ECI Data Protection Policy

Data Protection Statement and Privacy Statement

Data Protection Statement

• "This is a statement outlining how Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI) meets its obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act"). The statement is subject to regular review to reflect, for example, changes to legislation or to the structure or policies of ECI. The statement is made available to all staff who are expected to apply it.

• ECI needs to collect and use certain types of information about people with whom it deals in order to operate. These include: ECI's own employees; supporters, clients, partner organisations, suppliers and others with whom ECI conducts business. In addition to carrying out our own legal functions, ECI may occasionally be required to collect and use certain types of information of this kind to comply with the requirements of other government departments or legislation.

• ECI regards the lawful and correct used of personal information as important to the achievement of our objectives, to the success of our operations and to maintaining confidence between those with whom we deal and ourselves. We therefore aim to ensure that our organisation treats personal information lawfully and correctly.

In order to achieve compliance with the Act and its principles, ECI has:

• created and implemented internal policies and procedures, available to all staff, outlining individual and organisational data protection responsibilities and providing detailed guidance on ECI internal data protection procedures.

Personal data and information will only be used for legitimate purposes and further the aims of ECI and the benefit of clients. Where any personal data may be disclosed to third parties, consent will be sought prior to disclosure.

Any persons have a right to access the personal data and information that ECI holds and that relates to them. To obtain a copy of such data (or any part of it), in the first instance, please contact ECI.  ECI is entitled to make a charge for the provision of such data (or any part of it)."

Privacy Statement

• "Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI) receives personal information through this website. You may, for example, be asked for personal information if you want to take advantage of specific services that we offer, such as when registering for updates or requesting copies of our publications. In any case where you provide personal information, we will only use it to deliver the services you have requested."

(This privacy statement only covers ECI's website).

• The ECI site does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP address and session information such as the duration of the visit and the type of browser used. This is recognised by the web server and is only used for system administration and to provide statistics, which ECI uses to evaluate use of the site.

This privacy statement does not cover links within this site to other websites.