Privacy Statement
RCAHMS is committed to safeguarding your privacy. The personal data we collect, process or use is treated securely and in accordance the privacy policy, described below. Whenever you give us personal data, you are consenting to its collection and use in accordance with this policy.
What personal data do we collect?
We collect personal information from you when you make an enquiry, order products and services from us or ask to be included on our mailing list.
How do we use your personal data?
Where appropriate, we use your personal data to deliver the services you have requested. It may also be used for internal customer analysis to develop and improve customer services. If you register for our email newsletter you will receive e-mail communications alerting you to news. We do not send such messages without permission. You have the option not to receive these. If you wish to withdraw from any of the services which are operated through our website you can instruct us at any time to cease our processing and delete your personal information from our records.
To whom might we disclose your personal data?
Your personal data may be passed to a third party if they need it in order to fulfil your order(s) for our goods and services, or to execute the communications we send to you. These offsite assistants will be required by us to make no further use of such information, nor disclose it to others. Except as set out above, we shall not disclose your personal information unless obliged to, or allowed to do so by law, or where we need to in order to run our business (e.g. where other people process data for us). In such circumstances, we ask those people to give us confidentiality or non-disclosure undertakings.
Links
This site contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these and you should read their own privacy policies. The policy described here applies only to personal data collected by RCAHMS.
Security
While no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be secure, we will endeavour to protect the security of your personal data as fully as is possible within the constraints of the current technology. All our employees who have access to personal data are obliged to respect its confidentiality.
Rights for access to personal data
You have the right to ask us if we keep any personal data about you and to request a copy of that personal data. We endeavour to keep your personal data accurate and up to date. If you become aware of errors or inaccuracies or wish us to delete your personal data, please email info@rcahms.gov.uk.
Data Protection Act 1998
RCAHMS is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Changes to this statement
RCAHMS's privacy statement may change at any time, so you may wish to check this document each time you visit our website. If you have any comments on our privacy policy, please email info@rcahms.gov.uk.
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EU Legislation
Under the EU Privacy Directive, visitors to Canmore should be fully informed about cookies used by the site and be given the option to remove them from use. If you do not wish to give consent, and acknowledge that elements of our site may not operate as designed, please see the Managing Cookies section below for help with changing your browser settings.What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files written by a web server to your hard drive. They can only be read or edited by the web site that originally wrote them and are typically used to recognise you as the same person across each request you make to view a web page.Cookie Categories
To assist you in understanding our use of cookies we have adopted the 4 cookie categories created by the International Chamber of Commerce. These are:| Category | Description |
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| Strictly Necessary | These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided |
| Performance | These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. |
| Functionality | These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. |
| Targeting or Advertising | These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator's permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation. |
Cookies written by Canmore
These cookies are written directly by Canmore and are required for the site to operate as designed.| Cookie Name | Cookie Purpose | ICC Category |
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| __utma, __utmb,__utmc,__utmz | These cookies are used by Google Analytics to assist in collation of statistics informing us how our website is used by our visitors. Our staff use this information in aggregated reports to help measure our visitor experience, and how we might make improvement. | Performance |
| what, where,collections,references,other | Used to store your user preferences by the Advanced Search form. | Performance |
| Session Cookie (Unique Filename (32 digit alphanumeric filename e.g | This cookie is used to store a reference to session data. This is commonly used to store user sessions.This cookie is removed when the browser is closed. | Performance |