Privacy Policy for Young Scot Enterprise

Online Privacy Practices

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data Young Scot collects from you, or that you provide to Young Scot, will be processed by Young Scot when using the What's on Where website (the "Portal"). Please read the following carefully to understand Young Scot's views and practices regarding your personal data and how Young Scot will treat it.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act"), the data controller is Young Scot Enterprise (referred to in this policy as "Young Scot" or "us").

Young Scot recognises that it must protect your personal privacy while allowing you to enjoy accessing the information posted on this website in relation to opportunities and events which are potentially available to you. This policy lets you know the uses which are made of the different types of information which you give to us when you access our website.

Use of the Portal

Except as specified for in this policy, Young Scot does not collect any personal information from people using the Portal.

However, the Portal does contain contact details and links to the websites of organisers of events and opportunities advertised on the Portal. If you follow a link to any of these websites or submit your personal details to the organiser of an event or opportunity, please note that for the purposes of the Act the data controller for that information will be the organiser of that event or opportunity or the operator of the website. Other organisations have their own privacy policies and Young Scot does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

When using this Portal and contacting organisers of events and opportunities you should comply with Young Scot's Web Safety rules in order to minimise these risks.

Cookies

Young Scot does not use cookies for collecting or storing personal information about you. You should be aware though that we do use a form of temporary cookie called a "session cookie" to allow our website to function effectively. Session cookies only store a "session ID" a string of random characters - which allows the website to group together and distinguish page requests from your browser during each browsing session. They are not stored on your computers hard disk and are held in memory, expiring automatically when you close down your browser. Please note though that if for any reason you do not want session cookies to be temporarily stored in the memory of your computer, you should not make any further use of our website.

changes to this privacy policy

Any changes which Young Scot may make to this privacy policy will be posted on this page of the Portal.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Further Information on Data Protection and Personal Privacy

For further information from Young Scot on their data protection and privacy policies, you should contact wow@youngscot.org. You should note that use of this website is subject to our Terms & Conditions.

Young Scot Enterprise is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland (No: 202687) and has its registered office at Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH12 5EZ.