These statements
describe legal and other aspects of the data used on the Maps & Stats
site. Individual data sets are documented separately - follow the links
from any report.
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Reliability
The developers of Maps & Stats believe that every reasonable effort has
been made to verify the accuracy of the data reported from the web Site.
Users should refer to the information about each data source that is linked
to each report, to read information about the reliability of the data.
Users should also refer to How the statistics are calculated.
Neither the partners to BCSP nor the organisations contributing data can
be held liable for any costs incurred from inaccuracy in the information
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Privacy
The first time that you Maps&Stats you must download the MapGuide
ActiveX Control.
The download is approximately MB, but will self-expand on your hard disc
into about 3MB, which will be automatically stored in a Windows directory
for downloaded program files. The file is the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer,
which will not affect the running of other programs.
Users in some organisations may need local permission to download plug-ins,
or to change their Internet browser security to enable prompted download,
running, and script control of "ActiveX" files.
Some aspects of the mapping facilities also require the use of 'cookies'.
These are simply non-executable lines of text which cannot carry viruses
or report information about your machine or you. Under Microsoft Windows
you can find your cookies in the Windows\cookies directory. You may need
to change your Internet browser security settings to enable cookies.
Maps & Stats may ask for email addresses for some functions in order to:
- Gather statistical information regarding the use of the Web Site
for internal use only.
- Enable contact to be made with users regarding new facilities on
the site.
- Maps & Stats will not disclose your email address to any third party
without first obtaining your permission.
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Data Confidentiality
No personal information about any individual or household can be accessed
from the site. Data are only supplied to Maps&Stats as tables of
aggregate data. These are not subject to the UK Data Protection Act, because
they hold no information identifiable with an individual person or household.
If a user attempts to extract data for an individual or a household by
differencing reports for areas that vary by only a few houses, this data
will be estimates that have been purposely modified to represent"average"
conditions in that small area but not the personal details of householders.
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Copyright: Your use of Statistics from the Site
Reproduction of material must credit Maps & Stats. All material may be
freely reproduced for non-commercial purposes. For commercial reproduction,
permission must be sought at all times. No information may be sold to third
parties without permission.
Reproduction of material containing maps must also acknowledge "Maps copyright
of the Ordnance Survey".
Reproduction of reports must include the copyright and source statements
that this site uses on each report, for example "1991 Census data are Crown
copyright".
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How are the Statistics Calculated?
There is a page on Community Stats that
gives a quick explanation of how the starts are worked out and can be found here.
In addition
an HTML version of a paper written by Erik
Thomasson, Senior Policy officer in Bradford Councils Research
and Consultation service who is in charge of the section responsible
for development of Maps&Stats, about the process used by Maps&Stats
that was presented at various conferences can be found here.
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