Privacy policy

This privacy policy is divided into the following sections:

• Who we are
• Our website
• Our collection and use of your personal information
• Cookies and similar technologies
• Your rights
• Keeping your personal information secure
• How to complain
• Changes to this website privacy policy
• How to contact us

Who we are

This website is operated by Caledonian Climate Partners Ltd ("CCP"). We deliver sustainable, permanent projects that address the dual crisis of climate change and nature loss, unlocking natural capital for landholders and providing authentic carbon offsetting to businesses.

We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union (including in the United Kingdom) and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

Our website

This privacy policy relates to your use of our website, www.caledonianclimate.com or your subscription to one of our email mailing lists.

Throughout our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties. These other third party websites may also gather information about you in accordance with their own separate privacy polices. For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their privacy policies as appropriate.

Our collection and use of your personal information

We collect personal information about you when you access our website, contact us or post material to our website.

We collect this personal information from you either directly, such as when you contact us or post material to our website or indirectly, such as your browsing activity while on our website (see ‘Cookies’ below).

We also collect personal information about you from other sources as follows:

• Your name and email address if you register for our mailing lists via MailChimp
• Your name, company, email address and phone number if you contact us by phone, email or social media

The personal information we collect about you depends on the particular activities carried out through our website. This information includes:

• your name, company and email address; and
• details of any feedback you give us by posting material on our website.

We use this personal information to:

• verify your identity; and
• improve our services

This website is not intended for use by children and we do not knowingly collect or use personal information relating to children.

Our legal basis for processing your personal information

When we use your personal information we are required to have a legal basis for doing so. There are various different legal bases on which we may rely, depending on what personal information we process and why.

The legal bases we may rely on include:

• consent: where you have given us clear consent for us to process your personal information for a specific purpose
• contract: where our use of your personal information is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract
• legal obligation: where our use of your personal information is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations)
• legitimate interests: where our use of your personal information is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party (unless there is a good reason to protect your personal information which overrides our legitimate interests)

Further information — the personal information we collect, when and how we use it

When information is collected	What information we ask for	How and why we use your information
When you contact us	Contact details: your name and email address and telephone number	We ask for this to verify your identity and reply to your question. We rely on consent as the lawful basis for collecting and using your personal information. We will keep this information  no longer than it is necessary for the purpose for which the personal data is processed.
When you submit a request for our mailing list	Contact details: your name and email address and telephone number	We ask for this to verify your identity and process your data request. We rely on consent as the lawful basis for collecting and using your personal information. We will keep this information  no longer than it is necessary for the purpose for which the personal data is processed. You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time and your records will be removed.

Who we share your personal information with

We will share personal information with law enforcement or other authorities if required by applicable law.

We will not share your personal information with any other third party.

Whether information has to be provided by you, and if so why

We do not require you to provide any information.

The impact of our use of your personal information

The personal information that you do provide allows us to improve our services.

Cookies and other tracking technologies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (eg computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These cookies help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions and to help you navigate our website.

All of the data that is collected is anonymised.

For further information on cookies, our use of cookies, when we will request your consent before placing them and how to disable them, please see our Cookie Policy.

Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:

• fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information
• access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice is already designed to address
• require us to correct any mistakes in your information which we hold
• require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
• receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
• object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
• object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you
• object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
• otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances
• claim compensation for damages caused by our breach of any data protection laws

For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:

• email, call or write to us at info@caledonianclimate.com, 01463 223808 or Caledonian Climate Partners Limited, The Pagoda, Seafield Road, Longman Industrial Estate, Inverness IV1 1SG
• let us have enough information to identify you
• let us have proof of your identity and address (a copy of your driving licence or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill), and
• let us know the information to which your request relates.

Keeping your personal information secure

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

If you want detailed information on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit Get Safe Online. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

How to complain

We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information.

The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted via their Make a Complaint page.

Changes to this website privacy policy

This website privacy policy was published on 28th May 2021 and last updated on 5th March 2024.

We may change this website privacy policy from time to time, when we do we will update the policy on this page of our website.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information we hold about you.

If you wish to contact us please email, call or write to us at info@caledonianclimate.com, 01463 223808 or Caledonian Climate Partners Limited, East Memus, Forfar, Angus, DD8 3TY