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You may re-use the Crown Copyright protected material (not including the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) free of charge in any format. The material must be acknowledged as Crown Copyright and you must give the title of the source document/publication.
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Permission to reproduce Crown Copyright material does not extend to any material on this site which is the copyright of a third party as is the case with some photographs. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned. The copyright status of items can be checked in advance of use by contacting the Transport Scotland Website Manager on tel 0141 272 7100 or by emailing info@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
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Disclaimer
Transport Scotland seeks to ensure that the information published on its website is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice and Transport Scotland cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use. Transport Scotland cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link.
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Privacy
Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.
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Cookies
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Cookies, however, enhance our website performance in a number of ways including providing a secure way for us to verify your identity during your visit to our website and personalising your experience on our site making it more convenient for you.
Transport Scotland therefore uses cookie technology to track or record information about visitors to our site. These cookies are "session specific" and are not used to record personal information or to associate personal information with the use of Transport Scotland services. Your privacy and security are not compromised when you accept a cookie from our website. You can refuse cookies by turning them off on your web browser and you do not need to have cookies turned on to successfully use the site.
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This information is stored securely on our database until such time as a user chooses to unsubscribe from receiving news stories. Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletters and other updates may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking the "unsubscribe" option on any email communication received. Alternatively, the user may contact us to opt-out by -
Telephone: 0141 272 7100 (same telephone number for both Edinburgh and Glasgow)
Email: info@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
Post:
Website Manager
Transport Scotland
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
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Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our website.
Third Party Intermediaries
We use an outside contractor to manage our user database. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
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We partner with other third parties to provide specific services. For example, database development and hosting. When the user signs up for these particular services, we share names, or other contact information including mobile number and full contact information with the third party service providers so that the third party can supply these services. These third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether or not they should proceed with services that require an outside party.
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External Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Transport Scotland, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
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Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as postcode, phone, email or postal address), we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate the users' personally identifiable information. This can be done by logging into your profile using your email address and password then deselecting the subscription options or by contacting Transport Scotland direct using the contact information below -
Telephone: 0141 272 7100 (same telephone number for both Edinburgh and Glasgow)Email: info@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
Post:
Website Manager
Transport Scotland
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Under the Data Protection Act, individuals registering for news and information from Transport Scotland have the right make a subject access request for their personal data processed by Transport Scotland for those purposes.
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