Privacy

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) respects your right to privacy when using our website. On this page you will find details of our privacy practices in connection with this website and what we do to maintain your right to privacy.

Data Protection

Any personal information which you supply to SNBTS will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, in strict accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998 and any subsequent recommendations by the UK Information Commissioner.

SNBTS is a division of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) which is registered under the legal name Common Services Agency for NHS in Scotland. NSS has an entry in the Information Commissioner's Register of Data Controllers (accessible from the website of the Information Commissioner) which lists the types of personal information we process, our purposes for processing the information and the people and organisations with whom we share personal information.

Collection of personal information on this website

SNBTS does not collect any personal data about you on this website, apart from information that you volunteer, either by emailing us or by submitting the online forms. Use of personal information collected via this website. Any information, which you provide via this website is not made available to any third parties. Any information provided is used by SNBTS solely for the purpose of processing your information request.

Collection and use of technical information

Technical details in connection with visits to this website are logged, collected and used by our website host, Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW), as described below:

• User tracking
  
  SNBTS will make no attempt to identify individual users. You should be aware, however, that access to web pages will generally create log file entries in the systems of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or network services provider. These entities may identify the client computer equipment used to access a page. Such monitoring would be done by the provider of network services and is outwith the responsibility or control of SNBTS.
• Use of Cookies
  
  A cookie is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. Cookies can contain user identification data. Any cookies that are used on this website are temporary session cookies which enable a visitor's web browser to remember which pages on this website have already been visited. Visitors can use this website with no loss of functionality if cookies are disabled from the web browser.
• Log files
  
  Log files are maintained and analysed of all requests for files on SNBTS servers. Aggregated analyses of these log files are used to monitor website usage. These analyses are used to allow us to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our websites. All log file information collected by SNBTS is kept secure and is not provided to any third parties.

For more detailed guidance, read Scottish Health On the Web's privacy policy.

Enquiries

Privacy and data protection enquiries relating to this website may be made in writing to:

National Information Governance Manager
SNBTS Head Office Registry
21 Ellens Glen Road
Liberton
Edinburgh
EH17 7QT

Email: stuart.houston@nhs.net