This privacy policy sets out how the Harris Tweed Authority (HTA) uses and protects any information it holds or receives from third parties.
The HTA is committed to ensuring that the privacy of its customers, clients, stakeholders and service users is protected. In circumstances whereby the HTA holds information by which you can be identified then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
The HTA may change this policy from time to time. This policy is effective from 25 May 2018.
We may collect the following information, such as:
The HTA requires this information primarily for internal record keeping purposes and to be able to contact you in relation to your work with HARRIS TWEED. It is important also that the HTA understands your needs and provide you with a high quality and relevant service. We may on occasion use the information held for the following reasons:
The HTA is 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.
A cookie is a small file that 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 traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page 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.
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 HTA website.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
The HTA website contains 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.
h3>Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
Harris Tweed Authority
First Floor
Town Hall
2 Cromwell Street
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
HS1 2DB
[email protected]
We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
If we are unable to resolve any issue to your satisfaction, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office.
Contact information can be found at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Lorna Macaulay
Chief Executive
Harris Tweed Authority
May 2018