Privacy/Disclaimer

This web site is one of several sites owned and controlled by Manchester City Council.

Other sites operated by the City Council are listed below and these may be accessed or linked from this one, enabling visitors to obtain information about other Council services and to use on line facilities, including making secure on line payments.

Although Manchester City Council is responsible for all these sites, each of these web sites includes its' own information about privacy and security measures.

Data Protection

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any personal information we collect from you.

Manchester City Council is the data controller for this web site and 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 circumstances, any personal information you supply will only be used to provide the information or service you have requested. Personal information is not disclosed to third parties unless this is indicated on the web page and / or relevant form at the point of collecting information from you, or as required by law.

Please note unless encrypted, email messages sent via the internet may not be secure and could be intercepted and read by someone else. Please bear this in mind when deciding whether to include personal or sensitive information in any email messages you intend to send.

Statistical data

We automatically collect statistical data about usage patterns on our website. This information is not used to identify any individual. It is only collected to provide us with an understanding of the areas of interest on our site and kept only for as long as required for this purpose.

Use of cookies

Manchester Art Gallery uses cookies on this site in order to collect data to help it improve its information delivery. A cookie is a text file that identifies your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used.

Manchester Art Gallery does not use cookies to collect any personal information about you.

The website uses Google Analytics to collect statistical data - please visit Google Analytics Terms Of Service for full details.

Links to non City Council external sites

www.manchestergalleries.org contains links to other external non city council sites.

Manchester City Council is not responsible for the accessibility or content of non City Council owned sites.

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 you are always aware of what information we collect.

Who to contact about the policy

The Council's contact for Data Protection and Freedom of Information matters is:

Information Compliance Officer
Town Hall
Albert Square
MANCHESTER
M60 2LA
tel: 0161 234 4415
email: informationcompliance@manchester.gov.uk

Requests to access data collected by this web site may also be made to the Information Compliance Officer. If you remain dissatisfied after raising an issue about this policy and / or a request to access personal information collected from you on this site, you may also contact:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
WILMSLOW
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
email: data@dataprotection.gov.uk
website: Information Commissioner (external site)