Privacy Policy

Scotland’s Buddhist Vihara (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website or contact us, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Who we are

We are Scotland’s Buddhist Vihara, 1 Caldercuilt Road, Maryhill Park, Glasgow, G20 0AD, Scotland. For any privacy-related questions, you can reach us at contact@scotlandbuddhistvihara.org or (0044)141 946 5688. We are the data controller responsible for your personal data.

What information we collect

When you submit our contact form, we collect the name, email address, telephone number, and message that you provide. When you browse the website, our hosting provider may automatically log technical information such as your IP address and browser type for security and to keep the site running reliably.

How and why we use your information (lawful basis)

We use the details you submit through the contact form solely to respond to your enquiry and communicate with you about the Vihara and its activities. Our lawful basis for this is your consent when you send us a message, and our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries about our community. We do not use your information for automated decision-making or profiling, and we never sell your personal data.

Cookies

This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for the site to function, and may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling some cookies may affect how parts of the site work.

Third-party services

Some content is provided by trusted third parties who process data under their own privacy policies — for example, an embedded Google Map showing our location, YouTube videos, and the Elfsight Google Reviews widget. We only share your personal information with service providers who help us operate the website (such as hosting and email delivery) and only to the extent necessary.

How long we keep your information

We keep contact enquiries only for as long as necessary to respond to you and maintain a reasonable record of our correspondence, after which they are securely deleted.

Your rights under UK GDPR

You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to request correction or erasure, to restrict or object to our processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@scotlandbuddhistvihara.org. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your personal data secure and to prevent unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.