Privacy Policy

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Who we are

Abused Men In Scotland, known as AMIS, is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation regulated by OSCR (SC041467). Our office number is 0131 447 7449. Our address is Mayfield Farmhouse, 5 Eskview Road, Mayfield, Dalkeith, EH22 5EA. Our website address is: https://amis.org.uk.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you use a contact form or any other form on this site, any submitted information will be sent to our office email addresses which can be accessed by approved staff, volunteers and officials. This is collect so we can respond to your queries.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Cookies enhance the performance and functionality of this site.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to monitor the usage of this site. This data includes your general location, device, time spent and pages visited. More information on this can be found here.

We also use Google Analytics Advertising Features. These features use Google data to estimate their demographics and interests. We will use this data to create better target our content at those that are using our website.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by using the opt-out browser add-on.

Who we share your data with

Your data will only be shared with any parties outlined elsewhere in this policy.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Other data collected will also be retained indefinitely.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

How we protect your data

This site uses SSL encryption. All staff that monitor and update this website are trained in data protection.

What data breach procedures we have in place

Any potential or real data protection breaches are reported to the charity Services Manager or a trustee for investigation where required.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

Abused Men In Scotland, known as AMIS, is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation regulated by OSCR (SC041467).