deliveringforscotland.gov.uk is managed by the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and is subject to its Privacy Notice.
This section describes additional privacy information for www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk.
We collect certain information or data about you when you use www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk. This includes your IP address, details of which version of web browser you used and information on how you use the site – using cookies and page tagging techniques to help us improve the website.
This helps us to improve the site by monitoring how you use it. We can’t personally identify you using your data.
This website uses web analytic software services to track clicks, scrolling and mouse movement to improve user experience and content design. All data is anonymised and not disclosed to third parties.
If you prefer your visit not to be tracked, you can opt out using the following links:
Google Analytics: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Transmitting information over the internet is generally not completely secure, and we can’t guarantee the security of your data. Any data you transmit is at your own risk.
We won’t share your information with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your details to other websites.
We may pass on your information if we have a legal obligation to do so, or if we have to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements. This includes exchanging information with other government departments for legal reasons.
www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website. If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
If you come to www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk from another website, we may receive personal information about you from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.
This section describes our cookies policy for www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk.
www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
Cookies are used to:
You can find out more about how to manage cookies, including how to delete and block them, on the Information Commission Officer’s (ICO) website.
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use this site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Google Analytics stores information about:
It doesn’t collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data. Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years |
| _ga_[measurement_id] | 2 years |
| _gid | 24 hours |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
When you first visit this website you should see a pop-up warning message that the site uses cookies. We’ll store a cookie so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and knows not to show it again.
| Name | Expires |
| cookies_accepted | 2 months |
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
| Name | Expires |
|---|---|
| GPS | 30 minutes |
| PREF | 2 years |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 9 months |
| YSC | When you close your browser |
| remote_sid | When you close your browser |
Read YouTube’s Privacy Policy.