Who we are
South West Scotland Piping And Drumming Academy (SWSPDA)
Scottish Charity Number: SC045393
Privacy Statement
We are committed to protecting your privacy in-line with the Data Protection Act 2018.
As we collect personal information on children and young people as well as adults this Privacy Notice has been written in a format for clarity.
SWSDPA is regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) which is the department of the Scottish Government with the responsibility to regulate Charities in Scotland.
We hold on to your personal data to enable us to inform you of any events being held by SWSPDA. When you contact us to enquire about one of our events we retain the personal information you provide which is stored securely on our database.
If you are a Trustee of SWSPDA your personal information will be held on a Register of Trustees and will be kept for 6 years after you leave.
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties.
We use Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and protect traffic in line with Government Guidance on email security.
If you attend any of our events we will ask for your consent before posting any photographs on Social Media.
We use a third- party web application and firewall for internet security to protect our computer systems.
You have the right to have access to any information we hold on you. Please email us at [email protected] to make your request. You can also ask for your information to be corrected or deleted at any time.
We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review to make sure it is up to date & accurate.
Our website address is: http://swspda.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Contact forms
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
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
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.