Website Terms and Conditions of use

Using our website

The Arts Trust Scotland website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Please read our conditions of use carefully. Accessing and using this website constitutes acceptance by you of these conditions.

We reserve the right to change the conditions of use at any times. We advise you to review the conditions of use on a regular basis. Accessing and using this website after such changes have been posted constitutes acceptance by you of these conditions.

Disclaimer

The Arts Trust Scotland will take every care and precaution to ensure that the contents and information it publishes on its website is accurate and up to date. Unfortunately it cannot guarantee the accuracy of contents or information contained in its pages and any person using information contained in them does so entirely at their own risk.

Please be advised that you should verify the accuracy of any information before acting upon it. The Arts Trust Scotland also reserves the right to change information at any time without notice.

Applicable law

The laws of Scotland govern these conditions of use and you agree that the Scottish courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any dispute.

Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Privacy policy

General

The Arts Trust Scotland is committed to protecting your privacy at all times.

Our privacy policy explains:

The information we may collect from you when using our website
What we use this information for
How we gather site statistics
How we use cookies

This policy should be read in conjunction with the Arts Trust Scotland website terms and conditions of use.

The Arts Trust Scotland is a registered charity (Scottish Charity No SC024970) located at 12 Manor Place, Edinburgh, EH3 7DD.

What Information do we collect?

This information may include your email address and perhaps your first and last names. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to request a copy of all personal information we hold for you.

What do we use it for?

Any information we might collect from you as part of the application process or as part of an online service is exclusively for the use of the Arts Trust Scotland. This information is used to provide such services. We may use this information to tell you about our other products and services but this will be done on an opt-in basis. The Arts Trust Scotland will NOT sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make user information commercially available to any third party without your express permission.

Site statistics

We do gather non-personal data regarding site visitors to our website. This non-personal data provides statistical information including visits to pages, type of browsers being used to view the site, paths taken through the site and other general information. Under no circumstances can this be linked to a particular person.

Cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file, which helps the server to identify your computer but not the individual. These cookies store your personal preferences on the website and help make your visit to our website a more personal and enriching experience.

You can set your computer (within your browser settings) to accept all cookies, notify you when a cookie is issued or to disable all cookies. Please note: If you have disabled all cookies, you will not be able to personalise the website in any way.

OTHER INFORMATION

Removing subscriptions to mailing lists

If at any time subscription mailing lists are used to deliver emails you will always be given the option to unsubscribe. This unsubscribe option will normally appear at the bottom of the most recently sent email newsletter.

Security

The Arts Trust Scotland is bound by the Data Protection Act 1998 and will comply with its requirements. Any details you give to the Arts Trust Scotland will remain completely confidential.

If you have access to a members' area, we strongly recommend that you keep your password and username strictly private and not to share it with anyone.

Please always remember to log out of your account and close your browser window when you have finished using them. This ensures that others cannot access your personal data especially when using a shared, or public access computer terminal.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

The Arts Trust Scotland reserves the right to modify and update the terms and conditions of its website. We are continually striving to improve the service to our clients and will continue to enhance the website in ways deemed appropriate.