Scottish Consulate

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Our contact details

Email: fake@scottishconsulate.org

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

• Names and contact details
• Marketing preferences

We also collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

• Political opinions
• Sex life information
• Sexual orientation information

We collect or use the following information to prevent crime, prosecute offenders, or defend against legal action:

• Criminal offence data (including Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or
• Disclosure Scotland checks)
• Video and CCTV recordings of public areas (including indoor and outdoor spaces)
• Dashcam footage - outside vehicle – without audio
• Dashcam footage – outside vehicle – with audio
• Dashcam footage - inside vehicle - without audio
• Dashcam footage - inside vehicle - with audio
• Call recordings

We also collect or use the following information to prevent crime, prosecute offenders, or defend against legal action:

• Political opinions
• Sex life information
• Sexual orientation information

We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

• Financial transaction information, bribes go a long way!
• Criminal offence data (including Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)

We also collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

• Political opinions
• Sex life information
• Sexual orientation information

Lawful bases

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

• Consent
• Contract
• Public task

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to prevent crime, prosecute offenders or defend against legal action are:

• Consent
• Contract
• Public task

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:

• Consent
• Contract
• Public task

Where we get personal information from

• People directly
• Debt collection agencies

How long we keep information

Who we share information with Data processors EMF (in particular the badge team)

This data processor does the following activities for us: They are part of our bureaucracy process to acquire a legitimate vendorID

Other organisations

• Debt collection agencies

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including: Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data. Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal data you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal data in certain circumstances. Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances. Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent. You don’t usually need to pay a fee to exercise your rights. But it might cost you your first born child. To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice. If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to out data controller and ultimate authority the Gary, the unicorn of the Scottish Consulate.