Parliament Hill Computers Ltd
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd
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The cookie will be forgotten when your browser closes or after about 17 minutes after your last page view at this site. The web server does not retain any permanent information just due to the session cookie's existence.
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The web server will keep in its Apache log files a record of your vist: date & time, IP address, URL visited and any errors that may have occurred ‐ as is standard Apache logging.
Apache, and other, log files will usually be kept for about a month. If a problem is being investigated they (or parts of) may be kept for longer.
These Apache log records are analysed by AWStats to provide aggregate statistics about topics such as: web site performance; the most popular pages & busy times of day.
More permanent information may be kept as a result of you filling in a form (eg enquiry) or sending an email. This information will only be shared with our staff and, on a needs to know basis, web site maintainers. We will, reluctantly, share records with law enforcement, or others, as required by UK law.
In addition to Apache (web access) logs, other sub-systems will record activity. As with web logs these are kept for similar durations & reasons: performance and problem analysis. Often IP addresses will be logged.