Privacy policy

Please select the section you require from the links below:

1. General

2. Use and storage of your personal information

3. Use of cookies

4. Users aged 16 and under

5. Access to your personal information

1. General

By entering details such as name and email address in the fields requested, you enable the Authority and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy.

2. Use and storage of your personal information

When you supply any personal information to us, for example for competitions, we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it (see the notices on particular webpages that let you know why we are requesting the information) and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. In general, any information you provide will only be used within the Authority and by relevant service providers. It will never be supplied to anyone outside the Authority (except where that is necessary to in accordance with the purpose for which you have provided the information) without first obtaining your consent, unless we are obliged or permitted by law to disclose it.

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the purpose has been met. We will ensure as far as possible that all personal information supplied is held securely, but you also need to take precautions to protect your personal information when you use the internet.

3. Use of cookies

Changes in the law mean that from 26 May 2011 we need your permission to save cookies on your machine. Please read the below carefully and let us know if you have any questions.

Cookies are small files which are sent to your browser (for example Internet Explorer or Firefox) and stored on your computer's hard disk. They only identify your computer and not you personally. The cookies we use are:

Google Analytics web analytics cookies: These cookies are used to help record your use of this website. They are used to collect statistics about site usage such as when you last visited the site. This information is then used to improve the user experience on our website. The Google Analytics cookies contain randomly generated IDs used to recognise your browser when you read a page. The cookies contain no personal information and are used only for web analytics.

The Google Analytics cookies are called _utma, _utmb, _umtc and _utmz. They will appear in the list of cookies under yorkshriedales.org.uk.

• _utma tracks whether you have visited the website before. It is set to expire 2 years after your last visit.

• _utmb establishes a ‘user session’ and tracks which pages you look at on this visit to the website. It is set to expire 30 minutes after your last visit.

• _utmc is connected with _utmb and expires when you closed your browser, rather than just visit another website.

• _utmz tracks whether you have come to the website from a search engine, another website or have typed the web address directly into your browser. It is set to expire 6 months after it was last set.

We encourage you to accept the cookies our website uses as they help us to improve the user experience for you and many others.

To delete cookies or reject cookies

If you do not want to receive cookies from this website, select cookie settings under the privacy settings in your browser options, then add our domain to the list of websites you do not want to accept cookies from. Under settings you can also delete individual cookies or any cookies that your browser has stored. You can find more information on how to delete and control cookies at http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2

If you are making a purchase from our online shop (www.nationalparks.gov.uk/yd_shop/main.asp) we will also use cookies to keep track of the transaction from one page to the next. Other than this, we do not store your password or any other information in the cookie, or use it for any other purpose.

4. Users aged 16 and under

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission before you provide personal information to this website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.

5. Access to your personal information

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information the Authority holds about you. Please address requests related to www.yorkshiredales.org.uk ONLY to:

Secretariat
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Colvend
Hebden Road
Grassington
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 5LB

0300 456 0030

secretariat@yorkshiredales.org.uk

For other general enquiries about the website of its terms & conditions, please email info@yorkshiredales.org.uk.