This Privacy Policy explains in general terms how Basildon.info may handle information when people visit the website, use the contact form, submit photographs or use interactive features.
When you contact the website, submit a photograph, post through a community feature or use another form, you may provide information such as your name, email address, message, photograph, caption or other details you choose to submit. This information is used to operate the requested feature, respond to enquiries, moderate submissions and maintain the website.
Images accepted for the visitor photo gallery may be displayed publicly together with any caption, description or attribution intended for publication. Do not include private contact details in material you expect to be displayed publicly.
Information sent through the contact form is used to respond to enquiries, deal with permission requests, correct errors, investigate copyright or privacy concerns and manage other website-related issues.
The hosting service may automatically record basic technical information such as IP address, browser type, requested page, date and time, and server or security logs. This information may be used for website operation, security, troubleshooting and preventing abuse.
Basildon.info uses third-party services, including Google advertising technology on pages where adverts are enabled. These services may use cookies or similar technologies according to their own privacy policies and settings. Browsers also provide controls for blocking or deleting cookies.
Basildon.info does not sell visitor-submitted personal information. Information may be processed by hosting, email, advertising or technical service providers where needed to operate the site, or disclosed where required by law or reasonably necessary to protect legal rights and website security.
Information is kept only for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was submitted, website administration, security, dispute handling or legal obligations. Public historical contributions or approved photographs may remain on the site until removed or replaced.
If you want to correct information you submitted, request removal of a photograph or contribution, or raise a privacy concern, use the contact page and give enough detail to identify the relevant submission or page.
Visitors should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information. Extra care should be taken before uploading recent photographs or personal details relating to children or vulnerable people.
This policy may be updated when the website changes, new services are added or the way information is handled changes.