Information on this site
This site aims to give you an overview of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (BCSSS), and we hope you will find it a useful source of information. Please remember that the Rules of the Scheme set out your entitlement to benefits and in the event of a discrepancy, the Rules will overrule the information provided on this website.
Data Protection
We have recently produced a more detailed description of the way BCSSS and Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees Limited (CSSSTL) look after your data, in the form of a “Privacy Statement”; this detailed statement can be found by clicking on the link. The “Keeping your details up to date” section of the website includes forms and details of ‘on-line’ member access, which can enable you to help us to keep your information up to date and accurate.
Copyright
The copyright in these pages belongs to CSSSTL and all rights are reserved. Permission is given for the downloading and temporary storage of one or more of these pages for the sole purpose of viewing them on a stand-alone personal computer or monitor. Permanent copying or storage of any of these pages (or any part thereof) or the re-distribution thereof by any means is not permitted unless for the express purpose of conducting business with CSSSTL or for personal use by Members of the Scheme.
Third party web sites
This website includes links to other websites. CSSSTL does not approve or assume responsibility for the content of any other websites.
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We use these cookies:
| Type of cookie | Name | Description | Expiry | More information |
| Performance | _gid | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. | 1 day | Google's privacy policy |
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| Functionality | _gat_clientTracker | Google Universal Analytics technical cookie used to throttle request rate | 1 minute | |
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Third party cookies
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A list of the third-party cookies set by this site and what they do is below:
| Name | Domain | Description | Expiry | More information |
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Various | Google policies |
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