Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how we use the personal data we collect from you. For the purposes of this privacy notice, references to “we”, “us”, “our” or “Scottish Independence Podcasts” refers to Scottish Independence Podcasts.

Topics:

  • What data do we collect?
  • How do we collect your data?
  • How will we use your data?
  • Marketing
  • What are your data protection rights?
  • What are cookies?
    • How do we use cookies?
    • How to manage your cookies
  • Privacy policies of other websites
  • Changes to our privacy policy
  • How to contact us
  • How to contact the appropriate authorities


What data do we collect?

When you complete a form on our website or our social media, we collect the following data:

  • Email address
  • Name, if you choose to enter your name

When using our website, we also record anonymised usage information to track website analytics. No personal information is identifiable through this process. You can read more about this here.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Complete an online contact form on our website
  • Complete a survey form on our website or our Social Media channels.
  • Contact us through Social Media.
  • Email us
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies


How will we use your data?

We collect your data so that we can:

  • Process your general enquiry
  • Process mail-list sign-up requests
  • Email you to discuss your enquiry
  • Monitor website usage
  • Assess accessibility of our website

Marketing

If you have signed up to our mail-list, we will send you our monthly newsletter and blog updates and the occasional extra email.

You may always opt out of these at a later date using the ‘Unsubscribe’ option on our newsletters.

You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email: indypodcasters@gmail.com

What are your data protection rights?

Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request us to correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request us to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to us processing your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: indypodcasters@gmail.com

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

You can find out more about Google Analytics here.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Understanding how you use our website
  • Track referrals from social media platforms


How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

Our Scottish Independence Podcast website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 22nd Feb 2023.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: indypodcasters@gmail.com

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.