Privacy Policy and Cookie Information

This privacy policy sets out how Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End uses and protects any information that you give Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End when you use this website.

It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) [pre GDPR enforcement] and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhere to.

Additionally it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising or commercial sponsorship from third parties and the download of any documents, files or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website in order to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer / device in order to serve it to you. Our contact information is provided if you have any questions.

The DPA & GDPR May 2018

We and this website complies to the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and already complies to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which comes into affect from May 2018. We will update this policy accordingly after the completion of the UK’s exit from the European Union.

Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from May 2012.

Glasgow West End: Jim’s Free Photographs: Terms and Conditions

You can take any image from my photograph diary for your own use as long as you are using it on a non-commercial Web site, give me the credit as the photographer (James Byrne) and create a link to the home page of this Web site. If these condition are not met you are not allowed to use any of the images that are on this website and that are the copyright of James Byrne (also called Jim Byrne)

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • your name and email address

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to send you the newsletter you registered for.

  • Within the newsletter we may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting.

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.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use cookies in the following way:

  • Traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
  • Cookies set by Google and other advertisers to display relevant adverts on pages of Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End.
  • Cookies set when using the Glasgow West End Forum to track discussion and Forum membership.
  • Cookies set by service providers such as the weather report badget, Twitter Tweet button and Facbook badges.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on this website it will only be used for the purpose stated on the form or for getting in touch with you for reasons related to Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End.
  • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email address]

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. Within our newsletter there may be you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Pat Byrnre, 4/2 1 Ascot Gate, Glasgow, G12 0AP.

There is a link at the foot of all newsletters to allow you to delete yourself form the mailing list if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Resources & Further Information

Last edited on May 2018 by Jim Byrne of Pat’s Guice to Glasgow West End

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