The Forest of Mercia is administered by Staffordshire County Council. As such, it adheres to the Council's Terms and Conditions relating to websites and email.
In recognition of open access to websites, where the Forest of Mercia is the owner of the intellectual property rights, permission is given for non profit use only of material in this website. The Forest of Mercia asserts its right to be identified as the author of such material, and a statement to this effect must be clearly displayed when reproducing all or any of this material.
Due to the nature of the material the Forest of Mercia does not guarantee the accuracy of the content of its website. Where other material is accessed by links to other web sites, the Forest of Mercia does not endorse the accuracy or quality of the material contained on those websites. Listing or reference should not be taken as endorsement of any kind by the Forest of Mercia.
Emails and attachments sent to staff may be monitored and read and the right is reserved to reject, return or delete any which are considered to be inappropriate or unsuitable.
We collect data in order to make improvements to Forest of Mercia services. We also gather information about the use of this site (for internal use only).
We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations. We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other that that indicated in the table below. If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, we offer you the means to consent to this new purpose: by indicating in a box at the point on the site where the personal data is collected.
We take specific steps to protect the privacy of children by making reasonable efforts to ensure that a parent has authorised the collection of the child's personal data. We do not provide information about our personal data practices in relation to children on our home page, or at those sites on our website where we collect personal data.
For general enquiries please contact:
Webmaster
The Forest of Mercia
The Forest of Mercia Innovation Centre
Chasewater Country Park
Pool Road
Brownhills
Staffordshire
WS8 7NL
Tel: 01543 370737
Fax: 01543 374309
For Data Protection enquiries or if you have a complaint about privacy or misuse of data, please contact:
Philip Jones
Head of Information Resources
Staffordshire County Council
Friars Terrace
STAFFORD
ST17 4AY
Tel: 01785 27 8364
Fax: 01785 27 8389
Email: data.protection@staffordshire.gov.uk
You also have the right to contact:
The Information Commissioner
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
WILMSLOW
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545745
Fax: 01625 524510
Email: mail@dataprotection.gov.uk
Web: www.dataprotection.gov.uk
We welcome your compliments, complaints and suggestions as part of our commitment to provide a service which meets your needs. We do not consider people who complain to be 'troublemakers'. We need to know when we have done things well, when things are not right or when you have a suggestion, so we can continue to improve the services we provide. We will handle all complaints fairly, politely and within agreed timescales. We will also pass on all compliments to relevant staff. Sometimes, things can go wrong. We are sorry when this happens. We want to make sure we investigate every complaint and that we take action to improve our service.
Please click here for more information on the County Council's Complaints Policy.