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Privacy Policy

 

Last updated: November 27, 2025

 

Your privacy is important to us. It is Edinburgh Community Sponsorship Homes' policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you across our website.

 

1. Information We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

 

A. Personal Contact Data (Information you provide to us)

We may ask for personal information, such as your name and email address, when you contact us via a contact form or email. This information is provided voluntarily by you.

 

B. Technical Data (Information collected automatically by Wix)

Our website is built on the Wix platform. When you visit our website, Wix automatically collects certain information that your browser sends. This data may include:

  • Your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, which provides your generic location information (city and country)

  • Browser type and version

  • Device type (desktop or mobile)

  • Date and time of access

 

2. How We Use Information

We collect and use your information for the following purposes and will not process it in a manner incompatible with these purposes:

  • To Contact and Communicate with You: To respond to inquiries through the contact form or by email. 

  • For Analytics and Website Improvement: To operate and improve our website, associated applications, and platforms, including analysing user behaviour and tracking traffic to enhance the user experience.

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3. Lawful Basis for Processing

We will only collect and process personal information where we have a lawful basis for doing so.

  • Contact Data: We rely on your consent when you actively submit your information via a contact form to enable us to respond to your specific request. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Technical/Analytics Data: We process this data based on our legitimate interests in running and improving our website and services, provided these interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

 

4. Sharing Your Information

We may share your data with third parties for the purposes mentioned above. These third parties include:

  • Analytics Providers: We use Wix’s analytics tools to help us understand how users interact with our site. This service uses cookies to collect data, which is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier.

  • Service Providers: Wix also helps us operate our website and communications.

We take steps to ensure that these third-party partners are also obligated to protect your personal data.

 

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

  • Contact Data: We generally keep records of inquiries via contact forms, events, and emails for as long as is required for the purpose of engagement. You can withdraw your consent for this data to be retained in line with your rights below at any time. 

  • Technical Data: Wix retains analytics data for 62 days. 

 

6. Your Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • The Right to Access: You can request copies of the personal data we hold about you.

  • The Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • The Right to Erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The Right to Object/Restrict Processing: You can object to or ask for the restriction of our processing of your data in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, in a structured, machine-readable format.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below. We typically have one month to respond to your request.

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7. Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies to collect the technical data mentioned above. Our website allows you to consent to the use of cookies via Wix’s partner Usercentrics.

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8. Links to Other Websites

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit, as we have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

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9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top.

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10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you can contact us via the contact form on this page.

 

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office, who can be contacted via this website.

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