This privacy statement explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services. We comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Please read this notice carefully.
How We Process Your Personal Information
The Advocacy Project will:
- Keep your information up to date.
- Securely store only the information needed to provide advocacy support.
- Protect your information from loss misuse or unauthorised access.
How We Use Your Information
We will use your information for the following reasons:
- To enable us to provide the service for the benefit of the public that we are constituted to
provide. - To maintain our accounts and records.
We might also ask for your consent to be contacted about:
- News or events.
- Research and feedback.
The Lawful Basis for Processing Your Information
We are allowed to record and use your personal information because we perform a public task. Health boards and local authorities have a legal duty to make independent advocacy services available, and we are funded to provide these.
Sharing Your Information
In situations where we are concerned about your safety or the safety of others, we may have to disclose information to third parties. Where possible we would discuss this with you before making the disclosure.
How Long will we Keep Your Information?
We will routinely keep your personal information on our records for one year after your case has been closed. This allows us to monitor the services we offer and gather statistics about what we do. After this period all of your information will be securely destroyed.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Request a copy of all the personal information we hold about you.
- Request that we correct any information we hold that is inaccurate.
- Request your information is erased where it is no longer necessary for us to keep it.
- Request that we pass your information to another agency.
- Object to the processing of your information.
- Be informed if your personal information is lost or misused.
Cookies
We do not use cookies on our website.
Contacting Us
For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, The Advocacy Project (Scotland), Scottish Charity Number: SCO20564, is
the data controller. If you have any questions about how we use your data, please contact:
- Ann Lafferty, Business Director & Data Protection Officer
- The Advocacy Project, Kirkstane House, 139 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5JF
- T: 0141 420 0961
- E: enquiry@theadvocacyproject.org.uk
Complaints
If you are unhappy with the way that we store and process your information, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, which you can reach at www.ico.org.uk.