Privacy
NHS National Services Scotland fully respects your right to
privacy when using our website. On this page you will find details
of our privacy practices in connection with this website and what
we do to maintain your right to privacy.
Data Protection
Any personal information which you supply to Health Protection
Scotland, NHS National Services Scotland will be treated with the
highest standards of security and confidentiality, in strict
accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Health Protection Scotland, through its parent body NHS National
Services Scotland (NHS NSS) is registered under the legal name
Common Services Agency for NHS in Scotland. NHS NSS has an entry in
the Information Commissioner's Register of Data Controllers
(accessible from the Information Commissioner's website at http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/)
which lists the types of personal information we process, our
purposes for processing the information and the people and
organisations with whom we share personal information.
Further information on data protection in the NHS NSS can be
found on the NHS
NSS website.
Collection of personal information through website
NHS National Services Scotland, does not collect any personal
data about you on this website, apart from information that you
volunteer, either by emailing us or by submission using the online
registration and enquiry forms.
Use of personal information collected via this website
Any information, which you provide via this website is not made
available to any third parties. Any information provided would only
be used by NHS National Services Scotland for the purpose of
processing your information requests.
Collection and use of technical information
Technical details in connection with visits to this website are
logged, collected and used by our website host, Scottish Health on the Web
(SHOW).
NHS National Services Scotland will make no attempt to identify
individual users. You should be aware, however, that access to web
pages will generally create log file entries in the systems of your
Internet Service Provider (ISP) or network services provider. These
entities may identify the client computer equipment used to access
a page. Such monitoring would be done by the provider of network
services and is outwith the responsibility or control of NHS
National Services Scotland.
Log files are maintained and analysed of all requests for files
on NSS servers. Aggregated analyses of these log files are used to
monitor website usage. These analyses are used to allow us to
monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our websites. All log
file information collected by NSS is kept secure and is not
provided to any third parties.
For more detailed guidance, read Scottish
Health On the Web's privacy policy.
Use of Cookies
Due to changes in EU legislation, which came into force on 26
May 2012, we need to inform you about cookies we store on your
device.
To allow us to meet the legislation we have implemented an
'implied consent' solution. You will see a bar across the top of
the site informing you that cookies are used, and inviting you to
acknowledge the message by clicking 'OK'. You do not need to click
OK and the site will continue to function as expected. If you click
OK the information bar will be removed on all pages and on
subsequent visits to this site.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small files stored in your browser and are used by
most websites to help personalise your web experience. Some
features on this site will not function if you do not allow
cookies.
For additional information on cookies please see the
Information Commissioner's Office.
All the cookies we set on this site are deemed to be minimally
intrusive in terms of your privacy. By continuing to use this site
you imply that you consent to these cookies being set.
Compliance Cookies
This is a small cookie used to store your cookie
preferences.
Analytics Cookies
We use the Google Analytics service on this website. The
information generated by the cookie about your use of our website
(including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by
Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this
information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website,
compiling reports on website activity and providing other services
relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also
transfer this information to third parties where required to do so
by law, or where such third parties process the information on
Google's behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address
with any other data held by Google.
Third Party Cookies
We use a number of tools and external applications, in
particular Google Analytics and Google Custom Search, to enhance
visitor interaction on our site. These services will set a cookie
called 'PREF' which Google uses to track user preferences from one
site to another.
Functional Cookies
These cookies are used on some sites when completing
online forms, logging in to the site or using other functions. They
do not contain any personal information and for the most part are
automatically deleted when you close your browser.
More information about cookies, including how to block them or
delete them, can be found at AboutCookies.org.
Cookies used by this website
| Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Expiry |
| __utmb |
Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash
code) of site, pages viewed this session, current time. |
30 minutes |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash
code) of site. |
At end of session |
| __utma |
Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash
code) of site, a unique visitor id (randomly generated number),
time of first visit, time of previous visit, current time, number
of sessions since first visit. |
2 years |
| __utmz |
Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash
code) of site, time when cookie last set, total number of visitor
sessions, number of different channels or sources through which
this site was reached, source of the last cookie update, search hit
tag identifier (or just 'organic' if reached via normal search
hit), search medium, keyword phrase used to find site. |
6 months |
| PREF |
Saves the user's Google identifier, time of first receiving
this cookie, last time when preferences were set, checksum for data
integrity. This third-party cookie is placed by Google to track a
user's preferences from one Google site to another. |
2 years |
| cookie_bar_hide |
Saves the user's acknowledgement of the cookie message
displayed at the top of each page. This means that the message will
be hidden on subsequent visits to the site. |
1 year |
Log files
This website is compliant with the Information Commissioners
Office (ICO)
Guidance on the rules on use of cookies and similar
technologies and the related Privacy
and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations
2003.
Enquiries
Privacy and data protection enquiries relating to this website
may be made in writing to:
HPS Web Manager
Health Protection Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland
Meridian Court
5 Cadogan Street
Glasgow G2 6QE
email: NSS.HPSwebmanager@nhs.net