Copyright and Privacy
Copyright
All material on this site is subject to copyright. Unless it is specifically stated that particular material is available for general use then it should not be copied or re-used without the explicit permission of Northern Constabulary or of other copyright holders where material is used under licence. The only exceptions are those allowed under copyright law, where material can be used without permission or payment for:
- research or private study;
- legitimate criticism and review;
- education (so long as it does not involve multiple copies);
- in legal proceedings
Linking policy
It is not necessary to request permission to link to any pages on this site, however our pages must not be opened within a frameset or any other structure that could lead to Northern Constabulary content being perceived as part of another website.
Privacy & Data protection
Information provided to Northern Constabulary by users through the use of this website will be treated in confidence and will not be disclosed to third parties unless we are required to do so by law.
We gather information about site usage in order to assist in the development and improvement of service to the public. In future this information will consist of:
- Summary data provided by our ISP
- Information provided voluntarily by users through online feedback forms. Feedback data cannot be identified with an individual unless they voluntarily supply their name or other identifying details. Comments and identifying information will only be held for as long as is necessary to ensure a proper response to queries and suggestions from users. Data held for long-term analysis is separated from comments so that it does not contain anything to identify individuals.
This privacy statement applies only to web pages under the control of Northern Constabulary within the domain www.northern.police.uk.
Cookie Policy
In compliance with EU legislation*, the following table lists the use of cookies on this web site: * Information Commissioner's Office
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Cookie Description |
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ASP.NET_SessionId Session state used on CMS to store session for admin system. Not used much on front end unless it is used in conjunction with 3rd party systems that use .net such as community server. ASP.Net is a language used |
This is used to implement ASP.Net session which is a Microsoft methodology that temporarily lets sites store server-side, user-specific data. Required to process requests from the user for which the session state was instantiated |
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Sitekit |
The Sitekit cookie is used to persist any logins to extranets or restricted areas. A successful login is held in this cookie so that when a user navigates to another extranet page they are not requested to login again. |
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Trackerate |
The Trackerate cookie is used to store a list of the pages that a user visits during their navigation of the site. The list is added to on every visit to create a profile of site user paths and assist owners in improve site design and navigation. The path is optionally output to site owners attached to form submissions. |
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setString |
This is used to store user preferences for viewing sites in textOnly mode. It’s only written on sited which use the text only option. |
For further information, please refer to: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html