Who we are
Our website address is: https://scotlandforfamilies.com.
Disclosure
While we endeavour to keep information on Scotland For Families up to date and correct we make no guarantees of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability or suitability of the information and therefore any information used is at your own risk.
Scotland For Families reserves the right to change the focus of this website or change the terms of use at my own discretion.
At times this website will link to others not under the control of Scotland For Families and Scotland For Families is not responsible for the content or nature of those sites, and any links do not necessarily mean a recommendation or endorsement of views on those sites.
Every effort is made to keep this website available and running smoothly but Scotland For Families is not responsible or liable for temporary unavailability due to technical issues.
Comments are published at the discretion of Scotland For Families and any comments with the intention of financial gain, affiliate-based comments, for SEO purposes or abusive comments are prohibited.
Copyright
Unless otherwise stated Scotland For Families is the legal copyright holder of all content and it can not be used to published elsewhere without consent.
All photos are the property of Scotland For Families unless otherwise cited or under a CC0 licence and may not be used or reproduced elsewhere without permission.
Partners
Although the majority of travel undertaken is paid for personally, at times Scotland For Families will accept monetary compensation or an exchange of services for the promotion of services or products, however, this will be disclosed.
Scotland For Families is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to Scotland For Families (“the website”).
What information we collect and how it is used
Information you voluntarily submit to the website: Scotland For Families may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-collected information: When you use this website, we automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the website. For example, when you use the website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: The website may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website.
How we may use your information
- To operate and maintain the Website
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
- To respond to your comments or inquiries
- To track and measure statistics/advertising on the Website
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity
Third-party use of personal information
Additionally, Scotland For Families may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. If you submit your email address to join our newsletter, we store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Social Pug (Grow)– this service is used to all users to share website content on a user’s social channels. Social Pug (Grow) will connect using the user’s social channels, but no information is stored on the Website.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganisation proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Cookies
The website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customise website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
Advertising
Display Ads – We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads – From time to time, the website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Newsletters – On the website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link to an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Scotland For Families is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Scotland For Families is also a participant of the Booking.com Affiliate Program, Get Your Guide Affiliate Program, and the CJ Affiliate Program, Awin Affiliate Program.
Rights related to your personal information
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at hello@scotlandforfamilies.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to hello@scotlandforfamilies.com.
Amend – You may amend your email subscription at the end of each newsletter or amend other personal information by contacting us at hello@scotlandforfamilies.com.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to hello@scotlandforfamilies.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Contact information
At any time, please contact us at hello@scotlandforfamilies for questions related to this Privacy Policy.