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Privacy
& Copyright Statement
The Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire
Web
Site
Privacy
Statement
The Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire own and operates
this web site.
The Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire 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 Province of West Lancashire 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 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire 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 Provincial
Grand Lodge of West Lancashire 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 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire
web site at www.westlancsfreemasons.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 and Microsoft Internet Explorer
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
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