Privacy
We respect your right to privacy. We will not share your
information with anyone outside of the Hertfordshire Constabulary
unless we ask for your permission. However, if in the public
interest it is necessary to disclose information provided, we may
use your personal details without asking for your permission,
strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and
numbers that we put on your computer. These cookies allow us to
distinguish you from other users of the website and helps us to
provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and
also allows us to improve our site.
We use ‘analytical’ cookies. They allow us to recognise and count
the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site
when they’re using it. This helps us to improve the way our website
works , for example by making sure users are finding what they need
easily.
Different functions of our website also use different types of
cookies. For example this could be:
• Where content alternates on the site, like our ‘Wanted’
section on the homepage
• If you subscribe to a section of our website
• If you take part in a poll on the site
Specifically Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service
provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses
“cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help
the website analyze how users use the site. The information
generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including
your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on
servers in the United States. Google will use this information for
the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling
reports on website activity for website operators and providing
other services relating to website activity and internet
usage. Google may also transfer this information to third
parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties
process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not
associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate
settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this
you may not be able to use the full functionality of this
website. By using this website, you consent to the processing
of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set
out above.