Information about visitors to OurOldham.info may be collected and is only used to respond to enquiries or collect website usage statistics.

Web Usage Statistics

We automatically collect web statistics about your usage of our site. This information is to monitor site traffic and to generate useful visitor statistics that can help us improve our web site. These statistics are anonymous and do not contain information that can be traced back to an individual.

Any changes made to our privacy policy will be posted on our homepage.

Personal Data

Personal information such as e-mail addresses provided through electronic forms will only be used for purposes stated on the form. This information will not be disclosed to third parties and is subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

When completing forms you may be asked for personal information such as name, address, postcode etc. It is only when you supply this type of information that you can be personally identified.

Information may be collected:

• To fulfil your request for information or services.
• As input to improving the OurOldham.info website
• As part of the process of consultation

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is registered with the Information Commissioner for the purpose of processing personal data in the performance of its legitimate business. Any information held by the Council will be processed in compliance with the principles set out in the Act.

However, the Council and its employees cannot accept responsibility or liability for any claim, loss, inconvenience or damage caused as a result of reliance on such information.

Although the Council takes all reasonable measures to ensure that the information provided to it from third parties is not defamatory or offensive, the Council cannot control the content or take responsibility for pages maintained or created by external providers and we do not necessarily agree with views expressed by those providers.

We are not responsible for the contents or reliability of any linked websites, we do not necessarily support their views, can not guarantee links will work all the time and have no control over the availability of linked pages.

Copyright Statement

All material in these pages, including layout, presentation, text, logos, icons, photos, and all other artwork and material is Copyright (c) Oldham Council Family Information Service, unless otherwise stated.

Use of any material in these pages including reproduction or transmission in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored on any retrieval system of any nature of any material in these pages for non-commercial purposes may be made without permission. No commercial use of any material is authorised without the express permission of Oldham Council’s Family Information Service.

Information contained in, or derived from these pages must not be used for the development, production or marketing of a competing program or for any other act which infringes copyright.