Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

SUSE takes the security and privacy of your data seriously. We need to gather and use information or ‘data’ about you as part of our business and to manage our relationship with you. We intend to comply with our legal obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulations in respect of data privacy and security.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the SUSE Website (the “Website”) operated by the Scottish Union of Supported Employment, a(n) Private Company Limited by Guarantee registered in Scotland No. SC213687, recognised as a Scottish Charity Reg No. SC027649 with (“us,” “we,” “our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

Personal information

Personal information includes information that can be used to identify you; this may include your name, email address, postal address (business), telephone number and credit/debit card details.

How do we collect information?

We collect information from you in the following ways:

Making an enquiry about our services, events, jobs and campaigns.
Registering to become a member of SUSE.
Registering for the SUSE newsletter
Involved in projects managed by SUSE

How will we use this information?

We will only use your personal information to give you the information or services you asked for. For example:

To keep you informed about the work of SUSE.
To send you information about third parties which may be of interest to you.
To contact you about events, campaigns, jobs and consultations.
To link you with 3rd party service providers, if requested.

3rd party software

SUSE uses 3rd party software to run some of our application online, these include the online payment provider, Stripe, and email marketing software, Campaign Monitor.

Marketing and sharing

SUSE will not share, sell or lease your information with a 3rd party, unless we have your written consent to allow us to share it.

Transferring data

We plan to transfer data to the United States.

How do we protect personal information?

SUSE will make sure your personal information is kept secure. You can ask for your information to be removed at any time and also the right to ask what information we hold about you at any time.

Location of data processing

All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in United Kingdom.

Third-party websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Cookies

Cookies are generated when a user enters the SUSE website. They are text files which identify users’ computers to the SUSE server. They are stored on the hard drive of your device. An example could be when you are a member of SUSE and login to your SUSE account. Cookies may be engaged at this point to remember your account information, such as a password. This cookie will not give us access to your password. Another example could be a third-party cookie such as Google Analytics. SUSE uses Google Analytics to help us improve our website. These analytics tools use cookies that are not controlled by SUSE but which are active when you use our website.

Our website works better with cookies enabled. Our cookies don’t give us or anyone else access to your personal data.

Your rights

All visitors or users of this website have the following rights with regard to their personal information:

The right to access the personal information that we have collected about you.
The right to request that we delete all or some of the personal information that we have collected on you.
The right to ask us to transmit your personal information that we have collected on you to another provider (where technically feasible).
The right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.
The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data.
The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing and processing of data with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.
The right to stop receiving unwanted direct marketing.
The right to receive the personal information that we hold about you in a portable and, to the extent feasible, a readily usable format that allows you to transmit this information to another entity.

Exercising your rights

You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to:

Fiona Walker
Marketing and Communications Manager
fiona@susescotland.scot
1 Neasham Drive Kirkintilloch East Dunbartonshire G66 3FA
Scotland

We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request and may ask you to provide personal information to do so.

We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 to 45 days of receipt, depending upon where you reside. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial.