Privacy
The Lodge of Melrose St. John No: 1² (herein after referred to as the
‘Lodge’) recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of the visitors to
the Lodge Web Site. Any personal data
collected through the Lodge Web Site will be regarded and 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 Lodge has not designed or consciously put in place
any system designed to collect personal information.
Disclaimer
The Lodge intends that the information published on the
Lodge Web Site is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the Web Site
does not constitute legal or professional advice, guidance or recommendation
and the Lodge, its Office Bearers, Trustees and members, and each of them, will
not accept any liability for actions arising from its use nor will they be held
responsible for the contents of any Web Site or other source referenced by any
external link.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a small data file that certain Web Sites
write to a hard drive when a user visits that Web Site. The only personal information a cookie can
contain is information a user personally supplies. A cookie cannot read data from a user’s hard
disk or read cookie files created by other Web Sites. Cookies, however, enhance a Web Site’s
performance in a number of ways including providing a secure way for to
identity verification during a visit to a Web Site and personalising the user’s experience
with the Lodge Web Site while making it more convenient for the user.
The Lodge may therefore use cookie technology
to track or record information about visitors to the Lodge Web Site. These cookies are “session specific” and are
not used to record personal information or to associate personal information
with the use of the Lodge services. Privacy and security are not compromised if
and when the user accepts a cookie from the Lodge Web Site. Users can refuse cookies by turning them off
on their web browsers (see under “Tools” and then “Internet Options”) and users
do not need to have cookies turned on to successfully use the Web Site.
Questions
or Suggestions
If anyone has any questions or suggestions regarding
this policy or considers the Lodge is not properly adhering to it then the
Lodge invites information and contents to be sent to the Lodge through the undernoted contact :-
Web Master: Bro. James Thom E Mail: webmaster@1bis.co.uk
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