PRIVACY NOTICE
Health and Social Care Moray
Health and Social Care Moray (HSCM) is the Partnership between Moray Council and NHS Grampian to deliver health and social care services for Moray. The services we provide are governed by the requirements of health and social care legislation including:
• Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007
• Adults with Incapacity Act 2000
• Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
• National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
• Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
• Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
As Moray Council and NHS Grampian work together to deliver integrated services through HSCM, your data may be shared between NHS Grampian and Moray Council. This Partnership is overseen by the Moray Integration Joint Board. For further information, please see our Privacy Notices:
• To view Moray Council’s Health and Social Care Privacy Notices, please see: www.moray.gov.uk/PrivacyNotices
• To view NHS Grampian’s Privacy Notices, please see: https://www.nhsgrampian.org/about-us/data-protection/
You will not be asked to provide personal data in order to receive information or use services on our website (www.hscmoray.co.uk). Cookies are used when you browse our website, for example to improve the quality of service provided to you. Please see our Cookies Policy for further details.
External links
Please note that our website may contain links to other third-party websites. Such links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We assume no responsibility for the privacy or information gathering practices of websites you are able to access via the HSCM website and urge you to review each third-party’s website before using them and disclosing any personal data.
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
• Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
• Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
• Tracking and Performance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
• Targeting and Advertising Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies track your browsing habits to enable Us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You. These Cookies use information about your browsing history to group You with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with Our permission, third party advertisers can place Cookies to enable them to show adverts which We think will be relevant to your interests while You are on third party websites.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Children’s Privacy
This website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone, including those under the age of 13
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this webpage from time to time.
