Aughton Lodge own and operates this web site.
Aughton Lodge does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this Web site, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via email, or by using an electronic form, or enquiring about any of our services. In these latter cases, the personal data you give will be used exclusively for providing you with the information you have requested. We do not pass any of your personal data to outside organisations and/or individuals, except with your express consent
This privacy policy only covers the Aughton Lodge web site at www.aughton7996.org.uk – Links within this site to other web sites are not covered by this policy
Cookies
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a small piece of text stored on your computer, phone or whatever you use to surf the Internet. Cookies have many uses, but fundamentally they are used to store information about you on your computer.
We encourage you to accept the cookies our website uses as they help us to improve the user experience for you and many others.
The cookies we use are:
Other third-party cookies
We use a number of free third-party services to provide enhanced functionality on this site.
Cookies are used by some of these services to track levels of usage.
To opt out of having cookies set by these services please see the relevant cookie and privacy policies on their respective websites.
To delete cookies or reject cookies
We recommend you allow the cookies we set by this website as they help us provide a better service.
If you do not want to receive cookies from this website, select cookie settings under the privacy settings in your browser options, then add our domain to the list of websites you do not want to accept cookies from.
Under settings you can also delete individual cookies or any cookies that your browser has stored.
You can find more information on how to delete and control cookies at www.ico.gov.uk/cookiesadvice or http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2.
If you set your browser to refuse cookies, please be aware that there may be functionality on various websites that does not work.
Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most
popular ones are Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox.
USers may experience some display problems with other browsers.
Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by
the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a
page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie’s main objective is to
identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for
example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site
using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as
your name, e-mail address and interests
IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the Internet speak IP, the technical standard that
allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one
host to another and that the messages are understood
IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look
something like this 198.184.98.9
Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer
Linking to another site from the website
Our website contains links to other sites, mainly those of masonic content, but also to those of other third parties. The Province of West Lancashire is not responsible for the privacy practices within any of these other sites. You should be aware of this when you leave the Provincial Website and we encourage you to read the privacy statements on other websites you visit.
Changes to this privacy policy
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
Last updated: May 2012