Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use.

Bracknell Town Council is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.  Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Bracknell Town Council may change this policy from time to time by updating this page.  You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.  This policy is effective from 31st January 2011.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure.  In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We may keep a record of which webpages have been visited to monitor overall use of the site but this will not entail collecting any personal data, it will simply count how many users have visited a page over a given time.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest.  However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website.  Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.  You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Bracknell Town Council is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.  Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998.  A small fee will be payable.  If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Town Clerk, Bracknell Town Council, Brooke House, 54 High Street, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1LL.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address.  We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

A cookie is a small file which your web browser stores on your computer's hard drive in response to a request from a website you are viewing.   Cookies have many uses, for instance storing information to help analyse web traffic, storing contents of a 'Shopping Basket', or letting you know when you revisit a particular site.   Many websites use cookies to track browsing behaviour leading to concerns about privacy and data protection.   From 26 May 2012 websites using cookies are expected to obtain permission to store cookies on users computers under an EU directive passed in 2009.

This site only uses session cookies: these store information on selections you may have made from the menu and from drop down lists and are used solely to control your navigation through the site.   These session cookies expire when you end your browser session.

Overall, session cookies help us provide you with a better website.  A session cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you.   It simply stores site navigation data such as page numbers and council year

You can choose to accept or decline cookies.   Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer, an online search should provide you with details of how this may be achieved for your browser.   Declining cookies may however prevent you from taking full advantage of this website.

If you continue to access this website www.bracknelltowncil.gov.uk, we assume that you implicitly confirm your acceptance of session cookies from our website, OR that you have set your browser to decline cookies.

This website and its content is copyright of Bracknell Town Council - © Bracknell Town Council 2011. All rights reserved.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

• you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
• you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.  Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

In accessing the Bracknell Town Council's webpages, you agree that you will access the contents solely for your own private use and not for any commercial use.  You can download and use the service on a single computer at a time and you can print out a single hard copy of any part of the content on the Bracknell Town Council's website for your own personal use, including educational and research.

Except as permitted above, you undertake not to copy, store in any medium (including in any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify, or show in public any part of the Bracknell Town Council website without the prior written permission of Bracknell Town Council or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Bracknell Town Council’s relationship with you in relation to this website.  The terms ‘us’ or ‘we’ refer to ‘Bracknell Town Council’, the owner of this website.  The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only.  It is subject to change without notice.  Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose.  You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.  It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us.  This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics.  Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.

You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party.  Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.

Where you are invited to submit any contribution to this site, such submission will imply a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any such submission worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, consistent with privacy restrictions set forth in the Bracknell Town Council 's Privacy Policy.  If you do not wish to grant such rights to Bracknell Town Council , it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to this site.  By submitting your contribution to this site, you also:

• Warrant that such contribution is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to Bracknell Town Council for all the purposes specified above;
• Indemnify Bracknell Town Council against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Bracknell Town Council as a result of your breach of the above warranty; and
• Agree to waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on Bracknell Town Council site and for the other purposes specified above.

If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that Term or Condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from this clause and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.  From time to time this website may also include links to other websites.  These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information.  They do not signify that we endorse the website(s).  We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without Bracknell Town Council’s prior written consent.

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Scotland and Wales.

Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions which take effect on the date which you first use the site.  Bracknell Town Council reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online.  Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of any such changes.