Disclaimer

You do not have to give us any personal data or private information about yourself to browse our site. You will be asked to provide some personal information if you wish to register with the website or carry out an online communication or payment. Refer to the council's Privacy Statement for further information onto how we will look after your information.

The council may use anonymised content of communications in order to review and improve the content of the North Ayrshire Council website and our overall service to the public.

Any emails received by the council will be subject to monitoring. Completion of any application or form obtained from this website, or the return of such to The North Ayrshire Council shall not imply the grant of any consent of license by the council, nor shall it be deemed to create contractual relationships in every case.

Use of cookies by the HAC website

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information such as visitor numbers and most popular pages.

The HAC website uses a cookie-free analytics platform called PostHog for greater GDPR compliance. Instead of storing a distinct ID in the user's browser, PostHog generates this ID on their servers, using a hash.

Search Engine

Our site search is based around the Contensis-React search solution. The search is connected directly to the Contensis web server, and its index is completely independent from any web-based search engine. No information is passed onto third parties.

Conditions of Use

All information and services hosted by and derived from this website are available to users subject to the 'appropriate use' and other provisions contained within the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all material on this website is copyright of The North Ayrshire Council. Such material may be viewed, or copied and distributed to third parties provided that the source of the material is clearly acknowledged. Copyright will subsist in all reproduction of materials obtained from this website.

Content Disclaimer

While every effort is made to ensure that the information contained within this website is accurate, The North Ayrshire Council do not warrant the accuracy of any materials on the site and accepts no responsibility or liability for any claim, loss or damage whatsoever however caused (including claims relating to disruption or damage of the user's data or computer system) whether arising from the use of information contained within the site, or accessed through the website. All users should utilise a recognised anti-virus program on material obtained from the Internet. All material on the website may be updated or modified from time to time without public notice.

The terms and conditions apply only to the HAC website at www.thehac.co.uk. Links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy and you should check the terms of the privacy policy of those other websites for their terms.

The North Ayrshire Council is not responsible for the content of external websites.