Website privacy statement

This page provides information about the steps we take to protect your privacy when you use our website. This privacy statement covers http://www.mcc.gov.gy and any other websites that include ‘mcc.gov.gy’ in the address.

Personal information we collect about you

You can browse our website without disclosing any information about yourself. Some M&CC webpages will ask you to provide information about yourself – for example, your name, email address, telephone number, or date of birth – so you can sign-up to a particular service, initiative, or newsletter – or so we can respond to your correspondence with the M&CC. We will only ever ask you to provide the information necessary for that purpose.

Other personal data we may collect from your interactions with our website include:

• your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you use
• information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques

The legal basis for processing this data is to perform a task in the public interest that is set out in law and is statute based.

How we use this information

When we ask you to provide information, we will tell you what this data will be used for and we will give you the option to choose if you would like us to send you information about what we do.

Protecting your information

We aim to have a secure and reliable website and use appropriate security technology to protect any personal data we process about you. But your use of the internet, and this website, is entirely at your own risk. We have no responsibility or liability for the security of personal information transmitted over the internet.

Sharing your information

We will not:

• sell or rent your data to third parties
• share your data with third parties for marketing purposes without express permission

The M&CC may be required to share your personal information with the police and other law enforcement agencies for the purposes of crime prevention or detection. If we are asked to disclose your information, we ask the requesting organisation to demonstrate that the data will assist in the prevention or detection of crime, or that the M&CC is legally obliged to disclose it.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or application. Cookies are generally used to monitor how a website is used and improve your online experience. They do not give us access to the rest of your computer and are not used to identify you personally.