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Additional images have been provided for this site by: Lake District Peninsulas, South Lakeland District Council, Cumbria Tourism, Tony Shelton, Ken Clarke,Ashley Cooper

The following information gives advice on accessibility issues and your privacy:

Accessibility Advice

Changing text size and images
This section gives you instructions on how you can change the size of the text on this website to make it easier to read.

We also tell you how to turn the website images off, so you can read the text only. If you have a slow connection to the internet reading websites as text alone will reduce the time it takes to open a page.

The instructions are different for the two main types of browser (Microsoft Explorer and Netscape). There are also special instructions if you are using a Macintosh computer

The help facility on the toolbar of the browser you are using also contains information to assist you.

Instructions for Microsoft Internet Explorer users

To change the font size:

Select Internet Options from the View OR the Tools menu depending on your browser
Click on the Accessibility button
Click the Ignore fonts now showing on web pages box so that it now shows a tick
Click OK
Click OK again to close Internet Options
Select the View option from the Menu Bar
Select the Text Size option
Choose the text size you prefer

If you want to remove the images:

Select Internet Options from the View OR the Tools menu depending on your browser
Select the Advanced tab at the top right hand corner of the box
Scroll down to the Multimedia heading
Untick the box next to Show Pictures
Click on the Apply button and then click on the OK button
For more information visit the Microsoft Help and Support site

Instructions for Netscape Navigator4+ users

To change your browser settings:

Select Edit from the Menu Bar
Select Preferences. You now have the option to make various changes
Select Appearance
Select Font. You can alter the Variable and Fixed width Font to your preferred option

If you want to remove the images:

Select the Edit option from the Menu Bar
Select the Preferences option
Select Text, choose your preferred colour and click on the OK button
Select the Advanced option
Untick the box next to Automatically load Images and Click OK
For more information visit Netscape Browser Central

Instructions for Macintosh users

There are full instructions on making use of the various versions of the Macintosh operating system's accessibility features. These include resizing text, text-to-speech function and keyboard alternatives to mouse functions. For more information visit the Apple website's section for special needs

Privacy

The information contained in this website has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing information about the Grange over Sands Area and its business.

The materials contained within this website are directed at those who access the website from within the United Kingdom. Those who access the site from other locations are responsible for compliance with local laws to the extent that they are applicable.

In the preparation of this site, every effort has been made to offer correct, current and clearly expressed information. However, inadvertent errors can occur and applicable laws, rules and regulations change. The information on this site is intended for general guidance on matters of interest; it is not intended for use without professional advice. Grange-over-Sands Town Council neither assumes nor accepts any responsibility or liability (including for negligence) in relation to information provided by this site.

Grange-over-Sands Town Council has taken all reasonable care in the preparation of the content of this website but no warranty is given to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this website.

Copyright © 2006, Grange-over-Sands Town Council- All rights reserved. No part of the text or graphics on this site may be reproduced or transmitted for gain in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Grange-over-Sands Town Council. However, you are permitted to print or save to your local hard disk one copy of reasonable extracts from the site for your personal use. Requests for permission for copying or use beyond this should be sent to council@grangeoversands.net.

Any visitor to the grangeoversands.net website who hyperlinks to any other website is deemed to acknowledge that Grange-over-Sands Town Council has not reviewed and disclaims responsibility for any information contained in any such site accessed through the hyperlink.

Information Collection and Use
Grange-over-Sands Town Council is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Grange-over-Sands Town Council collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Registration
In order to use some parts of this website, a user must first complete a registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information and unique identifiers, but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to participate in any of our Contests, etc that may periodically take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services.

These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Grange-over-Sands Town Council is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your postal/zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can be done by emailing council@grangeoversands.net or you can contact us by post or telephone:

Grange-over-Sands Town Council
Victoria Hall
Main Street
Grange over Sands
Cumbria
LA11 6DP
015395 32375

Choice/Opt-out
Where applicable our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For example, our order form has an ‘opt-out’ mechanism so users who buy a product from us, but don’t want any marketing material, can keep their email address off of our lists.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by emailing us at Council@grangeoversands.net or you can contact us by post or telephone:

Grange-over-Sands Town Council
Victoria Hall
Main Street
Grange over Sands
Cumbria
LA11 6DP
015395 32375

Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.