Privacy policy

Cookies and Website Traffic Analysis

If you are a user with general public and anonymous access the Scotland Office website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the users' IP address that is automatically recognised by the web server.

We do not use cookies for collecting user information and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of our web servers.

This privacy statement only covers the Scotland Office website at http://www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk. This statement does not cover links within this site to other websites.

Site Usage

You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site.

However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. The Scotland Office pages must load into the user's entire window.

The Scotland Office is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of the Scotland Office website.

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Scotland. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland.

© Crown Copyright

The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Further reproduction of Crown copyright material would be licensed by the Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Please apply for a PSI Licence, these are available online through www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use. Crown copyright enquiries can be directed to licensing@oqps.gov.uk or Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland, Admail ADM4058, Edinburgh, EH1 1NG.

Permission to re-use departmental logos must be sought directly and in writing from the Scotland Office. For enquiries relating to the Royal Arms please email licensing@oqps.gov.uk.

Permission to reproduce Crown copyright material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

The Scotland Office encourages users to establish hypertext links to this site.

For further information on Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements, see the guidance featured on the OQPS website at oqps.gov.uk/crown-copyright.