Thank you for visiting Energise Kirklees and
reviewing our policy notices. We
have integrated these statements
into a single posting for ease
of use. The following links will
help you navigate to a specific
section:
Privacy Policy
This notice provides Energise Kirklees's policy
regarding the nature, purpose, use
and sharing of any information collected
via this Web site. The information
you provide on a Energise Kirklees Web site will
be used only for its intended purpose.
We will protect your information
consistent with the principles of
the Privacy Act, the e-Government
act of 2002, the Federal Records
Act, and as applicable, the Freedom
of Information Act.
Submitting information is strictly
voluntary. By doing so, you are giving
Energise Kirklees your permission to use the information
for the intended purpose. If you
do not want to give Energise Kirklees permission
to use your information, simply do
not provide it. However, not providing
certain information may result in
Energise Kirklees's inability to provide you with
the information or services you desire.
There are several types of information
we collect. These include:
- Automatically
Collected Information
- Information
Collected for Tracking and
Customization (Cookies)
- Personal
Information
- Information
from Children
Energise Kirklees never collects information
for commercial marketing. We will
only share your information with
another government agency if it relates
to that agency, or as otherwise required
by law. Energise Kirklees never creates individual
profiles or gives your information
to any private organization.
Automatically Collected Information
We collect and temporarily store
certain technical information about
your visit for use in site management
and security purposes. This information
includes:
- The
Internet domain from which
you access our Web site (for
example, "xcompany.com" if
you use a private Internet access
account, or "yourschool.edu" if
you connect from an educational
domain);
- The IP address (a unique number
for each computer connected to
the Internet) from which you
access our Web site;
- The type of browser (e.g.,
Netscape, Internet Explorer)
used to access our site;
- The operating system (Windows,
Unix) used to access our site;
- The date and time you access
our site;
- The URLs of the pages you visit;
- Your username, if it was used
to log in to the Web site; and
- If you visited this Energise Kirklees Web
site from another Web site, the
URL of the forwarding site.
This information is only used to
help us make our site more useful
for you. With this data we learn
about the number of visitors to our
site and the types of technology
our visitors use.
Except for authorized law enforcement
investigations, no attempts are made
to identify individual users or their
usage habits. Raw data logs are retained
temporarily as required for security
and site management purposes only.
Information Collected for Tracking
and Customization (Cookies)
A cookie is a small file that a
Web site transfers to your computer
to allow it to remember specific
information about your session while
you are connected. Your computer
will only share the information in
the cookie with the Web site that
provided it, and no other Web site
can request it. There are two types
of cookies, session and persistent.
Session cookies last only as long
as your Web browser is open. Once
you close your browser, the cookie
disappears. Persistent cookies store
information on your computer for
longer periods of time.
Energise Kirklees Web sites may use session cookies
for technical purposes such as to
enable better navigation through
the site, or to allow you to customize
your preferences for interacting
with the site. A few Energise Kirklees Web sites
may also make use of persistent cookies
to remember you between visits so,
for example, you can save your customized
preference settings for future visits.
Each Energise Kirklees site using persistent cookies
identifies itself as doing so.
At no time is your private information,
whether stored in persistent cookies
or elsewhere, shared with third
parties who have no right to that
information. If you do not wish
to have session or persistent cookies
stored on your machine, you can
turn them off in your browser.
However, this may affect the functioning
of some Energise Kirklees Web sites.
Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with
personal information, through such
methods as completing a form or sending
us an email, we will use that information
to respond to your message and to
help us get you the information or
services you have requested.
Remember that email isn't necessarily
secure. You should never send sensitive
or personal information like your
Social Security number in an email.
Use postal mail or secure Web sites
instead.
Some of our Web sites ask visitors
who request specific information
to fill out a registration form.
For example, vendors looking for
marketing opportunities by visiting
our Energise Kirklees Acquisition Internet Service
site may be asked to register to
obtain email notices of business
opportunities. Other information
collected at Web sites through questionnaires,
feedback forms, or other means, enables
us to determine visitors' interests,
with the goal of providing better
service to our customers.
Interaction with Children
The Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) governs
information gathering online from
or about children under the age
of 13. Verifiable consent from
a child's parent or guardian is
required before collecting, using,
or disclosing personal information
from a child under the age of 13.
We collect no information about
you or your child, other than that
detailed in the previous section,
when you visit our web site unless
you choose to provide information
to us. When a Energise Kirklees Web site needs
to collect information about a child
under 13 years old, COPPA required
information and instructions will
be provided by the specific Web page
that collects information about the
child. The Web page will specify
exactly what the information will
be used for, who will see it, and
how long it will be kept.
There are several exceptions that
permit collection of a child's email
address without receiving parental
consent in advance:
- To provide the parents with
notice and to seek consent for
communications with the child.
Note: this may require collection
of the parent's email address
as well.
- To respond to a one time request
from a child.
- To respond more than once to
a child's request; i.e., subscription
to a newsletter. However, parental
consent is required prior to
the second communication.
- To protect the safety of a
child who is participating on
the site; i.e., in a chat room.
- To protect the site or to
respond to law enforcement;
i.e., in the case of a Web
site compromise.
Personal information about children
under 13 years of age may be needed
to respond to his/her communication
to us, such as to receive a poster
or to acquire information for a school
project. Personal information about
your child will be destroyed immediately
upon completion of its intended purpose.
On rare occasions, it may be determined
that a communication from a child
under 13 years old should be maintained
for historical purposes. Should such
an occasion occur, Energise Kirklees will obtain
the necessary consent from the child's
parent.
Finally, we provide many on-line
tools and services in support of
Energise Kirklees's mission. A child under 13
years old may inadvertently provide
personal information to one of these
services. If this should happen,
the information about the child will
be deleted immediately upon discovery.
Web Site Security Notice
For site security purposes and to
ensure that this Web service remains
available to all users, this Government
computer system employs software
programs that monitor network traffic
to identify unauthorized attempts
to upload or change information,.
Anyone using this system expressly
consents to such monitoring and is
advised that if such monitoring reveals
evidence of possible abuse or criminal
activity, such evidence may be provided
to appropriate law enforcement officials.
Unauthorized attempts to upload
or change information on Energise Kirklees servers
are strictly prohibited and may be
punishable by law, including under
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
of 1986 and the National Information
Infrastructure Protection Act of
1996.
Accessibility Statement
We continually strive to ensure
the pages on this Web site are accessible
to individuals with disabilities
in accordance with Section
508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
If you have any difficulty viewing
any page with adaptive technology,
please contact the webmaster for
this site, or the Center
Section 508 Coordinator.
Documents on Energise Kirklees Web sites are
presented in many formats. These
formats are generally accessible
to users using screen reading software.
Some files on this Web site may be
posted as Adobe Acrobat Portable
Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe
provides their Acrobat
Reader software as a free download.
Linking Policy and Disclaimer of
Endorsement
Energise Kirklees links to many Web sites created
and maintained by other public and/or
private organizations. Energise Kirklees provides
links to these sites as a service
to our users. The presence of a link
is not a Energise Kirklees endorsement of the
site.
When users follow a link to an outside
Web site, they are leaving Energise Kirklees and
are subject to the privacy and security
policies of the owners/sponsors of
the outside Web site(s). Energise Kirklees is
not responsible for the information
collection practices of non-Energise Kirklees
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