Swieqi
Local Council - User
Information
Privacy
Policy
We are committed to protecting our visitors' privacy and we
will not collect any personal information about you as a visitor
unless you provide it voluntarily. Any personal information
you communicate to us is kept within the website's secure
database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2001.
As
a visitor, we collect your contact or feedback information,
guestbook entries and electronic cards related information.
When you fill the form on the "CONTACT US" and
"MAILING LIST" the personal information submitted
in the form is used only to serve the purpose indicated.
This personal information will not be kept longer than necessary
and will be deleted once the feedback requirement is met.
Links
to other Web Sites
Our
site has a number of links to other local and international
organisations and agencies. In some cases, for the benefit
of the visitor, it may be required that we link to other
web sites of other organisations after permission is obtained
from them respectively. It is important for you to note
that upon linking to another site, you are no longer on
our site and you become subject to the privacy policy of
the new site.
Changes
to this Privacy Policy
If
there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace
this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your
own interest to check the "Privacy Policy" page
any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any
changes which may occur from time to time.
August
2002.
Disclaimer
We make every effort to ensure, but do not guarantee, and
makes no warranties as to, the accuracy, accessibility,
integrity and timeliness of the information contained on
this web-site. We assume no liability or responsibility
for any errors or omissions in the content of this site
and further disclaim any liability of any nature for any
loss howsoever caused in connection with using this website.
We reserve the right to make changes to these materials
at any time without notice.
These
terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of Malta and any dispute arising
under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Malta.
Help
Information on this web site conforms to CIMU guidelines
designed to help easy navigation.
All
pages are set up to allow access by versions of any browser
ranging from IE4 and further as well as Netscape browsers.
The
following information will help you understand what standards
we have applied to the site and how to deal with certain
file types.
Menu
Each page of this website displays a drop-down navigation
menu on the upper part of the page. The menu follows your
page as you scroll down.
At the very bottom of each page you will find a text-based
sub-navigation for minor, less frequent links.
Site specification
The standard outline guide for the site was for an
SVGA resolution monitor (800 x 600) using 256 colours. The
site is quite useable with specifications lower than this.
Browser compatibility
This web site has been fully tested on a number of
browsers on the majority of existing computer operating
systems.
This
site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format the textual
information within each page. Only browsers from version
4 upwards fully understand CSS formatting.
Printing pages
Any page can be printed from the web by the user selecting
file, print from the menu option within Microsoft IE or
Netscape.
Bookmarking pages
To bookmark a particular page the user selects Favorites,
Add to Favorites from the menu option within Microsoft IE
or Bookmarks, Add Bookmarks in Netscape.
Searching
The search utility can be easily accessed through the
main menu on the upper part of the screen. To complete a
search the user has to enter a word or collection of words
into the text search box. Pressing the return key or clicking
on the search button will present the user with a listing
of documents which correspond to the search details. These
results will be rated, the most complete matches will be
listed first, decreasing in relevance as the user goes further
down the list.
Contact Us
This site supplies a contact form to give users an
opportunity to voice their comments on the service.
Once
the form has been completed the user must click on the submit
button at the bottom of the page. This will forward the
information to the Local Council.
We
cannot reply to every query but each one will be read and
acted upon where necessary.
Saving pages
Any page displayed on your browser can be saved to
your local drive. Select File, Save as from the menu option
within Microsoft IE and Netscape.
Copyright
The material on this website is covered by the provisions
of the Copyright Act, the laws of Malta, policies, regulations
and international agreements entered into by the Government
of Malta. The information contained in this website is available
for personal and non-commercial public use. For these purposes
it may be reproduced without charge or further permission
from the Swieqi Local Council provided that, the reproduced
materials are true copies of the originals and that the
Swieqi Local Council is identified as the source. The reproduced
materials shall not in any way be represented as an official
version, nor as having been produced in affiliation with
or with the endorsement of the Swieqi Local Council.
End of document.
