Orchard Network

The Data Protection Act 1998

Orchard Network makes every effort to comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

1. Use Made of Personal Information

Personal information provided to Orchard Network via the Orchard Network website will only be used for the purposes outlined at the time of collection or registration in accordance with the preferences you express.

Personal data collected and processed by Orchard Network may be used, for the following purposes:

a. Communication about our activities and relevant news

b. In generating 'user content' such as displaying images for the gallery or events for the events listings

2. Consent

By providing personal data to Orchard Network you consent to the processing of such data by The National Trust as described in this Privacy Policy.

3. Cookies

A 'cookie' is a small text file that is placed on a user's computer hard drive by a website. There are several types of cookie and the most common are often referred to as 'session' cookies. These are used to keep track of information needed by a user as they travel from page to page within a website. These cookies have a short lifetime and expire within a few minutes of the user leaving the site.

Other types of cookies can be used to track internet activity after the user has left a website. These are either sponsored by organisations external to the website being visited (known as 'third party' cookies) or can originate from the website organisation itself ('first party' cookies). These usually have a long lifetime with several months being quite common. They are 'harvested' and 'refreshed' whenever the user visits a page where the same or a similar cookie is being used.

The Orchard Network website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for the National Trust and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default; however, it is possible to set a browser to reject cookies. If this is done it is important not to exclude the benign and useful session cookies or first party cookies. If you decide to do this you should choose an option that rejects all third parties.

4. Links to Third Party Websites

This Privacy Policy applies solely to the personal data collected by Orchard Network and does not apply to third party websites, including the individual websites of the organisations that make up the Orchard Network.

Orchard Network is not responsible for the privacy policies of third party websites.