The Department

On one side, against a grey background, are the words: 'A very interesting book... a very important contribution to this whole debate' - Sir Stephen Timms, minister for social security and disability. On the other side, on white against a red background, are the words: 'The Department. How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. plutobooks.com.'

Privacy Policy

This is the privacy policy for: www.TheDepartmentBook.com

It explains how this website collects, uses and stores your personal data.

I will do my best to protect your personal data, respect your privacy and use that information only for the purposes for which it was collected, and for as long as it is needed.

What personal data the website collects and why it is collected

Personal data is information about visitors to the website that can identify them, such as names, email addresses, phone numbers and information about your mobile phone, computer or tablet, such as its IP address.

The information is collected to help me update the website and analyse how visitors use the site.

When you use the site, I may use cookies or similar technology to collect other data, such as:

  • Your IP address, which can tell us the city or country where you are based
  • The content you have visited on the site, including how you were referred to The Department via another website
  • Details about your mobile phone, tablet or laptop.

When you contact me by telephone, email or via social media, I may collect your personal data in order to contact you again in the future. If you ask me to delete this information I will do so, if I have no lawful grounds for retaining that information.

I use social media plug-ins from organisations such as Twitter and Facebook. If you use their services to visit The Department they may use your personal data about your visit to this website. They have their own privacy policies about how they use your personal data:

I use Google Analytics to keep track of how many people visit the website:

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who I share your data with

I do not share your personal information with other organisations for marketing purposes.

If you click on an advert to visit the website of that advertiser, that organisation is likely to have its own privacy policy relating to its use of your data. Please view that policy if you have any concerns.

This site is scanned for potential malware and vulnerabilities by Sucuri’s SiteCheck. We do not send personal information to Sucuri; however, Sucuri could find personal information posted publicly (such as in comments) during their scan.

For more details, please see Sucuri’s privacy policy.

This site also uses the Wordfence security plug-in, which collects IP addresses. Please see the Wordfence privacy policy here.

This site is part of a network of sites that protect against distributed brute force attacks. To enable this protection, the IP address of visitors attempting to log into the site is shared with a service provided by SolidWP. For privacy policy details, please see the SolidWP privacy policy.

Contact details

The data controller for www.TheDepartmentBook.com is John Pring.

For any privacy concerns or questions or to access the personal information we hold about you, contact him via email: [email protected] or by phone, on: 07776 206595. He will aim to respond to you within one working day, except for those weeks when he is on leave.