Data Protection
The Planning Portal is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of users of its interactive products and services as well as to respecting the Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1998. We do all that we can to protect information about participants and will never pass on individuals’ information to third parties.
This privacy policy applies to this specific online consultation website. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, cover what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit and register, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information.
Information about all visitors
In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information like the numbers and frequency of visitors to the site and its pages. We only use such data in aggregate form. This collective data helps us determine how much visitors and participants use specific parts of our site, so we can improve its operation and appeal. In addition to helping this site work efficiently and well, the data also helps us in our research to understand the ways in which technology can be used to facilitate interaction between citizens, elected representatives and political institutions.
Information about specific users
This site requires registration to use its functions, such as posting a comment. At registration we specifically ask you for personal information. Certain information is mandatory – such as your name, valid email address, screen name, password. We would also appreciate you filling out the rest of the registration form to enable us to conduct a thorough evaluation.
Please note: registration on this forum is separate to registration on the main Planning Portal website.
Disclosure
We do not use or disclose information about your individual visits to the site or information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address, to any third parties.
Accessibility
This site complies with Priority 1 of the Web Content Accessability guidelines published by the W3 consortium – www.w3.org/WAI/
intro/wcag.php.
Technical Help
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Technical queries should be directed to the Hansard Society via email at edemocracy@hansard.lse.ac.uk