Who we are
At Scottish Association for Music Education, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors to our web site. In particular, we want you to know that innocent is not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. We just don’t do that sort of thing. But just in case you don’t believe us, in this Privacy Policy, we’ve provided lots of detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. Grab a cuppa and read on.
What are cookies?
Like most websites, Same.org.uk use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smart ‘phones or ‘tablets’) as you browse this website. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses our websites.
How do I disable cookies?
If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Further details on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers are set out below: –
For Microsoft Internet Explorer:
- Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”
- Click on the “privacy” tab
- Select the setting the appropriate setting
For Google Chrome:
- Choose Settings> Advanced
- Under “Privacy and security,” click “Content settings”.
- Click “Cookies”
For Safari:
- Choose Preferences > Privacy
- Click on “Remove all Website Data”
For Mozilla firefox:
- Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”
- Click on the icon “privacy”
- Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options
For Opera 6.0 and further:
- Choose the menu Files”> “Preferences
- Privacy
What happens if I disable cookies?
This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the website may not operate properly if cookies are switched off.
Types of data we collect
| Type of cookie | Source | Cookie Name | Cookie Description | Cookie Duration |
| Google Maps | SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF, CONSENT, 1P_JAR | Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users. | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map. | |
| Performance | Twitter.com | dnt | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | Session cookie (deletes on website close / browser close) |
| Performance | Twitter.com | eu_cn | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 1 Year |
| Performance | Twitter.com | external_referer | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 7 Days |
| Performance | Twitter.com | tfw_exp | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 14 Days |
| Performance | Twitter.com | kdt | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 2 Years |
| Performance | Twitter.com | guest_id, twid, syndication_guest_id | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 2 Years |
| Performance | Twitter.com | remember_check_on | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | Session cookie (deletes on website close / browser close) |
| Performance | Twitter.com | _ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 Years |
| Performance | Twitter.com | _gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 Hours |
| Performance | Twitter.com | ads_prefs, auth_token | Twitter cookies allow you to tweet about the website content. | 10 Years |
| Performance | Twitter.com | csrf_id | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 1 Year |
| Performance | Twitter.com | csrf_same_site, csrf_same_site_set | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | 2 Years |
Data we hold
When contacting our website we store your personal information such as email, name, address, city/town, post code, employment status; as this is sensitive data we only hold this for a short period of time in our database. We will only use this data to contact you (if consent has been given). We don’t share information with other organisations and businesses. You can request to remove this data anytime you like, please email our data protection at office.same@btinternet.com
Mailing lists
As part of the registration process for our e-newsletter, we collect personal information. We use that information for a couple of reasons: to tell you about stuff you’ve asked us to tell you about; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information; to check our records are right and to check every now and then that you’re happy and satisfied. We don’t rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.
We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see MailChimp’s privacy notice. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing our data protection at office.same@btinternet.com
Access to your personal information
You are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold. Email your request to our data protection at office.same@btinternet.com
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We will check this policy every few months to ensure it is up to date and in line with current data privacy laws. This Privacy Notice was created on 20/05/18.