Website privacy policy

We only collect:

• data you submit within a form
• information on how you use the site

We collect this data to help us administer your query and respond to any request you send us.

We may process this data for those legitimate interests.

If you have consented to the use of any data provided by you, then we will rely on that consent.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s website puts small files (known as “cookies”) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.

Cookies are used to:

• display a cookie law notice
• measure website usage (Google Analytics)
• maintain data between form pages

Cookies are not used to identify you personally.

First party cookies

• Name: cc_cookie_accept
  • Purpose: Shows / hides the cookie banner at the top of the home page
  • Expires: When you close your browser
• Name: electionpopup
  • Purpose: Shows/hides the pop up banner from previous PCC elections
  • Expires: When you close the browser

Third party cookies

We use third party cookies to improve our online services. These cookies enable us to gather information about users who access our site and what actions they take. They also allow us to obtain feedback from users and work with partners to provide the best possible service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics stores information about:

• the pages you visit
• how long you spend on each page
• how you got to the site
• what you click on while you’re visiting the site

Google does not collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

• Name: _ga
  • Purpose: This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you’ve visited before
  • Expires: 2 years
• Name: _gid
  • Purpose: This helps us count how many people visit our website by tracking if you’ve visited before
  • Expires: 24 hours
• Name: _gat
  • Purpose: Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made
  • Expires: 10 minutes

You can choose to opt-in or opt-out of Google Analytics cookies at any time.

We use a number of third party providers to give you the best experience when submitting your information via our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics collects and stores information on your behaviour on the site about:

• the pages you visit
• how long you spend on each page
• how you got to the site
• what you click on while you’re visiting the site

We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

We store your data on secure servers in the UK. The servers and infrastructure are provided by Amazon Web Services or Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

We retain any data we collect in accordance with our privacy policy.

Transmitting information over the internet is generally not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your data.

Any data you transmit is at your own risk.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner treats all information submitted by users in confidence.

If you choose to share your data, we will process and use it internally accordingly.

We may share the information provided with other police forces, government departments, agencies and organisations. Full details can be found in our privacy policy.

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Information regarding your privacy rights can be found in our privacy policy.

If you have any queries about the way in which we collect, use, and protect the personal information you should contact us by:

• Email – pcc@avonandsomerset.police.uk
• Post –
  Data Controller (OPCC Chief Executive Officer)
  Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner
  Valley Road, Portishead
  BS20 8JJ

Please provide as much detail as possible when contacting us.