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BAILII's privacy policies are based on respect for internationalstandards of information privacy protection.Data ProtectionPolicy
A1. BAILII collects information which identifies, foreach page accessed on BAILII, the network identity of the machinewhich has accessed it. BAILII retains this usage information forpurposes of network analysis, usage analysis, and research into usagepatterns for the purpose of improving BAILII services. Access to anduse of this information is restricted to BAILII management and staffas well as to researchers working on BAILII projects, who are subjectto an agreement to adhere to this Privacy Policy.
A2. BAILII does not disclose or publish informationwhich identifies individual machines, or potentially identifyingsub-groupings of addresses, without consent. BAILII does publishaggregated information about usage patterns.
A3. BAILII reserves the right to gather more extensiveinformation than stated above (i) about any attempted access to BAILIIwhich raise security issues (and, where necessary, to make disclosuresto relevant authorities); and (ii) for network analyses on anoccasional basis.
A4. BAILII may use and disclose usage information on ananonymous and aggregated basis in support of fundraising requests.BAILII may also use aggregated usage information for particularorganisations in support of fundraising requests made to thoseorganisations.
B1. Some BAILII databases contain personal information,including the decisions of Courts and Tribunals, and the reports ofRoyal Commissions. BAILII publishes these databases with the consentof the public bodies concerned. England & Wales judgments and someUK decisions are published under a transactional licence with TheNational Archives (TNA). It is the responsibility of the public bodieswhich provide these databases and materials to BAILII to determine,subject to the requirements of the laws under which they operate, theappropriate balance between the privacy interests of individuals andthe public interests in dissemination of the information. Inparticular, if personal data is to be anonymised before publication,this is done by the public body concerned. BAILII does not and cannotcensor part or all of the information provided by these public bodiesfor publication.
B2. BAILII does not consent to the contents of thesedatabases being indexed by other websites. BAILII attempts to preventsuch indexing occurring by placing these databases outside thepermitted scope of web 'crawlers', 'robots' or 'spiders' that adhereto the voluntary Robot Exclusion Standard
BAILII also monitors whether any robots attempt to index thesedatabases in disregard of this Standard, and takes steps to excludeany that do so from any access to BAILII.
B3. BAILII users should note that there are legallimitations on the use, publication and dissemination of some personalinformation contained in BAILII databases.
BAILII reserves the right to exclude access to its databasesby users or sites that are in apparent breach of any such legalrequirements.
BAILII retains the services of a part-time professional fundraiser toprovide fundraising, engagement, and event management services. and asa data processor in relation to fundraising and engagement. On behalfof BAILII, the fundraiser maintains information about and contactdetails for both corporate and individual donors, and contactinformation for those invited to theSirHenry Brooke Lecture or other events. SeealsoDonations.
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