Privacy
Last modified 6 March 2026
Overview
This Privacy Policy forms part of our terms of use.
We value your privacy, and we commit to the protection of and will endeavour to protect your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we may process and use your personal information; please read it carefully. By continuing to use the site you signify that you accept our privacy policy and that you consent to our usage of your personal information in accordance with the terms of this policy.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
Please retain a copy of this privacy policy for your future reference.
Personal Information collected by us about you
When you visit the site, we automatically collect certain information about your electronic device, including but not limited to information about Your web browser, IP address, geographical location, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages and content that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and information about how you interact with the site.
We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”. We collect device information using the following technologies :
· “Cookies” are data files that are placed on Your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. Our cookies policy is described below. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
· “Log files” track actions occurring on the site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
· “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
This information is referred to as “personal information”
“Personal information” in this privacy policy includes both device information and user generated content.
When we ask you to provide personal information, we will state where this information is required (for example, verification of your email address for form completion), and/or where this information is voluntary; and with the consequences in case you decline to provide any voluntary personal information (for example, we may be unable to enter into conversation with you.)
Personal Information collected by Islay Community Access Group about you
When you participate in any interactive portions of the website, referred to in the terms, Islay Community Access Group may collect certain information about you, including but not limited to IP address, page views, email address, and stated personal opinions;
For more information regarding this data collection please contact Islay Community Access Group.
Our use of Your Personal Information
We may use your personal information as follows :
· With your consent, for example when you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookies policy.
· In case We are required so to do by any law or by competent authority.
· To better communicate with those members of the community who wish to liaise with ICAG.
We use the device information that we collect from you to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize the site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
We may use device information that we collect from you in the form of cookies to target advertising as you browse the Web. You can opt out of this in accordance with our cookies policy.
Sharing of Your Personal Information
We may share your personal information with Squarespace who host the site. Squarespace’s policy on use of your personal information can be found at https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/
We may also use Google Analytics to help Us understand how our customers use the site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
You can opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
We may share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
In the event that your personal data is shared to a country different to that where You reside and to where We operate, then we will apply as a minimum the data protection standards which are used in the UK.
The site may offer links to and/or plugins for third party social media and networked content. If you access these features on the site then your device data may be shared to or shared by these third parties. These third party features have data & privacy policies which are not under our control and we take no responsibility for any aspect of these policies. You accept that you may or may not be satisfied with the data & privacy policies of any third party social media organisation or feature, and that you have responsibility for managing Your interaction with these third parties.
Your rights
You have a right to ask us for a copy of personal information which we may hold about you. You can ask us to update, correct or delete Your personal information.
You have a right to withdraw consent which You have given to our processing of your personal information.
You have a right to object to Our processing of your data for our legitimate purposes as described in this policy. This right may be limited in the event that We demonstrate a legal or other requirement incumbent upon Us for the processing of Your Personal Information. This right may also have consequences for your usage of the site, for example if you object to our processing of your personal information then we may decline to accept any order that you may wish to place on the site.
You have a right to ask Islay Community Access Group for a copy of personal information which they may hold about you. You can ask Islay Community Access Group to update, correct or delete your personal information.
If you wish to make any notification to us about your rights, then please do so via the contact details included below. In case of any query or complaint which you may have about data processing & privacy then You may also contact the relevant statutory authorities; We ask that You would contact us in the first instance so that we may attempt to address your concern.
Data retention
We will retain your personal information for the period in which we require to process it in order to service the objectives described in this policy.
We may also retain your personal information for a period beyond that of any particular order or transaction which you may make with us, for example to enable us to service any legal or contractual obligation which we may have separate to any interaction with you. We will keep this retention under review.
We will delete your personal information when you ask Us to, unless we demonstrate a legal or other requirement incumbent upon us for the retention of your personal information.
Contact
The data controller for your personal information regarding the site is Islay Community Access Group.
In case of any contact you may wish to make with us in relation to your personal information, please write to our data protection officer at the following address :
Data Protection Officer
Islay Community Access Group
Lochindaal House
Port Charlotte
Isle of Islay
PA48 7UD, UK
Alternatively, You can email Us at islaypathways@gmail.com
Cookies
Cookies Policy
i. A cookie is a small piece of information which is stored on Your electronic device when You access a website. Cookies from a website may be set by that website itself, or may come from a third party such as an advertiser or internet content provider. Further information about all aspects of cookies can be found at http://allaboutcookies.org
ii. The Site uses cookies. These fall into two main categories :
Cookies required for the basic functioning of the site; for example to remember in your web browser your login details, the contents of your online shopping basket, and so on.
Cookies used for targeting content, reporting and analytics; for example to support our site traffic analysis, or to enable us or a third party to better target advertising to you.
iii. The cookies which the Site uses are provided by squarespace who we use to host the site. Full information about these cookies and about the cookies policy of Shopify can be found at https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy/.