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Scottish Act of the Year 2024, Privacy Notice

Online Voting Privacy Notice

Your trust is very important to us. This means the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. It is important that you read this notice so that you are aware of how and why we are using such personal data. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law.

Why are we doing this and how can you participate?

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will collect your personal data for the purposes of collecting how you vote when participating in any online voting on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ website.

What personal data will the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ collect and how will we use it?

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ uses your personal data to tally the votes and to ensure we meet regulatory compliance requirements when running our votes.

Personal data

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will collect and process the following personal data about you:

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Account identification
  • Geographic location
  • IP Address
  • Your vote choice

Who is the Data Controller?

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is the “data controller” of your personal data. This means that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ decides what your personal data is used for, and the ways in which it is processed. For the avoidance of doubt, your personal data will be collected and processed solely for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. As the data controller, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has the responsibility to comply, and to demonstrate compliance with, data protection law.

Lawful basis for processing your personal data

The lawful basis on which the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ processes the personal data for the purposes of your vote choice activities is the performance of its public task. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s role is to act in the public interest and to serve all audiences with content which informs, educates and entertains, and to reflect the United Kingdom and its cultures and values to the world.

The lawful basis on which the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ processes the personal data for regulatory compliance purposes is legal obligation.

Sharing your personal data

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ works with our approved third-party providers who help us to provide some of our services. These partners only use your personal data on behalf of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and not independently of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. We currently use a third-party data provider to facilitate the online voting system.

We may also share personal data with a third party where required or permitted by law.

Retaining your personal data

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will retain your personal data for a period of two (2) years following collection for audit purposes after which time it will be deleted.

Your personal data will be stored in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA).

Your rights and more information

You have rights under data protection law:

  • You can request a copy of the personal data the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ stores about you.
  • You have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.
  • You have the right to ask for the personal data we collect about you to be deleted, however there are limitations and exceptions to this right which may entitle the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to refuse your request.
  • In certain circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data, or to object to the processing of your personal data.
  • You can request a copy of the personal data Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ stores about you.
  • You have the right to ask for the personal data we collect about you to be deleted however there are limitations and exceptions to this right which may entitle the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to refuse your request.
  • You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data to you or to another organisation, in certain circumstances.

You can contact our, Data Protection Officer if you have questions or you wish to find out more details about your rights, please visit the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at .

If you have a concern about the way the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has handled your personal data, you can raise your concern with the supervisory authority in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) .

Updating this privacy notice

We will revise the privacy notice if there are significant changes to how we use your personal data.