Privacy Policy
This page explains how Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group uses any information you give to us, and the way we protect your privacy. Protecting the privacy and personal data of the visitors to our site is of the utmost importance to us.
The Data Protection Act
In accordance with the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We will only use your information for the purpose as described and we do not pass on your details to any other government department or third party unless you have given us permission to do so. You have a right to access your personal data and rectify any inaccuracies.
Site Usage
We do not use cookies for collecting user information. Log files allow us to record visitor's use of the site to enable us to enhance the future layout of the site. The data we gather in this way does not contain any personal information or information about which other sites you have visited. If you provide feedback on our website we will only use it to develop and improve the site. We will keep the actual feedback for six months after which it will be deleted but analysis of feedback may be kept.
Statement coverage
This privacy statement only covers the Birmingham and Solihull CCG website. It does not cover links within this site to other websites.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss and alteration of information under our control.
Changes to the policy
If the privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
Use of Cookies by this site
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The tables below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Type | Expiry | Linked Info | Functions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOPECRA | Persistent | Never | Anonymous | Remembers when a user has elected to accept cookies. |
| Cookie | Name | Type | Expiry | Functions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Translate | googtrans | Session | End of session | Stores your chosen language (if you decide to change it from English). This means that you do not have to select your chosen language every time that you load a new page. |
| Google Maps | PREF NID | Persistent | 6 months | These cookies are used to remember Google Maps preferences. |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.