This privacy statement applies specifically to the Website and member communications facilities of TORBAY COMMUNITIES ONLINE. The facilities contain public areas which may be viewed from any Internet connected PC. Other areas are restricted to access by members of TORBAY COMMUNITIES ONLINE. It's important to TORBAY COMMUNITIES ONLINE that its members and customers retain their privacy when they take advantage of all that TORBAY COMMUNITIES ONLINE and its services have to offer. Your privacy is important to us. We therefore operate on the basis of a number of principles.

There are eight principles put in place by the Data Protection Act 1998 to make sure that information is handled properly. 

These state that data must be:

  1. fairly and lawfully processed
  2. processed for limited purposes
  3. adequate, relevant and not excessive
  4. accurate
  5. not kept for longer than is necessary
  6. processed in line with your rights
  7. secure
  8. not transferred to countries without adequate protection.

We adhere to the given principles and reserve the right to amend this privacy statement.

Should this happen, we will post a notice of the change on the website, and you will be deemed to have accepted the changes.