THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDING OUR COOKIE POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED ON JANUARY 21st, 2024 (amended on 27th January 2024) AND APPLIES TO CITIZENS AND LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
1. Introduction
Our website, http://handsoffourhills.co.uk (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
All Content included on our website, unless uploaded by users, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, sound clips, video clips, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software is the property of Hands Off Our Hills, our affiliates or other relevant third parties.
By continuing to use our website you acknowledge that such material is protected by applicable United Kingdom and International intellectual property and other relevant laws.
You may not reproduce, copy, distribute, store or in any other fashion re-use material from our website unless otherwise indicated on our website or unless given express written permission to do so by Hands Off Our Hills or the user whom uploaded said contents. Hands off Our Hills cannot grant permission for others content and any such requests for use will be passed on to the user who uploaded said content for themselves to process.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
6. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Accept”, you consent to us using all cookies and plug-ins as described in the pop-up and this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
8. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
Right of access:
You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
Right to rectification:
You have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
Right to transfer your data:
You have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to object:
You may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy.
If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)).
9. Social Media
Hands Off Our Hills utilises Social Media platforms as part of our Campaign. While we endeavour to monitor activities on these Social Media pages, we cannot constantly control the content posted by members within these platforms.
Individual views expressed should not be attributed to Hands Off Our Hills.
Any posts deemed offensive or abusive should be promptly reported to Hands Off Our Hills using our website’s contact form or by flagging the content for admins attention. Subsequent investigations will be conducted, and if found to be abusive, the content will be removed or deleted as appropriate.
It is crucial to recognise that while individuals have the right to freedom of speech, content posted on these social media platforms should not automatically reflect the views of Hands Off Our Hills. We urge readers to be mindful of this distinction.
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Hands off Our Hills
5 Ghyll Crescent
Newton Stewart
Wigtownshire
DG8 6DT
United Kingdom
Website: https://handsoffourhills.co.uk
Email: compliance_officer@handsoffourhills.co.uk
11. Terms and Conditions Update Policy (UK):
We retain the right, at Our exclusive discretion, to amend or substitute these Terms at any point. In the event of a substantial revision, We will make reasonable endeavors to offer a minimum of 30 days’ notice before the implementation of any new terms.
The determination of what qualifies as a substantial change will be made solely at Our discretion.
12. Reverse engineering and security (Hacking)
You agree not to undertake any of the following actions:
Reverse engineer or attempt to reverse engineer or disassemble any code or software from or on our website or services. Violate the security of our website or servers through any unauthorised access, circumvention of encryption or other security tools, data mining, or interference to any host, user, or network.
Attempts to spam our contact form and newsletter signup form, or gather email addresses for spam activity is strictly prohibited and will result in your I.P address(es) being banned from access and any such futher attempts will result in legal action being pursued against you in accordance with the Law in Scotland.
13. Availability of our website
The website is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We give no warranty that the website will be free of defects and / or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility, and satisfactory quality.
Hands Off Our Hills accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of our website resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, power failure, natural events, acts of war or legal restrictions and censorship.
14. Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and the relationship between you and Hands Off Our Hills shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Law of Scotland and Hands Off Our Hills and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Scotland.