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Privacy Policy
Scottish Innovators’ Network (the “Club”) is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to www.scottishinnovators.com. Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.
By using this site (the “Website”) or
contacting us by email or through this Website, you consent
to the collection, use and transfer of your personal information
under the terms of this policy. If you do not accept the terms
of this policy you must leave this Website immediately and
you may not use it or any services we provide through it.
Information that we collect from you
When you visit the Website or register or log in as a user of the Website you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name and contact details, including your phone and fax numbers, email address and postal address.
If you sign up to the Forum section of the Website, you will also be asked to
provide your name, a password, your email address (which may be made publicly
available on the Forum if you select the relevant option on the sign-up
page,
ICQ, website address, occupation, location, country , interests and hobbies and
preferred language.
If you apply for membership of the Club through the Website, we may ask you for
the ancillary information requested on the membership application
page.
We may also collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
Use of your information
Your information will be used to facilitate your membership of the Club (if you are or become a member); to administer your application for membership (if you apply) and to operate your participation in the Forum section of the Website.
We may also use your information to contact you with information and updates about the Club and its activities, and the activities of similar organisations which may be of interest to you.
Ways in which we may contact you
We may contact you by post, telephone, fax or email in connection with the purposes outlined above. If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know by contacting us at our contact details set out below.
Cookies
[We do not use cookies on the Website.] More information about cookies is available
on www.allaboutcookies.org.
Disclosure of your information
The information you provide to us will be held on our computers in the UK and
may be accessed by or given to our members, our staff, our contractors and agents
who act for us, for the purposes set out in this policy or for other purposes
approved by you or as otherwise permitted by law. This may mean that your information
is sent to computers outwith the UK.
By submitting your information to us, you
agree that it may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. Countries
outside the European Economic Area do not always have strong data protection
laws. However, wherever practicable we will take steps to ensure that your information
is used by third parties in accordance with this policy.
We may pass aggregate
information on the usage of our Website to third parties but this will not include
information that can be used to identify you. In the event that we amalgamate
with another organisation, your information may be passed as one of the transferred
assets to the successor organisation in that transaction.
We shall never sell
or rent your personal information gathered through the Website to third parties
for their marketing purposes.
We also reserve the right to disclose any of the
information you provide to us where required to do so by law, or to comply with
a regulatory obligation, or to assist in any investigation into alleged illegal
or criminal conduct.
Security and data retention
We employ industry standard security measures to protect your information from
access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss,
destruction and damage. You should be aware however that it is technically impossible
to provide a totally secure system on the internet. Although we will do our best
to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your
data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk and you
are also responsible for ensuring your own computer system is adequately protected
from access by unauthorised persons.
We will retain your information for a reasonable
period or (if longer) for as long as the law requires us to do so.
Third party
information collectors and websites
If you disclose your personal information
to third parties including, but not limited to, third party websites with links
on our Website, our privacy policy shall not be enforceable against them. We
take no responsibility and shall not be liable for third party use of your personal
information in such circumstances.
You should be aware that if you click on
any link on the Website to another website provided by a third party, it is possible
you may encounter cookies or other similar devices placed by those third parties.
We do not control the use of cookies or other similar devices by third parties
and are not responsible or liable for them.
You should review the privacy policy
of any third party website to check how they may use or disclose your information.
Accessing and updating
Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you are entitled to request access to the
information held about you and you are entitled to ask us to make any necessary
changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do
this, please contact us at the address below as we are the data controller for
this information. We are entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs
in providing you with details of the information we hold about you. We may also
ask you to provide suitable evidence confirming your identity before providing
you with such details.
Changes to our privacy policy
We may change our privacy policy at any time without having to give you prior
notification. Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted
to the Website and/or, where we think it is appropriate, through e-mail notification.
Contact
All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are
welcomed. Please address them to :- Contact: The Secretary
Address: Scottish Innovators’ Network, 6 The Beaches, Dalgety Bay, KY11 9SN,
Scotland Tel: [INSERT PHONE NO]
Fax: [INSERT FAX NO]
Email: secretary@scottishinnovators.com
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