Parts of the Travel South Yorkshire site use cookies (pieces of tracking information which are saved to your computer) to enhance your experience while you visit. This is not used to identfy you personally.
We do retain certain information once your visit has ended:
- the IP (Internet Protocol) address from which you access our website
- the type of browser and operating system used to access our website
- the date and time of your visit to the site
- the pages, files, documents and links that you visit
- the internet address of the website from which you linked to our site (ie the previous site you visited before you came to us).
- However, this information is not used to identify you personally, it is purely used for statistical purposes.
If you use any contact forms on the site the information you provide:
- will not be shared with any organisation outside of the Travel South Yorkshire partnership
- will be stored securely in database
- will be used for the intended purpose of that form and also to send you information on public transport, travel cards/ticketing, promotions or research activities, unless you opt out from receiving this additional information.
If you register for an email update service such as the “Register for Timetable” service and you would prefer not to be sent such information by email, please email optout@sypte.co.uk with “NO MARKETING” in the subject area. If you do this you will still be able to use the service you registered for, but we will not send you information you have not specifically requested. Please note we will not use your contact information for any other purposes or pass your information on to any third parties.
If you use the YourNextBus text messaging service we retain the details of your enquiry and mobile phone number to assist you in the event of a query, for analysis purposes and to occasionaly send you text messages to inform you of enhancements to the YourNextBus service or to send you information on public transport, travel cards/ticketing and promotions. If you would prefer not to be sent such information, please send OPTOUT to 64422. If you do this you will still be able to use the YourNextBus system but we will not send you information you have not specifically requested.
This authority is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds, in order to prevent and detect fraud.
The Audit Commission appoints the auditor to audit the accounts of this authority. It is also responsible for carrying out data matching exercises. Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match. This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where a match is found it indicates that there is an inconsistency that requires further investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or other explanation until an investigation is carried out.
The Audit Commission currently requires us to participate in a data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Audit Commission for matching for each exercise, and these are set out in the Audit Commission’s guidance, which can be found at www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nfi. The use of data by the Audit Commission in a data matching exercise is carried out with statutory authority under its powers in Part 2A of the Audit Commission Act 1998. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the Data Protection Act 1998.Data matching by the Audit Commission is subject to a Code of Practice. This may be found at www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nfi/codeofdmp.asp.
For further information on the Audit Commission’s legal powers and the reasons why it matches particular information, see www.auditcommission.gov.uk/nfi/fptext.asp. For further information on data matching at this authority contact the Information Officer.
Should you have any queries please contact us.