Privacy Policy

This page explains how we use any personal data collected through your use of this website.

Who owns this website

The website cllrdickcole.org is owned and managed by The office of Cllr Dick Cole.

Correspondence address: Lanhainsworth, Fraddon Hill, St Columb, Cornwall TR9 6PQ.

What we do with your data

What data do we collect?
How do we collect your data?
How will we use your data?
How do we store your data?
Marketing
What are your data protection rights?
Cookies
How do we use cookies?
What types of cookies do we use?
How to manage your cookies
Privacy policies of other websites
Changes to our privacy policy
How to contact us
How to contact the appropriate authorities
For more information

What data do we collect?

We may collect the following types of data:

Personal identification information (eg. name, email address, phone number, etc.) relating to an enquiry submitted by you
Anonymised statistical data about your activity on our website (see Cookies below)

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

Submit a query via a contact form
Contact us directly via email
Comment on a news article or blog
Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies

We may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

Social media interactions

How will we use your data?

We collect your data so that we can:

Process your enquiry
Follow up with any additional information at a later date
Analyse website and social media traffic.

How do we store your data?

The office of Cllr. Dick Cole securely stores all data at our registered address and also makes use of secure cloud-based digital storage.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as we need to remain in contact with you, and for a period of no more than 12 months thereafter.

If you leave a comment under a news article or blog, the comment and its metadata are retained on our website indefinitely. However, you may choose to remove it yourself at any time.

Marketing

If you have agreed to receive marketing from The office of Cllr Dick Cole, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email us using the secure form on our Contact page.

What are your data protection rights?

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights.

Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – 
You have the right to request for copies of your personal data. Depending on the amount of data requested, there may be a small fee for this.

The right to rectification –
You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete any information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – 
You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – 
You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – 
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – 
You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please email us using the secure form on our Contact page.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit: allaboutcookies.org

How do we use cookies?

Cookies may be used in a range of ways to improve your experience on this website, including:

Keeping you signed in to any secured area of the site
Understanding how you use our website
Displaying relevant information to you as a new or returning visitor

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, this website uses:

Functionality –
We use these cookies so that we recognise you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

Advertising –
We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to this website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. We may sometimes share some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on this website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser.

However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

This website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to the website cllrdickcole.org so if you click on a link to another website, you should examine their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

The office of Cllr Dick Cole keeps its privacy policy under review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 29th October 2025.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us using the secure form on our Contact page.

Call us at: 07791 876 607

Or write to us at: The office of Cllr Dick Cole, Lanhainsworth, Fraddon Hill, St Columb, Cornwall TR9 6PQ.

How to contact the appropriate authority

If having first reported a complaint to The office of Cllr Dick Cole you feel that your concerns have not been addressed in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

For more information

If you would like to know more about your rights under UK General Data Protection Regulation, please visit the UK GDPR website: www.gov.uk/data-protection