Privacy Policy

This privacy notice details the types of information we have, how we get the information and why we have it, how we store your information and how you can contact us about it.

Our contact details:

via.scot.info@gmail.com

What type of information we have

We currently collect and process the following information:

Cookies – if you accept all of these (some are essential, so will automatically run)
Your email address, name and broad location – if you sign up for our newsletter or send us a contact form.
When you visit our website, we collect cookies. There are essential/necessary cookies that are needed to ensure the website functions and that it is protected from hackers.
There are also optional cookies, which you can choose to turn off. These include:
- functional cookies that enable the website to remember features you have selected, such as accessibility preferences.
- performance and analytics cookies that help us to improve our website.
- advertising cookies that allow third-parties to show you advertising that is more relevant.
- non-necessary cookies that enable third-parties, such as social platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, to identify you, connect you to your account and track your journey.
- Collecting cookies enables us to make your experience better.
- If you sign up for our newsletter, you will need to give us your email address and full name.

Cookies:

Cookies are small files of information that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device you use when you visit a website. These contain details that identify you as a user (such as your IP address and broad location) and your browsing history on that website.

Cookies enable us to improve our website and personalise your experience. For example, it helps us to create content we know you’ll be interested in and make changes that allow you to navigate more easily around the website.

We mostly do this by using Google Analytics, which processes the information on our behalf – you can find out more about Google Analytics’s privacy policy and how it keeps people’s data secure.

Our cookie banner prevents marketing, performance and analytics cookies to be placed on our site prior to your consent. But some external elements will continue to load cookies.

Our website uses the following elements, which will still collect your data.

Social Features (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn).
Third Party Apps
Custom Code (e.g., The UserWay Website Accessibility Widget, for more information on their cookie policy please see their cookie policy).

Please note, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites, even if you access them using links from our website. We recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

General Data Protection Regulation:

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by emailing via.scot.info@gmail.com with the subject line ‘Erase my details’, specifying what information you would like deleted and from where.

We have a legitimate interest.

Your data protection rights:

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – you have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification – you have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – you have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, would like to access, correct/amend or delete your information, please contact us at via.scot.info@gmail.com with the subject line 'Correct/Amend/Erase my details'.

Equally If you would like to make a complaint, you can do so by emailing via.scot.info@gmail.com with the subject line ‘Complaint’.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.