Privacy Policy

1. Our Commitment

SAFE Family Courts Scotland respects your privacy. As a grassroots, volunteer-led advocacy group, we are committed to handling your personal data securely, transparently, and only for the purposes of our advocacy work.

2. What Information We Collect

We only collect the minimum amount of data necessary to keep you updated and to run our group. This may include:

Contact Information: Such as your name and email address, provided when you sign up for our mailing list or contact us via a web form.

Communication Data: Records of emails or messages you send us.

Technical Data: Information automatically collected by our website (such as IP addresses or cookie data) used to ensure our site functions correctly.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your data only for:

Keeping you informed: To send you updates, newsletters, or campaign alerts if you have specifically signed up for them.

Advocacy work: To understand our supporter base and organize our lobbying efforts.

Responding to inquiries: To reply to emails or messages you send to us.

4. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.

Rectification: Ask us to correct any inaccurate information.

Erasure: Ask us to delete your personal data from our records.

Withdraw Consent: If you have signed up for our emails, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the footer of our emails or by contacting us directly.

5. Sharing Your Data

We will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We will only share your data if required by law or to trusted service providers who help us run our website or mailing lists (e.g., Google Forms or email marketing platforms). We ensure these providers also comply with data protection standards.

6. Security

We take reasonable steps to ensure your data is stored securely. Since we are a volunteer group, we keep our records digital and password-protected, limiting access only to those leading our advocacy efforts.

7. How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about how we handle your data, or if you would like to exercise any of your rights listed above, please email us at: safefamilycourtsscotland@gmail.com