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Privacy

Our privacy policy

Who we are

Our website address is: www.nourishscotland.org

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact email

When you contact us by email, we will store the information in that email, including your name and contact details on our systems for future reference.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Newsletter

Our newsletter is sent out using Mailchimp. They store a copy of your email address on their servers and collect information about which recipients are opening the emails. We will use your email address solely for the purpose of sending our occasional newsletters and relevant invitations to our events. We do not share any other information with Mailchimp and Nourish Scotland will not pass on your details to any third party. You can read the Mailchimp privacy policy here.

The Dignity in Practise mailing list is self subscribe and self unsubscribe. You will find the unsubscribe button at the bottom of each newsletter, you can also contact us to delete your records at any time.

Who we share your data with

We do not routinely share your data with anyone. Nourish Scotland values your privacy and will make every effort to protect your data. We will never share your information for the purposes of advertising. We aim to only use your data in ways set out in this notice or for purposes you would reasonably expect us to.

The only exceptions to this are situations where we are obliged to share data by law or within the limits set by data protection law. 

When we store information in our own systems, only the people who need it have access. Our management team have access to everything you’ve provided, but individual employees have access to only what they need to do their job.

How long we retain your data

We keep your data only for as long as we need to. We regularly review our data holdings to determine what we need to keep, and we also regularly delete email addresses that bounce.

What rights you have over your data

You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.