experience for you and many others.
The cookies we use are:
- Online forms - Dover District Council makes use of session
cookies in its Online Forms to facilitate secure processing of each
transaction.
- Google - Dover District Council uses Google Analytics and
Google Search on its websites. Cookies are created so that we may
evaluate use of our websites and create reports regarding the use
and activity on our sites. Please refer to the Google
privacy policy for more information.
- YouTube - Dover District Council uses YouTube, a service
provided by Google Inc., on its websites. YouTube creates a cookie
so that content can be delivered to you from a geographically local
server and also to provide basic analytic services. Please refer to
the Google
privacy policy for more information.
- Add This - Dover District Council uses AddThis, a service
provided by Clearspring Technologies Inc., on its websites. AddThis
creates a cookie so that we may evaluate the use of the AddThis
service by users of our websites. Please refer to the AddThis privacy
policy for more information.
To delete or reject cookies
We recommend you allow the cookies which are set by this website
as they help us provide a better service. Under settings you can
delete individual cookies or any cookies that your browser has
stored.
If you set your browser to refuse cookies, please be aware that
there may be functionality on various websites that does not
work.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all
websites, you can download a tool from
Google.
Security
All web systems used by Dover District Council which require the
transfer of sensitive personal data such as payment card details
have been placed in a secure area. Payment card details are entered
directly onto the bank’s website and are not stored by Dover
District Council.
If you have any queries or would like to comment on the Dover
District Council website please contact:
Jayne Miles
Dover District Council
White Cliffs Business Park
Dover CT16 3PJ
Tel: 01304 872013
Email: website@dover.gov.uk
