Privacy Policy

Who we are

Dundee District Scouts is part of The Scout Association, the UK’s largest mixed youth organisation. We provide young people aged 6–25 with opportunities for adventure, personal development, and skills for life.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell or rent personal data to third parties. We may share data with:

  • Legal Authorities: When required by law or to protect our legal rights.
  • Service Providers: Third-party vendors who assist in providing our services, under strict confidentiality agreements.

How long we retain your data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Data that is no longer needed will be securely deleted or anonymised.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Individuals have the following rights regarding their personal data:

  • Access: The right to request access to personal data we hold about them.
  • Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: The right to request deletion of personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Restriction: The right to request restriction of data processing under specific circumstances.
  • Portability: The right to request transfer of data to another organization or themselves.
  • Objection: The right to object to data processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience. Users can manage cookie preferences through their browser settings.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of our services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the new policy.