This is a privacy policy for British Towns and Villages Network. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.british-towns.net. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.british-towns.net/site/tnc/privacy.asp This policy does not tell users where they can go to exercise their opt-in or opt-out options.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:
John E. VincentYou may contact us by e-mail at webmaster@british-towns.net. You may call us at 01480 380132.
We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.
This policy is valid until 31 Dec, 2009 at 12:00:00 GMT.
P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 3 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.
We collect the following information:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The data in this group has been marked as non-identifiable. This means that there is no reasonable way for the site to identify the individual person this data was collected from.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Our Web server collects access logs containing this information.
We collect the following information:
At the user's option, we may also collect the following data:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Visitors may, voluntarily, communicate with us for what ever reason they see fit relating to the subject and content of our web site. (With the exception of sending unsolicited junk mail)
We collect the following information:
This data will be used for the following purposes:
This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.
The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:
Information being voluntarily submitted by webmasters of external sites requesting links from the British Towns and Villages Network
Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:
CP="OTI DSP COR LAW CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR NOR IND PHY ONL COM NAV INT DEM CNT OTC"
The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.
| Field | Meaning |
| CP= | This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy. |
| OTI | Access is available to some information. |
| DSP | The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism. |
| COR | Violations of this policy will be corrected. |
| LAW | Privacy law specifies penalties for a violation of this policy. |
| CURa | The data is used for completion of the current activity. |
| ADMa | The data is used for site administration. |
| DEVa | The data is used for research and development. |
| TAIa | The data is used for tailoring the site. |
| OUR | The data is given to ourselves and our agents. |
| NOR | The data is not kept beyond the current transaction. |
| IND | The data will be kept indefinitely. |
| PHY | Physical contact information is collected. |
| ONL | Online contact information is collected. |
| COM | Computer information is collected. |
| NAV | Navigation and clickstream data is collected. |
| INT | Interactive data is collected. |
| DEM | Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected. |
| CNT | Content data is collected. |
| OTC | Other types of information are collected. |
The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behaviour for IE6.
Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.
Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.