Terms And Conditions

Using our website

The Scottish Prison Service website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions that take effect from the date of first use.

Intellectual property

The names, images and logos identifying the Scottish Prison Service are proprietary marks of the Scottish Prison Service. Copying of our logos and/or any other third party logos or images accessed via this website are not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.

Requests for permission to use our logo should be directed to the Head of Corporate Affairs. Telephone 0131 244 8463; Fax 0131 244 8648; email gaolinfo@sps.pnn.gov.uk. Tell us how and why your wish to use our logo(s). Please include your contact details name, address, telephone number, fax number and email.

Copyright clause on government websites

© Crown copyright

2011 The material featured on this website is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. You may re-use the Crown copyright protected material (not including the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) free of charge in any format. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and you must give the title of the source document/publication. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. The Scottish Prison Service encourages users to establish hypertext links to this site. For further information on Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements, see The National Archives' guidance at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/crown-copyright/index.htm

Hyperlinking to us at the Scottish Prison Service

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 Scottish Prison Service pages must load into the user's entire window.

Hyperlinking by us at the

Scottish Prison Service

It is our policy to obtain permission to link to other websites. We are not responsible for the content or reliability of the linked websites. 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 linked pages.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Disclaimer

The Scottish Prison Service website and material relating to Government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. 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 Scottish Prison Service 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.

Privacy statement

If you are a user with general public and anonymous access the Scottish Prison Service website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user's 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 server. This privacy statement only covers the Scottish Prison Service website at http://www.sps.gov.uk. This statement does not cover links within this site to other websites.

Hyperlinking to third party website - specimen disclaimer

The Scottish Prison Service is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked web sites 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.