Tune up: Privacy policy
General
The Scottish Arts Council is committed to protecting your privacy at all times.
Our privacy policy explains:
* The information we may collect from you when using our website
* What we use this information for
* How we gather site statistics
* How we use cookies
This policy should be read in conjunction with the Scottish Arts Council website terms and conditions of use.
The Scottish Arts Council is a registered charity (number 1036733). Our
head office is located at 12 Manor Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7DD. If you
have any other questions about this policy you can email or write to
the Website Officer at the head office address.
What Information do we collect
This information may include your email address and perhaps your first
and last names. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right
to request a copy of all personal information we hold for you. For
further information, please go to the Data Protection section within
this website.
What do we use it for?
Any information we might collect from you when registering, or as part
of an online service is exclusively for the use of the Scottish Arts
Council. This information is used to provide such services. We may use
this information to tell you about our other products and services but
this will be done on an opt-in basis. The Scottish Arts Council will
NOT sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make user information
commercially available to any third party without your express
permission.
Site statistics
We do gather non-personal data regarding site visitors to our website.
This non-personal data provides statistical information including
visits to pages, type of browsers being used to view the site, paths
taken through the site and other general information. Under no
circumstances can this be linked to a particular person.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a small text file, which helps the server to identify
your computer but not the individual. These cookies store your personal
preferences on the website and help make your visit to our website a
more personal and enriching experience.
You can set your computer (within your browser settings) to accept all
cookies, notify you when a cookie is issued or to disable all cookies.
Please note: If you have disabled all cookies, you will not be able to
personalise the website in any way.
OTHER INFORMATION
Removing subscriptions to mailing lists
If at any time our site contains subscription mailing lists you will
always be given the option to unsubscribe. This unsubscribe option will
normally appear at the bottom of the most recently sent email
newsletter.
Security
The Scottish Arts Council is bound by the Data Protection Act 1998 and
will comply with its requirements. Any details you give to the Scottish
Arts Council will remain completely confidential.
If you have access to a members area, we strongly recommend that you
keep your password and username strictly private and not to share it
with anyone.
Please always remember to log out of your account and close your
browser window when you have finished using them. This ensures that
others cannot access your personal data especially when using a shared,
or public access computer terminal.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
Scottish Arts Council reserves the right to modify and update the terms
and conditions of its website. We are continually striving to improve
the service to our clients and will continue to enhance the website in
ways deemed appropriate.
Further Information
For further information regarding any of these points please contact the Website Officer
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