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About Us
NewFerryExplosion.com was a joint community project.
Since in-depth and truthful information regarding the explosion is widely distributed over the internet and often difficult to find, this website was created out of a need for there to be one central online location for all of the information regarding the New Ferry Explosion.
It was maintained and updated by a collaboration of people from the New Ferry Residents Association, The New Ferry Traders Association, The New Ferry Community Land Trust and the Justice for New Ferry Campaign. Contributors to this site come from all of these groups, as well as from individuals or groups who were in any way been involved in the explosion or it's aftermath.
This website aims to present only the truth. This is an absolute essential necessity for this website as elsewhere online you will find articles written that often include statements from organisations or individuals with opinion or bias of some nature, be they personal agenda or political bias or even self-protection - who knows their reasoning.
The only places on this website that you might find personal opinions or bias statements are in: reported media articles which carry third-party quotes; press releases from individuals or groups or governing authorities; reports presented herein whether complete or in part; and in any published personal impact statements whether complete or in part.
This website is a now in an archive state, meaning that no further contributions are required for it and no further information will be added to it.
Privacy Policy
Policy key definitions:
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"I", "Our", "Us", or "We" refer to the maintenance team of newferryexplosion.com.
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"You", "Your", or "the User" refer to the person(s) using this website.
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GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
The purpose of this policy is to explain to you, as the User, how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while you browse or use this website. We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any time. Your continued use of our website that is subject to this Policy will signify your acceptance of any and all changes to this Policy made by us from time to time.
Site security:
This site is safe and secure. Our webhosts provide a guaranteed 100% virus-free and malware-safe online environment.
E-mail security:
All our incoming and outgoing e-mail is automatically scanned with the latest anti-virus software.
We do not send unsolicited (or spam) e-mail. Names and e-mail addresses are collected on the forms on this website solely for the purpose of our being able to respond to your messages, where required.
Your privacy:
First and foremost, we respect your right to privacy and so none of your details will ever be published on this website (unless requested by you), nor will they ever be sent by us to any third party.
All personal information which is sent to us is held securely in accordance with internal data protection procedures, our own security policy, GDPR and English law.
Where you have voluntarily interacted with us via our site, either by sending us email(s) or submitting any form, we will only ever publish that information which you request us to publish, where appropriate (such as submitting a personal impact statement for publication).
Your use of social media applications to comment on our content, share our content, or to otherwise interact with the content on this site will give us information relating to your social media account identities. As these are publicly visible, you are allowing us to interact with you publicly both on this website and on social media, such as re-posting, sharing or publishing your social media interactions.
Data Controllers:
New Ferry Residents Association
New Ferry Traders Association
New Ferry Community Land Trust
Justice for New Ferry Campaign
If you have any questions, queries or comments regarding our privacy policy, or regarding any information on our site that you think may contravene our privacy policy or your rights to privacy, then please do not hesitate to contact us via our contact form and we will urgently investigate the issue and rectify any issues where necessary.
Cookies
Cookies Explained
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All data are held in accordance with our internal data protection and privacy policies (see above).
What are Cookies?
We use the term cookie to describe simple computer codes and similar technologies such as tags and pixels. Cookies are small data files that websites place on your computer, laptop or mobile device.
Our use of Cookies
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To improve the performance of our website by understanding which parts work well, and which don't.
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To measure how effective our online campaigns and communications are.
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To enable us to collect information about how you and other people use our websites.
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To improve your experience on our website, for example by using Google Analytics to ascertain the most popular site pages.
We use the following Cookies:
Strictly necessary Cookies. These are Cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They are necessary for the safety, security and integrity of the site. For example, they help support the structure of the pages that are displayed to you, help to improve navigation and allow you to return to pages you have previously visited. This type of Cookie only lasts for the duration of the time you are visiting the website. When you leave the website they are deleted automatically.
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Targeting Cookies. Currently we do not use targeted advertising nor have third party advertisers on our website, so we do not use targeting cookies. However, targeting cookies which recognise your use of our website may be used by your browser, your ISP and / or mobile provider or by any other third-party application running on your device. These Cookies may collect information about your browsing habits and allow those external services to show you adverts while you are browsing other sites on the internet. They are set by those third parties. They help them to understand the performance of their marketing activities and improve the relevance of the adverts that you see on their websites.
Blocking or restricting Cookies:
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Notes of Thanks
Our thanks go to every individual and organisation who has helped contribute to this website.
We give special thanks to the Liverpool Echo, who have always supported the communities of New Ferry and Port Sunlight. Their reporters, for both their online and paper publications, have followed the story constantly over the entire time since the explosion, more than any other media, and they have done so with great respect to the victims. Most of the images on this site are sourced from the Liverpool Echo and are rightly attributed to them.
We give thanks to Wirral TUC, who donated two full-colour printed banners for the Justice for New Ferry campaign. You may have seen these banners at the blast site, and also displayed where-ever a JFNF protest or campaign was occurring.