Privacy

This page explains how we use any information you give to us, and the way we protect your privacy. This privacy statement only covers Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s website at www.liverpoolpct.nhs.uk. This statement does not cover links within this site to other websites.

See also the Terms and Conditions for the site.


The Data Protection Act

In accordance with the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We will only use your information for the purpose as described at the time, (for example signing up for our monthly newsletter) and we do not pass on your details to any third party unless you have given us permission to do so. You have a right to access your personal data and rectify any inaccuracies.

 

Site usage

We use cookies to record visits to the website, but this does not involved storing any personal information about users. Log files allow us to record visitor’s use of the site to enable us to enhance the future layout of the site. The data we gather in this way does not contain any personal information or information about which other sites you have visited.  If you provide feedback on our website we will only use it to develop and improve the site.

 

Statement coverage

This privacy policy only covers Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s website, it does not cover links within this site to other websites. 
 

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss and alteration of information under our control.

 

Changes to the policy

If the privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. 
 

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the practices of this site, please contact helen.johnson@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk.

 

Glossary of terms

Cookies are files containing information about visitors to a web site (e.g. user name and preferences). This information is provided by the user during the first visit to a web server. The server records this information in a text file and stores this file on the visitor's hard drive. When the visitor accesses the same web site again the server looks for the cookie and configures itself based on the information provided.

Log files are files created by a web or proxy server which contains all of the access information regarding the activity on that server.