The Preston Masonic Group of Lodges and Chapters Web Site Privacy Statement
The Preston Masonic Group own and operates this web site.
The Preston Masonic Group does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this Web site, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via email, or by using an electronic form, or enquiring about any of our services. In these latter cases, the personal data you give the Preston Masonic Group will be used exclusively for providing you with the information you have requested. We do not pass any of your personal data to outside organisations and/or individuals, except with your express consent
The Preston Masonic Group does not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the Web server. The Preston Masonic Groupe may in the future monitor the IP addresses of visitors to assess which pages are the most popular. These IP addresses are not linked to any personal data so all visitors to our site remain anonymous
This privacy policy only covers the Preston Masonic Group web site at www.prestonmasonicgroup.org.uk – Links within this site to other web sites are not covered by this policy
Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox. USers may experience some display problems with other browsers.
Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie’s main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests
IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the Internet speak IP, the technical standard that allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood
IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer
Linking to another site from the website
Our website contains links to other sites, mainly those of masonic content, but also to those of other third parties. The Preston Masonic Group is not responsible for the privacy practices within any of these other sites. You should be aware of this when you leave the Group Website and we encourage you to read the privacy statements on other websites you visit.
Changes to this privacy policy
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
Last updated September 2011
