Leigh Group of Lodges & Chapters Web Site Privacy Statement

Leigh Group of Lodges and Chapters own and operate this web site.

Leigh Group of Lodges and Chapters 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 Leigh Group of Lodges and Chapters 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

Leigh Group of Lodges and Chapters does not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the Web server. Leigh Group of Lodges and Chapters may in the future monitor the IP addresses of visitors to assess which pages are the most popular. These IP addresses are not linked to any personal data so all visitors to our site remain anonymous

This privacy policy only covers the Leigh Group of Lodges and Chapters web site at www.leighfreemasons.org.uk - Links within this site to other web sites are not covered by this policy

Summary of terms

Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer

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