This privacy policy specifies how the Indylibrary uses or retains user information collected by
this website or other means. The Data Controller for the Inylibrary is info@indylibrary.scot, who
under the Data Protection Act 2018, is the person within the Indylibrary responsible for
protecting your information. This privacy notice explains how the Indylibrary handles that
information, and this guide informs you about your rights to privacy and personal information
held by the Indylibrary
This privacy policy covers this website and its subdomains only. We use many links to third-
party websites, and Indylibrary is not responsible for the content or privacy policies those
websites
What information do we collected?
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you because you have
browsed our website or have interacted with us, and may include
 your name;
 contact information including email address and phone numbers;
 demographic information such as your postcode;
 social media login details that you give to us;
 your IP address;
 other information that you provide to us (which may include information provided in any
questions, comments or feedback you leave on the site).
We may also collect details of which version of web browser you used.
You will always be told when this information is being collected and why it is being collected.
Why is it being collected?
We may use this information to:
 conduct campaigns;
 communicate with you about the campaigns and associated causes of Indylibrary and
respond to any correspondence or feedback you send;
 use third party applications such as Google Analytics or Facebook advertising;
 provide you with information about Indylibrary if you ask for it;
 for administration and record keeping including information analysis to understand the
effectiveness of our campaigns and other activities;
 to measure or understand the effectiveness of any advertising we may serve to you;
 improve this website by monitoring how you use it.
Cookies

We may run analytics to understand more about:
 the visitors to this website;
 information on how you use the site
 by using a session cookie to store your personal information when filling out multiple
forms.
Depending on your privacy settings, such cookies will be accepted by your browser.
We may also use page tagging techniques to help us improve the website. You can find out more
about cookies and their use at this link:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cookiesandyou.com/
We and any advertisers and/or advertising networks who serve advertisements to you may use
cookies, pixel tags (also known as web beacons), and other similar technologies to measure and
track general user activities on the website. Advertising partners will serve advertisements that
they believe are most likely to be of interest to you, based on information about your visit to the
website and other websites. To do this, our advertising partner may need to place a cookie on
your computer.
How will it be used?
Your information will only be used for the legitimate purpose you have provided it for. For
example, your email address and postcode details which are needed to communicate with you
about a campaign in your local area, will only be used for that purpose.
Who will it be shared with?
Your information will only be shared with, third parties and software platforms where you
provide express consent for this. We will never sell your personal information to third parties.
We may compile anonymous records of user trends which we may make use of ourselves or pass
to our associated companies. Such information will not include any personal information by
which you may be identified.
We will comply with any court order requesting or requiring the disclosure of the identity or
location of or any other information in relation to anyone who has accessed the website and we
may also disclose such information where we are advised by our lawyers that a court order
would be granted requiring us to disclose it, even if no legal proceedings have been commenced.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised
access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial
procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Unfortunately, despite our
measures, because of the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that your information will

remain at all times 100% secure. The continuing efforts of hackers to defeat even the newest of
security systems means that we are unable to make this promise.
Special categories of personal information
We do not collect special categories of personal information about you (this includes, for
example, details about your place of birth, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions or
trade union membership) unless we have your express consent. Clear notices will be provided on
application forms so that it is clear what information we need and why we need it.
All special categories of personal information are stored on a secure database, to which only a
limited number of relevant staff have access. It is deleted when no longer relevant, is never
shared with third parties, and is available to you at any point should you wish to see it.
Facebook and other social media
We may also use your email address and phone number to match to your account on Facebook or
other social media sites in order to show you content from us while using these services. We only
do this where you have opted in to marketing emails or phone calls and we keep your
information secure by encrypting it. No information we hold about you is retained by the third
party.
In addition, we may also use your email address and phone number to link to Facebook or other
social media sites to identify other users of these sites whom we believe would be interested in
our campaign. No information we hold about you is retained by the third party. You can opt out
of this via the settings on the social media site.
What to do if you want to object, complain or withdraw your consent to the use of your
information
Any requests for information, deletion or correction of your personal information can also be
MADE by writing to info@nowscotland.scot.
If you have contacted us and are still concerned about the use of your information, you have the
right to raise this with the Information Commissioner’s Office here: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
We may revise and update this Privacy Notice from time to time (for example if we change our
practices, add new site features, or change existing site features). You should check this page
from time to time to ensure you are happy with any changes. Your use of this site following such
changes constitutes your agreement with regard to information collected from you in the past and
in the future.
In addition to this website, we may also collect information in the following ways:
 face to face conversations or over the phone
 from relevant organisations where there is legitimate consent to do so

 from publicly available information such as polling information
We will use this information to keep you up to date with our work, our campaign activity and to
let you know how you can support us where we have your consent to do so. You can withdraw
your consent at any time.