Terms and disclaimer

Please be aware that these may change with time and any such changes will posted on this page.

Disclaimer

While every care has been taken in the compilation of this information, Sandwell Council will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of inaccuracy or error within these pages. We reserve the right to change any data or format of any page of the site without notice.

Occasionally, links from our site lead to pages maintained by other organisations. These links are provided purely for your convenience, and do not imply that Sandwell Council endorses or supports those organisations, the information on their pages, or their products or services in any way. Additionally, no responsibility is assumed by Sandwell Council for the contents of its pages.

Accessing Sandwell Council's website

You can access our website browse our site without disclosing your personal data to obtain information about Sandwell Council services and activities.

What personal information do we collect?

To use our online services we will ask you to register your name, email address and other relevant personal details. We will also collect information from you if you complete any other forms on our site or if you contact us with comments or specific requests.

This information will only be used for the intended purpose and should we wish to use it for any other purpose, we will ask for your permission first.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Find out more about cookies and how we use them on this website

Disclosure

We will only use personal information you send us for the purposes for which you provide it.

We will only hold your information for as long as necessary for these purposes and will not pass it on to any other parties, except where required to carry out our duties and functions as a local authority.

All employees and subsidiaries who may have access to your personal data are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal data.

All your communications to us are protected against unauthorised access by third parties.

Confidentiality/security

All the personal data stored on this website is recorded in a secure database.

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to government institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Data Protection

We will treat any personal information by which you can be in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998.

Find out more about Data Protection

Copyright

All material on this website, including text and graphics, is copyright to Sandwell Council unless otherwise stated.

The text and graphic content of this web site may be used, printed and distributed only under the following conditions:

  • the content of the site is used for non-commercial purposes only,
  • copyright information is displayed (© Sandwell Council), and
  • the content is not modified.