Privacy Statement

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this website, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via email, or by using and electronic form, or enquiring about any of our services. In these cases, the personal information that you give Dorset Fire and Rescue Service will be used exclusively for providing you with the information you have requested in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We do not pass any of your personal data to outside organisations and/or individuals, except with your express consent.

By “personal information” we mean data that is unique to an individual, such as a name, address, social security number, or telephone number.

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service 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. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service only monitor 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.

As a resource to our visitors, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service provide links to other websites. We try to carefully choose websites which we believe are useful and meet our high standards. However, because websites can change so quickly, we cannot guarantee the standards of every website.

This privacy policy only covers the Dorset Fire and Rescue Service website www.dorsetfire.gov.uk. Links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy.