Privacy & Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

Turriff and District Heritage Society (“the Society”, “we”, “us”), company number SC007970, is committed to protecting your personal data in line with UK data protection law, including the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. This policy explains what information we collect through our website, why, and your rights over it.

2. Information we collect

When you use our contact form, we collect:

• Your name and email address
• Your phone number, if you provide it
• The topic and content of your message

We also collect limited technical information automatically, such as browser type and general usage data, where you have consented to analytics cookies.

3. How we use your information

• To respond to enquiries submitted through our contact form
• To process membership, volunteering or donation requests you make
• To understand how visitors use our website and improve it
• To comply with our legal obligations

4. Cookies

Our website uses the following categories of cookies:

• Essential cookies: required for the website to function correctly (for example, remembering your cookie consent choice).
• Analytics cookies: help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. These are only set with your consent.
• Embedded map cookies: our Contact page embeds a Google Map, which may set its own cookies when loaded. These are controlled by Google, not by us — see Google's own privacy policy for details.

You can choose “Essential only” or “Accept all” in the cookie banner shown when you first visit the site. You can change your choice at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site.

5. Data sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with service providers who help us run our website and email (such as our hosting and email delivery provider), or where required by law.

6. Data retention

We keep contact form submissions only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for our records, after which they are deleted.

7. Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Object to or restrict how we use your data
• Withdraw consent for analytics cookies at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@turriffheritage.org.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

8. Contact us

Turriff and District Heritage Society, Municipal Buildings, High Street, Turriff, AB53 4EN · +44 1888 562800 · info@turriffheritage.org.uk