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Privacy statement, June 2003
Friends of the Earth Scotland
respects your privacy.
The following discloses our information gathering
and dissemination practices for our website, and consists of these
areas:
Sharing of Information
We do not share personally identifiable information with any other
entities. If you use our Green Office Online Audit, your name WILL
NOT
appear on the publicly accessible area of the website.
Online Audit
Database
Your responses to the audit questions are automatically stored
on our database unless you opt out. This enables us to evaluate
which
green
office practices are implemented by the audit users. This information
will help us to develop and promote future Green Office
initiatives.
At the end of the audit there is an option available should
you NOT wish FoE Scotland to database your details and responses.
Though
collected data is stored on a password protected database, the security
of this data cannot be guaranteed.
IP Address Logging
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server,
and to administer our web site. IP addresses are logged
to track a user's
visit. This gives us an idea of which parts of our site
users are visiting and when.
We do not link IP addresses to data
being submitted.
What's an IP Address?
When you are connected to the Internet, your computer has
a unique Internet ID called an IP address. Most people
that connect
through
a dial-up service,
such as AOL or FreeServe, get a different IP address
each time they login. Others might have a permanently assigned
IP address,
called
a static
IP address. It is difficult or impossible for a web
site to collect personal information about you (i.e., your
name, email
address,
etc.) from your
IP address alone, though a static IP address makes
this easier.
Cookies
As part of our system visitors to The Green Office
Audit Online are assigned a unique ID when they access
the
online audit.
This enables
inputted
data to be remembered as they move from page to page.
If you have cookies enabled this will be done by
sending a
cookie to your computer.
What's a Cookie?
Cookies are pieces of information that a web site
stores in your computer. Temporary cookies only
last as long
as your
browser
is running. Persistent
cookies are stored on your hard disk (they take
up very little space). Sites often use cookies to identify
repeat
visitors
and offer them
personalized service.
Links to Other Sites
Our site contains links to many other sites. We
are not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such
web sites.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this site, please
complete our contact
form.
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