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Cookies
What is a cookie?
Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit or for repeat visits.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you move between pages easily, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the contact between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site and won’t remember your preferences.
What’s in a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser (what you use to search the internet). It will contain some anonymous information such as the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences.
How can I control my cookies?
You can use your web browser to:
- delete all cookies
- block all cookies
- allow all cookies
- block third-party cookies, such as X and Facebook
- clear all cookies when you close the browser
- open a ‘private browsing’ session
- install add-ons and plug-ins to extend browser functionality.
Where do I find information about controlling cookies through my browser?
Internet Explorer – Link to Microsoft help – How to delete cookie files in Internet Explorer
Chrome – Link to Chrome help – Manage cookies
Firefox – Link to Firefox help – Give certain websites the ability to store passwords, set cookies and more
Apple browsers including Safari – Support for cookies
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy governs the way that Partners in Advocacy collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “user”) of the http://www.pia.scot website (“site”). This privacy policy applies to the site and all products and services offered by Partners in Advocacy.
Personal identification information
We may collect personal identification information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when users visit our site, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. Users may, however, visit our site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities, such as our online referral form, contact, feedback, and complaint forms.
Non-personal identification information
We may collect non-personal identification information about users whenever they visit our site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about users’ means of connection to our site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
Web browser cookies
Please see information on Cookies above.
How we use collected information
Partners in Advocacy may collect and use users’ personal information for the following purposes:
- To improve our service
Information you provide helps us respond to your service requests and support needs more efficiently. - To send periodic emails
We may use the email address to respond to enquiries, questions, and/or other requests.
How we protect your information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our site. Partners in Advocacy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), keeping only essential personal information to supply its services, and adopting a ‘Legitimate Interest’ approach. This means that we only store personal information for the purposes of providing services, keeping stakeholders updated, and occasionally for the purposes of requesting feedback.
Sharing your personal information
We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification, information regarding visitors and users with our business partners and trusted affiliates for the purposes outlined above.
Third party websites
Users may find content on our site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
Partners in Advocacy has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:
Partners in Advocacy
http://www.pia.scot
Registered Office:
22 Stafford Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7BD
T: 0330 533 0238