Privacy and Data Protection
Volunteer Development Scotland knows that you care how information about you is used and shared and we appreciate your trust in us to do that carefully and sensibly.
The site is managed and maintained by Volunteer Development Scotland
Information Collection and Use Controllers of Personal Information
Any personal information provided or to be gathered by www.vds.org.uk is controlled by:
Volunteer Development Scotland
Jubilee House
Forthside Way
Stirling
FK8 1QZ
Information Collection
Volunteer Development Scotland is the sole owner of the information collected on peoplemakingwaves.org.uk
On registering with this website a user is required to give certain contact information about themselves.
Demographic information such as age while asked for, is optional.
Information Use
Personal Information
Volunteer Development Scotland will not pass your personal information to any 3rd party.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
Volunteer Development Scotland may use this information to produce aggregated and statistical demographic reports on individuals and organisations. No individual or organisation will be personally identifiable from these reports.
Among other things this information will be used for target volunteering needs in Scotland and improve the services the website provides
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. We use only session ID cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Volunteer Development Scotland use a tracking utility called Google Analytics to track website traffic
Information Sharing
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
Volunteer Development Scotland may share aggregated demographic information with People Making Waves stakeholders to fulfill funding requirements and to help identify areas of need within the volunteering sector. This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
External Web Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Volunteer Development Scotland, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner.
In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:
peoplemakingwaves.org.uk
Volunteer Development Scotland
Jubilee House
Forthside Way
Stirling
FK8 1QZ
Phone: 01786-479593
e-mail: vds@vds.org.uk
Office Registered at the above address Registered in Scotland No. 106743 Scottish Charity No. SCO13740