The event organiser, Integrating Trees Network, has the legal responsibility to tell ticket buyers and event attendees how their personal information will be collected and used. You can find their Privacy Policy below or contact them to request it.
General Information
This privacy notice tells you what Scottish Government and Scottish Forestry will do with the personal information we collect through the Integrating Trees Network.
It will tell you:
We are the controllers for any personal information you give to us.
Our contact details
Data Protection Officer
Directorate for Internal Audit & Assurance
Scottish Government, 3D North, Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
DataProtectionOfficer@gov.scot
Scottish Forestry, Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 7AT.
Scottish.Forestry@forestry.gov.scot
What type of information we have
We will only collect and process the following personal information:
Your name, address, telephone and email contact. If you’ve volunteered to be involved in network events, we will also collect some information about your farm, croft or smallholding.
Lawful Basis for Processing
The lawful basis we rely on to process personal data for the above purposes is article 6 (1) of the UK GDPR:
How we get the information and why do we need it
The personal information we process is provided to us directly by you, either when you’ve registered for an event on TicketTailor or when you contact us directly by e-mail. We need this information in order to inform you about the Integrating Trees Network events and enable you to be involved in the network and give us feedback. You can request to be removed from the Network mailing list at any time by emailing hilary.grant@gov.scot or lyn.white@forestry.gov.scot.
How we use the information you give us
We will only use the information that you have given us to us in order to let you know about events, information and activities relating to the Integrating Trees Network. This information will not be shared with any other organisation. Scottish Forestry is an agency of Scottish Government and a data sharing agreement is in place. We also use some information e.g.: age and gender, as part of our equalities monitoring, but this is anonymised.
How we store your information
Your information is securely stored in encrypted digital files with highly restricted access.
We will keep your personal information for up to 1 year after the completion of the network project and may contact you to ask for your help in evaluating the project.
We will then review whether we need to retain your information for the purpose of further evaluation. If not we will delete all digital files.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us at DataProtectionOfficer@gov.scot if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
We are committed to protecting your personal information and privacy. If you have any queries or concerns please contact us at DataProtectionOfficer@gov.scot
If you are dissatisfied with how we have used your data you can complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Changes to this Privacy Notice
This privacy notice was first published May 2021. We will keep this privacy notice under regular review to make sure it is up to date and accurate.