POLICY AND PROCEDURE – PRIVACY
Care Support Scotland’s policies and procedures embrace Health and Social Care Standards and Scottish Social Services Council’s code of practice and are always intended to conform to best practice.
PURPOSE OF THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE
The purpose of this policy and procedure is to:
Protect the privacy of all visitors to Care Support Scotland website
RESPONSIBILITY
All staff and third-party non-employees who have access to Care Support Scotland services
DEFINITION
Care Support Scotland is committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website.
PRINCIPLES
Visitors may provide as much or as little information as they feel comfortable with and may access this site in its entirety without providing any personal data whatever.
Information about the following:
- Personal data.
- Information collected automatically.
- Cookies.
- Links to other sites.
- Spam.
- Contact information.
Personal data
We do not attempt to collect any personal data about you through Care Support Scotland website unless you provide it to us voluntarily; for example, by sending us e-mail, filling in an information request form or applying for a job with us. We use this data only for the purpose for which you provide it; for example, to reply to a question or enquiry you have sent. Additionally, in the case of our recruitment pages, we collect statistics that help us to judge the effectiveness of our recruitment process.
We shall not give your name, address, e-mail address, or any other personal data to any third party unless it is necessary for the purpose for which you provided the data; or requested by an authoritative body such as the police. Any data with YOU receives is provided in compliance with the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR).
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our web server creates log files. The server automatically collects and records in the log files some information about your visit to this site, such as the type of web browser and operating system you are using, the pages you visit, and the date and time of your visit. We cannot identify you personally from this information. We use the log files to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how people use our site and help us improve the content and structure of the site. None of this information is shared with third parties.
Cookies
The Care Support Scotland web server uses cookies to help us compile the statistics mentioned above. A cookie is a small string of text that a website transfers to your web browser’s cookie file on your computer’s hard disk. Cookies allow our web server to recognise you (or to be precise, your computer) as a unique visitor as you move from page to page or make return visits to the site.
We use a mixture of session cookies, which expire when you close your web browser at the end of your browsing session; and persistent cookies, which remain on your hard drive until you erase them or until they expire.
The cookies we set do not contain any personal data about you, and you cannot be identified personally from the cookies: the information they contain is completely anonymous, comprising only the name of the cookie, its expiration date, and a numerical value.
Your ability to access and use this site will not be inhibited or impaired in any way if you choose to disable cookies in your browser.
Links to other sites
This website may contain links to other sites. Please note that Care Support Scotland is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of those websites. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personal data. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Spam
We do not send out bulk, unsolicited commercial emails, often known as “spam”.
The only email messages we send contain information that has been specifically requested. If you believe you have received an unsolicited email from us, please forward it to: contact@withyou.support
