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Privacy & cookies

We take the privacy of our users seriously and we are committed to safeguarding their privacy. Other websites to which this website links are not covered by this policy.

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data. We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

The services and links on our website

You can access our website home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data. Our website does not enable our visitors to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others. Our website does not include links to third party Web service providers.

Data collection and purpose specification

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations. We do not use cookies on our website. We do not automatically log personal data, nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals.

Any information which you give us via this website may be added to our marketing database and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. This database is used by for the administration of our contacts for marketing related purposes. We may, from time to time, send you information which we believe may be of interest to you, such as details of our products and services. We will respect your instructions not to send you additional information if this has been indicated.

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, we offer you the means to consent to this new purpose by indicating in a box at the point on the site where personal data is collected.

Access to the personal data held by us

Upon request, which you can indicate by sending postal mail, email or making a call to us, we will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, within a month. We will provide the information without any charge.

We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased, amended or completed.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

In the following links you'll find the information required to manage, delete or block the Cookies within your browser.

Cookies used within this site

Cookies within our site are related to Google Analytics, a very popular tool used to analyse sites usage and traffic, it helps us refine the site and tailor the site's content.

Here are all the cookies used by this site:

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o    This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session within this site. When you view a page on this site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time you visit a different page on this site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as your activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when you pause on a page on this site for longer than 30 minutes.

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o    This cookie is typically written to the browser upon your first visit to this site. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits this site, a new cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.

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o    This cookie stores the type of referral used to reach this site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within this site. The cookie is updated with each page view to this site.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

 

Privacy Notice for EPIC Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks

Your Personal Data

EPIC will be what’s known as the ‘Data Controller’ of your personal data processed in relation to the study of livestock disease. This privacy notice will explain how EPIC will process personal data.

Why we need it

We are collecting your basic personal data such as County Parish Holding number and location. We will only collect data that we need in order to provide research and advice on livestock diseases.

Legal basis for processing your data

We must have a legal basis for processing all personal data. In this instance, the legal basis is fulfil our contractual agreement as the Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks

What we do with it and who we share it with

All the personal data is processed by staff at EPIC in the United Kingdom.  

How long do we keep it for

Data will be retained by EPIC in accordance with Data Sharing Agreements. After this time, data will be securely deleted.

What are your rights?*

You can request access to the information we process about you at any time. If at any point you believe that the information we process relating to you is incorrect, you can request to see this information and may in some instances request to have it restricted, corrected or, erased. You may also have the right to object to the processing of data and the right to data portability.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please submit your request via epic.scotland@sruc.ac.uk

*Please note that the ability to exercise these rights will vary and depend on the legal basis on which the processing is being carried out. 

Complaints

If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact the University Data Protection Officer who will investigate the matter.

Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at epic.scotland@sruc.ac.uk

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal data in accordance with the law, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) https://ico.org.uk/

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