Data Protection

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your information in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018.

This privacy notice explains in detail the types of personal data we may collect about you when you interact with us. It also explains how we will store and handle that data and keep it safe.

It is likely that we will need to update the privacy notice from time to time. We will publicise any significant changes but you are welcome to ask us questions about the notice or check the online version at any time.

We will comply with data protection law. This says that the personal information we hold about you must be:

• Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way
• Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
• Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes
• Accurate and kept up to date
• Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about
• Kept securely.

Survey and consultation information

We occasionally carry out surveys and consultations to help inform our inspections or to improve the service we provide. Any response you provide to a survey will be collected and analysed and the information may be published. We will only collect personal information when required and will not publish any personal information which could identify you such as your name, address or email address. We may use third party services.

When you respond to a consultation, the responses will be analysed and we may produce a report of consultation responses. Where permission is given, we may publish responses. We may include personal data where permission has been given to do so. We will never publish email or postal addresses. Where permission is given, we may contact respondents for further comment.

Personal information will be destroyed in line with Data Protection law and our privacy commitment.

Website traffic and analytics

General traffic data is collected on the website via google analytics. Any statistics produced are based on aggregated data from which no details of any individual visitor can be traced. The site does not automatically capture or store personal data from visitors to the site other than to record session information such as the most popular pages visited and the nature of the browser used. This information is used only for the administration of the site system and in the compilation of general statistics used by us to assess the use of the site.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites click here

You have a right of access to any personal data we hold about you, by making a Subject Access Request (SAR). In addition, if you believe that the data we hold is inaccurate or incomplete you can ask us to update our records. If you are unhappy with the way in which we process your personal data you can request that we stop or restrict the processing we complete using your personal data or ask us to delete the personal data we hold about you.

Find out more about your rights on the Information Commissioner's site.

Contact HMICS

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS)
1st Floor West
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

hmic@hmic.gov.scot

If you feel we have been unable, or unwilling, to resolve your information rights concern, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO are the supervisory authority responsible for data protection in the UK. You can contact the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 08456 30 60 60
Website: www.ico.gov.uk