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Privacy Policy

Please see our Privacy Policy page for further details

Copyright

Content on this website is copyright © of NHS Highland unless otherwise stated. Where NHS Highland copyright applies, visitors can download material for private research, study or in-house use only. Visitors must not copy, distribute, or publish any material from this website. Any other use of NHS Highland copyright material requires written permission.

Data Protection Act 2018

As part of NHS Highland, the Directorate is a privacy conscious organisation and is strongly committed to your right to privacy. That is why we have drafted a Privacy and Data Protection Statement, which follows guidelines set out in the Data Protection Act 2018.

Everyone responsible for using personal data has to follow strict rules called ‘data protection principles’. They must make sure the information is:

  • used fairly, lawfully and transparently
  • used for specified, explicit purposes
  • used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited to only what is necessary
  • accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
  • kept for no longer than is necessary
  • handled in a way that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unlawful or unauthorised processing, access, loss, destruction or damage

There is stronger legal protection for more sensitive information, such as:

  • race
  • ethnic background
  • political opinions
  • religious beliefs
  • trade union membership
  • genetics
  • biometrics (where used for identification)
  • health
  • sex life or orientation

There are separate safeguards for personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences.

Your rights

Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to find out what information the government and other organisations store about you. These include the right to:

  • be informed about how your data is being used
  • access personal data
  • have incorrect data updated
  • have data erased
  • stop or restrict the processing of your data
  • data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
  • object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances

You also have rights when an organisation is using your personal data for:

  • automated decision-making processes (without human involvement)
  • profiling, for example to predict your behaviour or interests

If you believe in any way that NHS Highland Public Health is not processing your personal data in accordance with these principles, please contact the Directorate at the address listed on the Contact Us page.

How does NHS Highland Public Health collect data?

There are a number of means by which NHS Highland Public Health collects personally identifiable data, for example:

  • Acceptance for inclusion on a mailing list or database
  • As a result of you interacting with NHS Highland Public Health (e.g. by entering into email or telephone correspondence with an employee of the Directorate)

All personally identifiable information provided to NHS Highland is processed in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018.

Is information passed to third parties?

It is NHS Highland Public Health’s policy to only disclose information to third parties if explicitly required to do so by United Kingdom Law.

NHS Highland Public Health will obtain your consent before passing on any information to any third parties.

NHS Highland Public Health does not collect or compile personally identifying information for dissemination or sale to external parties for marketing purposes or host mailings on behalf of third parties.

Visitors to our websites

When someone visits www.nhshighland.publichealth.scot.nhs.uk we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Use of cookies by NHS Highland Public Health

For information on the cookies used by the NHS Highland Public Health website, please our Cookies page.

User tracking

Except as stated already, NHS Highland Public Health will make no attempt to identify individual users. You should be aware, however, that access to web pages will generally create log entries in the systems of your ISP or network services provider. These entities may be in a position to 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 Highland Public Health.

Content disclaimer

Please read this disclaimer information carefully before using the information on this website. In proceeding to access this website you are deemed to accept the following terms and conditions.

General use of our website: This website is intended to supply general information on a variety of subject matter to the public. In the preparation and maintenance of the website, reasonable efforts have been made to present accurate, current, correct, and clearly expressed information and data. NHS Highland Public Health, (its respective employees and their contractors, sub-contractors, agents and affiliates and the employees of such parties) cannot guarantee that the information, subject matter or content contained on, accessed from, linked to or distributed through this website is accurate.

Links to other sites

NHS Highland Public Health makes no representations whatsoever about any other website that may be accessed from this website. Furthermore, a link to a website from NHS Highland Public Health does not mean that Directorate endorses the information, content, proprietor or host organisation of that website. In summary, NHS Highland Public Health does not intend links on its website to be referrals or endorsements of the linked entities.

NHS Highland Public Health accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, content or source of information found on any websites maintained by other organisations or the content of any file the user might choose to download from an other website that has been linked to from the NHS Highland Public Health website. It is strictly your responsibility to take appropriate action to ensure that you protect yourself against viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful components. When you access a web site from a link on the NHS Highland Public Health website, please note that it is independent from the Directorate, and that the Directorate has no influence or authority over the information or content of that web site. NHS Highland Public Health welcomes links from other websites to the NHS Highland Public Health website home page.