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PRIVACY
STATEMENT
This privacy statement illustrates the commitment by Registers of
Scotland Executive Agency to maintaining the security and confidentiality
of personal information collected on our Website. The following
explains our information gathering and dissemination practices for
this website:
Personal Data
You can access our Website home page and browse our site without
disclosing your personal data.
However if you wish to request information, products and services
or to give us feedback online, you will be required to complete
a form with some personal data. From the details given on the form,
we collect your contact information (for example your e-mail address)
in order to send out the information requested and also to keep
you advised of new services etc. For the purposes of processing
your request for a product or service, we also collect from the
form your financial information (e.g. account or credit card number).
If we wish to use your personal data for any other purpose, we offer
you the means to consent to this purpose by indicating in a box
at the point on the site where the personal data is collected.
On request, you may view the information that we hold about you
and request that we update, correct or delete it. You may also choose
to opt-out from receiving any future mailings - see
the Opt-out section below.
Correspondents should note that all communications to or from Registers of Scotland may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for lawful purposes.
Online Surveys
If
you participate in our online surveys, you may be asked for contact
information, like your e-mail address. This will be used to contact
you when necessary. You may choose to opt-out from receiving future
mailings - see the Opt-out section below.
Cookies
These
are text files that identify the computers of visitors to the website
and monitor the pages visited.
We do not use cookies.
External website/other organisations
We do not collect information about visitors to the website from
other sources, such as public records or bodies or private organisations,
nor do we collect or use personal data about you for any other purpose
than those indicated.
Although this site contains links to other websites the Registers
of Scotland is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such Websites.
We do not disclose your personal data to other organisations.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. These include
but are not limited to a secured database containing personal data.
The database is located off the main server and is not accessible
directly.
Our Web-site does not enable our visitors to communicate with other
visitors or to post information to be accessed by others.
Privacy Compliance
Our privacy policy is compliant with The Office of the Data Protection
Registrar, United Kingdom. www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Opt-out/Correct/update
Our site provides you with the opportunity to choose to opt-out
from receiving communication from us at the point at which we request
information about you.
By contacting us (as detailed below) you are given the opportunity
to change and modify information previously provided and remove
your information from our database, and to choose not to receive
future communications of our services.
Contacting the Website
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this Website you can e-mail
us at customer.relations@ros.gov.uk.
Alternatively we can be contacted at
Customer Relations
Registers of Scotland Executive Agency
Meadowbank House
153 London Road
Edinburgh
EH8 7AU
Tel no 0845 607 0165
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