Who are we?
Environmental Protection Scotland are committed to maintaining the confidence of visitors to our website. We provide impartial, scientific advice on air quality, land quality and noise and we will never sell, rent or trade e-mail lists with other companies or organisations for marketing purposes. In this privacy notice you will see what information on when and why we collect your personal information, what we use it for and how we keep it secure. If you are reading on, may we suggest you grab yourself a cup of tea and a hob-nob and make yourself comfortable
Types of data we collect
We use Google Analytics but we do not make, or allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. When you visit https://www.ep-scotland.org.uk we use Google Analytics to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour pattern. We do this so we know the number of visitors to various parts of the sites. The information is processed in a way which does not identify anyone.
We do have a mailing list. When you become a member of Environmental Protection Scotland or come to one of our events then we would like you to be added to our mailing list. We use our mailing list to contact you for our events, when your membership needs to be renewed, to receive our newsletter, to provide additional information to check our records are correct and to check every now and again that you are happy and satisfied with the service we provide you. If you consent to being on our mailing list then we would record your name, address, e-mail and telephone number. We do not rent or trade our list with other organisations and businesses.
We don’t use cookies on our website. No this isn’t a chocolate digestive, or a ginger nut, but rather a text file which records certain bits of information on your first visit to a website so that on your next visit the site knows you’ve been there before and will help you out a little.
Access to your personal information
Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) you have the right to access, amend or delete any of your personal information that Environmental Protection Scotland holds. E-mail your request to Clare Carruthers, clare.carruthers@ep-scotland.org.uk
Changes to this Privacy Notice
Our Privacy Notice was last updated on the 9th April 2019. We plan to review this annually. We will also review it if there are changes to legislation etc. Our full privacy policy statement can be found here.
What’s next?
Hopefully you still have some tea and biscuits left so please enjoy your visit to our website for impartial, scientific advice on air quality, land quality and noise.