Rosslyn Templars privacy policy

Privacy

The Rosslyn Templar recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of the visitors to this website. Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential and in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act, 1998. However, the collection of such data is unintentional as the Rosslyn Templars have not designed or consciously put in place any system designed to collect personal information.

Disclaimer

The Rosslyn Templars seek to ensure that the information published on its web site is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice and the Rosslyn Templars cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use. The Rosslyn Templars cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link.

A cookie is a small data file that certain web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information a user supplies him or her self. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies, however, enhance a web site performance in a number of ways including providing a secure way for to verify your identity during your visit to a website and personalising your experience on our site making it more convenient for you.

The Rosslyn Templars may therefore use cookie technology to track or record information about visitors to the site. These cookies are "session specific" and are not used to record personal information or to associate personal information with the use of and Rosslyn Templar services. Your privacy and security are not compromised if and when you accept a cookie from our website. You can refuse cookies by turning them off on your web browser (see under “Tools” and then “Internet Options”) and you do not need to have cookies turned on to successfully use the site.

Questions or Suggestions

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this policy or believe we are not properly adhering to it please send an e-mail to:

Eric@rosslyntemplars.org.uk

To read an article (from Microsoft) about cookies please see below.

Understanding cookies

Some Web sites store information in a small text file on your computer. This file is called a cookie.

There are several types of cookies, and you can choose whether to allow some, none, or all of them to be saved on your computer. If you do not allow cookies at all, you may not be able to view some Web sites or take advantage of customization features (such as local news and weather, or stock quotes).

Click a heading, or press the TAB key to highlight a heading, and then press ENTER.

How cookies are used

A cookie is a file created by an Internet site to store information on your computer, such as your preferences when visiting that site. For example, if you inquire about a flight schedule at an airline's Web site, the site might create a cookie that contains your itinerary. Or it might only contain a record of the pages you looked at within the site you visited, to help the site customize the view for you the next time you visit.

Cookies can also store personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, e-mail address, home or work address, or telephone number. However, a Web site only has access to the personally identifiable information that you provide. For example, a Web site cannot determine your e-mail name unless you provide it. Also, a Web site cannot gain access to other information on your computer.

Once a cookie is saved on your computer, only the Web site that created the cookie can read it.

Persistent cookies

A persistent cookie is one stored as a file on your computer, and it remains there when you close Internet Explorer. The cookie can be read by the Web site that created it when you visit that site again.

Temporary cookies

A temporary or session cookie is stored only for your current browsing session, and is deleted from your computer when you close Internet Explorer.

First-Party vs. Third-Party cookies

A first-party cookie either originates on or is sent to the Web site you are currently viewing. These cookies are commonly used to store information, such as your preferences when visiting that site.

A third-party cookie either originates on or is sent to a Web site different from the one you are currently viewing. Third-party Web sites usually provide some content on the Web site you are viewing. For example, many sites use advertising from third-party Web sites and those third-party Web sites may use cookies. A common use for this type of cookie is to track your Web page use for advertising or other marketing purposes. Third-party cookies can either be persistent or temporary.

Unsatisfactory cookies

Unsatisfactory cookies are cookies that might allow access to personally identifiable information that could be used for a secondary purpose without your consent.

Your choices in working with cookies

Internet Explorer allows the use of cookies; however, you can change your privacy settings to specify that Internet Explorer prompt you before placing a cookie on your computer (this enables you to allow or block the cookie); or you can prevent Internet Explorer from accepting any cookies.

You can use the Internet Explorer privacy settings to specify how you want Internet Explorer to handle cookies from individual Web sites or all Web sites. You can also customize your privacy settings by importing a file containing custom privacy settings, or by specifying custom privacy settings for all Web sites or individual Web sites.

Privacy settings only apply to Web sites in the Internet zone.

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