Web Site Privacy Policy Kent Law Society will use its best endeavours to safeguard the privacy of its website visitors. This policy explains  our website data processing practices. What information do we collect? We will collect personal details appropriate to the service offered. In some areas, this may simply mean registering your name, address and email details. Other on-line forms will require more information so that all the appropriate elements of your request will be dealt with in a timely manner. What do we use personal information for? There are various reasons why we need to collect personal data. For example, we may need to this for correspondence purposes.  Subject to your agreement we may contact you to either provide information about services that are on line, or get your feedback on how well we are performing. In any event we will only ever obtain information from you that is ‘fit for purpose’ and does not constitute an invasion of your privacy. We are all frustrated on occasion when we have to repeat the same basic information about ourselves, such as name and contact details, each time we contact an organisation. In recognition of this we are focussing on making it easier for people to access our site.  Rights Please note that in agreeing to share these details you have not forfeited your rights as prescribed under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Kent Law Society will continue to apply the same level of care to safeguard your privacy and use of your information.   Email Messages We are keen to ensure that we are providing our readers with all relevant information that we disseminate.  Consequently, you may receive occasional e-mail messages from Kent Law Society on matters that we consider may be of interest to you, if you have provided your email address to us for this purpose. Information to improve our site We collect web statistics automatically about your visit to our site based on your IP address. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences on our site so that we can regularly improve our web site. We do not use this information to identify you as an individual and you will remain anonymous, unless you are asked to identify yourself by completing a form or an online transaction. The information we gather will also enable us to better understand your needs and how you use this site so that we can continue to improve the service. Cookies If you complete our online registration process, or subsequently login to the site, we will use cookies to remember your preferences during your current visit, and any future visits provided the cookie was not deleted in the interim. These cookies only contain numeric identifiers, and can be deleted at the end of each visit by logging out of the site. Your browser help text will contain information about how to refuse cookies from our site should you wish. Refusing cookies from our site will not affect your ability to perform access the data, although we will not be able to pre-fill forms with your name and contact details where relevant. Access to Information – Data Protection and You Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you can make a formal request for the following information clarification that your personal data is being processed by the Kent Law Society a description and copy of such personal data the reasons why such data is being processed details of to whom they are or may be disclosed You may view the Council's Data Protection Notification (registration number: Z5674504) by visiting the Data Information Commissioner's Web site. Contact If you have any comments or concerns regarding this policy please contact the Adminstrator