Privacy policy
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This page explains how stanhoe.org handles personal information.
Do we collect personal information?
Yes. For this website to work, the server that hosts it needs to record the Internet (“IP”) address of your device. According to European privacy law, your IP address is personally identifiable information because your Internet service provider can link it to your account. In normal circumstances, however, neither we nor or the company hosting the website are able to make that link, either technically or legally.
We also use cookies to improve the operation of the website (see below).
If you uses the site’s own search box we will record the words you search for, but no details of who is carrying out the search.
We publish phone numbers, addresses and email addresses when we think it is reasonable to do so. Most email addresses displayed on our web pages use Javascript to hide them from robots, including search engines, though email addresses in PDF files are visible to robots. If you would prefer that we do not publish your details, please .
If you leave a comment on the photo gallery we will ask for your name and email address. We may use this to contact you about your comment. We will not use your email address for any other purpose without your permission. If you think that anything we have published infringes your copyright, please .
How do we protect your information?
We will never normally transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties without your explicit permission. In general, we do not even have access to any personal information apart from IP addresses.
We, or the company hosting the website, may release your information when we believe this is required to comply with the law or when we are asked to by an appropriate government agency.
When you visit some pages – but not all – on this site, Google, Facebook and other social media companies may set cookies on your device (see below). We have no control over how these companies use any information they collect about your browsing habits via cookies.
Do we use cookies?
Yes, we use both “temporary” and “persistent” cookies to allow stanhoe.org to display information in the best way possible. Some of these cookies are controlled by stanhoe.org, while others are set by third parties.
stanhoe.org cookies include short-term cookies that improve the operation of the website, especially for anyone who needs to log in to the administrative area of the website. Several are valid only for the current browsing session, and others expire after 24 hours. The only long-term cookies are those used to manage your consent to receive cookies. If you agree to cookies, you will see a new cookie consent notice every 30 days.
Third-party cookies are used by Google, Facebook and YouTube to track your browsing habits on certain pages of stanhoe.org. As of February 2022 we do not use Google Analytics or any other third-party tracking system, but Google may set cookies when you visit a page with a Google calendar (such as the home page), YouTube may set cookies for the trailer videos on the cinema page, and social media companies may set cookies when you view a page that shows their content (currently just the WI page). Whether or not third-party cookies are set may depend on which browser you use and how it’s configured.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file – a string of letters and numbers – that a website transfers to your computer, tablet or smartphone through your web browser, if you allow it to. Cookies help the website to optimise its performance for your particular browser, and capture certain information such as whether you have visited the website in the past. See websites such as aboutcookies.org for more details.
Can I turn off cookies?
Yes. To reject cookies on stanhoe.org, click “I decline” when you see the cookie consent notice, or click on the “manage cookies” link at the bottom of this page to adjust your cookie settings at any time.
To turn off cookies altogether, change the appropriate settings in your web browser. Remember that this will limit the behaviour of many websites, especially those that you log into, such as for online shopping.
Your browser may also allow you to control the behaviour of cookies on individual websites.
Policy updates
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. See the footer below for the date on which this page was last edited.