Privacy Policy

Halton Borough Council is the data controller for the personal information you provide.  The information we collect is used in accordance the Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and the Data Protection Act 2018.

We process and hold information in order to provide public services. The Council’s Privacy Notice explains how we use and share your information. Information may be collected on paper or online form, by telephone, email, CCTV or by a member of our staff.  There are a number of additional Privacy Notices which relate to specific areas of data usage. 

Privacy Notice/Information »

Council Advertising Network - Privacy Policy

The Council Advertising Network is responsible for delivering advertising on the Halton Borough Council website. Please take a moment to read their privacy policy which includes cookie information and details on how to opt out: https://can-digital.net/can-privacy-policy/

Cookies Policy

We have placed cookies on your computer to help make our websites better. We use cookies, tracking pixels and related technologies on our websites. Cookies are small data files that are served by our platform and stored on your device. Our site uses cookies dropped by us or third parties for a variety of purposes including to operate and personalize the website. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Otherwise, we'll assume you're OK to continue. To find our more visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/

Third Parties

Our websites employ the use the various third party services. Through the use of our website, these services may place anonymous cookies on the Visitor's browser and may send their own cookies to the Visitor's cookie file. Some of these services include, but are not limited to: Google, Facebook, Twitter, MailChimp, other social networks, advertising agencies, security firewalls, analytics companies and service providers. These services may also collect and use anonymous identifiers such as IP Address, HTTP Referrer, Unique Device Identifier and other non-personally identifiable information and server logs.

Anonymous Information

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information (such as mobile provider, operating system, etc.) automatically and store it in log files. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the website, to track users movements around the website and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

Opting out/Blocking Cookies

For information & advice on how to block/opt out of cookies please visit: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/

Website Terms & Conditions

Permission to use, copy and distribute documents and related graphics available from this World Wide Web domain  www.halton.gov.uk is granted, provided that:

© Copyright Halton Borough Council, Municipal Building, Kingsway, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 7QF UK all rights are reserved.

1.       The above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear

2.       Use of documents and related graphics available from this Server is for informational and non-commercial purposes only

3.       No documents or related graphics available from this Server are modified in any way

4.       No graphics available from this Server are used, copied or distributed separate from accompanying text

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Halton Borough Council.

Halton Borough Council makes no representations and accepts no liability regarding about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published on this server for any purpose.

It is accepted by the user that all such documents and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind.

Halton Borough Council hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

In no event shall Halton Borough Council be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss, damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from its domains and servers.

The documents and related graphics published on this web​site may could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the information herein. Halton Borough Council may make improvements at any time.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Where Halton Borough Council Register domains for Schools and departments. 

For Domain Registrations our contact details are:

Halton Borough Council
ICT Services (Domains)
Municipal Buildings
Kingsway
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7QF

Tel 0303 4300 300

  • If you have any complaints regarding a domain registered by us, please email domains@halton.gov.uk
  • If you are experiencing abuse from a domain registered by us please email abuse@halton.gov.uk 
  • For any complaints please see our complaints page.  We aim to respond to complaints within 10 days.  We will acknowledge receipt of a complaint regarding Domain issues within 5 working days.

All domains are registered to Nominets Terms and Conditions