Data Protection Policy

Privacy Policy Any personal information provided will be only used within Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council's Tourism department and authorised agents, information will not be passed on to any third parties except where we have the person's express consent or where we are under a legal obligation to do so. We may use your contact details to notify you about a particular Tourism service, promotion, event etc, but you will always have the option to notify us to ask to be removed from our mailing list. You may choose not to receive marketing material at any time by telephoning +44 (0)151 934 2336 or by writing to Southport Tourism Department, Southport Town Hall, Lord Street, PR8 1DA or unsubscribe@visitsouthport.com Any information you provide will be processed strictly in accordance with The Data Protection Act 1998. Buying Online When you buy from us online, our system automatically gathers purchase data, and we also record information about purchases made through our telemarketing, mail order and other marketing operations. We use this information in two ways:

• We review what kinds of products and services appeal most to our members as a group. This statistical information helps us improve our offerings in the same way that other companies change their catalogue based on what sells best.
• We use information such as the number of purchases members make and the categories of goods and services they buy to make offers to them we believe will be of interest.

We do not give out any information about you, as an individual, to anyone, except to complete your transactions, or to comply with valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order.

Cookies Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disc for record keeping purposes. Cookies can make the web more useful by storing information about your preferences on particular sites, thus enabling website owners to provide more useful features for their users. They contain no name or address information or any information that will enable anyone to contact you via telephone, e-mail or any other means. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to disable cookies or inform you when they are set. However, given that we may sometimes use cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of our website if you do disable them. Sefton MBC will be partaking in a Autumn/ Winter remarketing campaign which remarkets to our site visitors during October and November.This means that:

• Third party vendors, including Google, show our ads on sites on the internet.
• Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website.

Users may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page. (Alternatively you can opt out of a third party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page) You can also opt out of DoubleClick's use of cookies by visiting the DoubleClick opt-out page or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.