Website Privacy Policy
This statement outlines how we treat the information we collect during your visit to this website. Where you actively provide information to the College, this information will be used only for the service you have requested, unless you consent otherwise at the time of submitting the data.
Data Protection Act 2018
The College complies with the Data Protection Act 2018 in the gathering, storage, use, release, and disposal of personal information.
The information collected can be seen below.
Statistical Analysis
The College’s website does not automatically capture or store personal data from visitors to the site, other than to log your IP address and session information. Session information includes the time and duration of your visit to the site, the files requested and the browser used. This information will only be used by persons authorised by the College and its agents. The information will be retained by the College and will only be used for managing the site and for statistical and audit purposes.
Browser Cookies
Cookies are small text files passed to your computer by the web server via your browser and may be used to collect information to help identify you and to prepare customised pages for you. Cookies may remain on your computer for the duration of your visit or indefinitely. You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies However, please note that if you do, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website.
On 26 May 2011 the law on Cookies changed for any website within the EU, please refer to our policy on cookies for further information.
Web Forms
You may be asked to provide personal information to gain access to specific services. By supplying such information, you consent to the College storing the information for the stated purpose. The information will be held by the College in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Complaints
You have the right to lodge a complaint to Newbattle Abbey College regarding the GDPR. Please contact the Data Protection Officer at dpo@newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk.
You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Officer if you believe Newbattle Abbey College has not complied with the GDPR. Contact:
The Information Commissioner’s Office – Scotland
45 Melville Street
Edinburgh EH3 7HL
Telephone: 0303 123 1115
Email: scotland@ico.org.uk
Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Cookie Policy
This is the Cookie Policy for Newbattle Abbey College.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Forms related cookies
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
More Information
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through this website or by writing to:
Newbattle Abbey College
Newbattle Road
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 3LL