Privacy Statement

This privacy policy tells you what to expect when the Scottish Government collects your personal information.

Why we collect personal data

We gather this information in order to:

  • improve the site by monitoring how you use it
  • respond to any feedback you send us, if you've asked us to
  • send out email alerts to those who have requested them
  • record and/or publish your response to a survey or consultation
  • publish your comment on a blog or discussion site

The personal data you send us can be viewed by authorised people in the Scottish government, supplier organisations, agencies and public bodies.

Data we collect

1. Visitors to our websites

We use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques.

The information we - and Google - collect doesn't identify anyone, and is kept for a maximum of 38 months. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through the site, we will be up front about it.

2. ‘Contact Us’ Enquiries

We collect your email address, name and nature of your enquiry when you submit an enquiry through the ‘Contact Us’ webpage.
 
When we link to other websites, we encourage you to read the privacy policy statements contained on those sites.

Your rights

You have a right of access to any personal data we hold about you, by making a Subject Access Request (SAR). In addition, if you believe that the data we hold is inaccurate or incomplete you can ask us to update our records. If you are unhappy with the way in which we process your personal data you can request that we stop or restrict the processing we complete using your personal data or ask us to delete the personal data we hold about you.
 
Find out more about your rights on the Information Commissioner's site.
 
In some circumstances we may not be able to comply with your request. This is because some of these rights are conditional and can only be applied in certain circumstances and/or where there is no compelling reason to continue to process your personal data.