Privacy notice
This notice provides information on how the Woodland Carbon Code team at Scottish Forestry handles your personal information.
Why we process your personal data
Who we share your personal information with
Changes to this privacy notice
Why we process your personal data
We only collect information we need. We use this to:
- Make site improvements
- Respond to your questions
- Send newsletters you've subscribed to
- Manage events (see separate events privacy notice)
- Improve our service.
The lawful basis for processing the data is public task. The processing is necessary for Scottish Forestry to perform a task in the public interest and to carry out our official functions where the task or function has a clear basis in law.
Who we share your personal information with
For site improvement purposes, we may share high level data with our website hosting agency, The Union and Google Analytics.
What's collected?
We collect different types of information for different reasons. This includes:
Website visits
We use Google Analytics, a third-party service, to understand how you use our website. We do this using cookies and page tagging. No one is identified using the information we gather and we hold onto it for 14 months. We only share this with essential users at Scottish Forestry and The Union (the private company that helps us manage our website).
Videos and social media plugins
Our website displays some videos and social media tools that are managed by companies like YouTube, Vimeo, X and Facebook. These platforms capture certain data about how they are used. As we don’t manage those platforms ourselves, your use is subject to their own privacy policies. These providers make certain data available to us so that we understand how you use them on our website, but we don’t share that information with anyone outside of Scottish Forestry.
Other websites
Sometimes we link to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any external websites you visit from our pages.
Queries and feedback
If you contact us with a query or feedback, via email, social media or in our website comments, we collect your email address and other personal information contained in the message. We might pass this on to other If you contact us with a query or feedback via email, social media or in our website comments, we collect your email address and other personal information contained in the message. We might pass this on to other authorised people within the organisation so we can help you.
Newsletter subscriptions
We use MailChimp, a third-party service, to send email newsletters you've signed up to receive. We collect your name, email address and subscription preferences, and data on which emails you open. This helps us to improve the newsletter content and format. You can choose to unsubscribe at any time by clicking the 'unsubscribe' link in the newsletter.
When you unsubscribe, it’s important that we retain your data to be sure we have a record of your subscription changes. It’s also important that we don’t delete your data without your consent. If you would like us to delete your data, you can ask us to.
Your data rights
Your rights in relation to your personal information:
- You have a right to request access to and copies of the personal information that we hold about you by making a 'subject access request'
- If you believe that any of the personal information that we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you’ve a right to request that we correct or complete your personal information
- You have a right to object to and/or request that we restrict the processing of your personal information for specific purposes
- Where you’ve given consent to the processing of your personal information, you’ve the right to withdraw that consent
Any requests received by us will be considered under applicable data protection legislation.
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Contact the team if you have a question about anything in this privacy notice or if you think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled.
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Woodland Carbon Code
Scottish Forestry
Saughton House
Broomhouse Drive
Edinburgh
EH11 3XD
If you remain dissatisfied, you have a right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 08456 30 60 60
Website: www.ico.org.uk
You can also report any concerns.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep this privacy notice under regular review to make sure it's up to date and accurate.
This privacy notice was last updated on 19 September 2024.
Notes
The UK Land Carbon Registry is the database that stores and publicly displays data about the status of Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code projects and ownership and use of carbon units. Managed by S&P Global, it records transactions and provides a public and transparent picture of UK-based Woodland and Peatland Carbon Units. All projects and carbon units must be recorded on the UK Land Carbon Registry. S&P Global’s privacy policy can be viewed here.
