User Information

Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting our visitors' privacy and we will not collect any personal information about you as a visitor unless you provide it voluntarily. Any personal information you communicate to us is kept within the web site's secure database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2001.

As a visitor, we collect your contact or feedback information and guestbook entries. When you fill the form on the "CONTACT US" page. The personal information submitted in the form is used only to serve the purpose indicated. This personal information will not be kept longer than necessary and will be deleted once the feedback requirement is met.

Links to other Web Sites

Our site has a number of links to other local and international organisations and agencies. In some cases, for the benefit of the visitor, it may be required that we link to other web sites of other organisations after permission is obtained from them respectively. It is important for you to note that upon linking to another site, you are no longer on our site and you become subject to the privacy policy of the new site.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If there are any changes to this privacy policy, we will replace this page with an updated version. It is therefore in your own interest to check the "Privacy Policy" page any time you access our web site so as to be aware of any changes which may occur from time to time.

March 2006.

Disclaimer

We make every effort to ensure, but do not guarantee, and make no warranties as to, the accuracy, accessibility, integrity and timeliness of the information contained on this web-site. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of this site and further disclaim any liability of any nature for any loss howsoever caused in connection with using this website. We reserve the right to make changes to these materials at any time without notice.

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Malta and any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Malta.

Help

Information on this web site conforms to Governance Standards guidelines designed to help easy navigation.

All pages are set up to allow access by versions of any browser ranging from IE4 and further as well as Mozilla Firefox browsers.

The following information will help you understand what standards we have applied to the site and how to deal with certain file types.

Menu
Each page of this website displays a drop-down navigation menu on the upper part of the page.
At the very bottom of each page you will find a text-based sub-navigation for all the links in the menu as well as minor, less frequent links.

Site specification
The standard outline guide for the site was for an SVGA resolution monitor (800 x 600) using 256 colours. The site is quite useable with specifications lower than this.

Browser compatibility
This web site has been fully tested on a number of browsers on the majority of existing computer operating systems.

This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format the textual information within each page. Only browsers from version 4 upwards render fully CSS formatting.

Printing pages
Any page can be printed from the web by the user selecting file, print from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Mozilla Firefox.

Bookmarking pages
To bookmark a particular page the user selects Favorites, Add to Favorites from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Bookmarks, Add Bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox.

Searching
The search utility can be easily accessed through the main menu on the upper part of the screen. To complete a search the user has to enter a word or collection of words into the text search box. Pressing the return key or clicking on the search button will present the user with a listing of documents which correspond to the search details. These results will be rated, the most complete matches will be listed first, decreasing in relevance as the user goes further down the list.

Contact Us
This site supplies a contact form to give users an opportunity to voice their comments on the service.

Once the form has been completed the user must click on the submit button at the bottom of the page. This will forward the information to the Local Council.

We cannot reply to every query but each one will be read and acted upon where necessary.

Saving pages
Any page displayed on your browser can be saved to your local drive. Select File, Save as from the menu option within Microsoft IE and Firefox.

Copyright

The material on this website is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, the laws of Malta, policies, regulations and international agreements entered into by the Government of Malta. The information contained in this website is available for personal and non-commercial public use. For these purposes it may be reproduced without charge or further permission from the Dingli Local Council provided that, the reproduced materials are true copies of the originals and that the Dingli Local Council is identified as the source. The reproduced materials shall not in any way be represented as an official version, nor as having been produced in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the Dingli Local Council.

Accessibility Statement

All effort has been made to ensure that this website confirms to the accessibility requirements and recommendations of the Governance Standards Version 3.0 and to ensure that the website caters for individuals with specific disabilities.