Terms and Conditions

General

By using the Determined to Succeed website, you agree to be legally bound by the terms and conditions which are set out below. If you do want to be bound by these terms please discontinue use of this site.

Disclaimer

The Determined to Succeed Website, ('website'), is produced by the Scottish Ministers. The Scottish Ministers seek to ensure that the information published on this website is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice and the Scottish Ministers cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use. The Scottish Ministers cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link, your use of such an external link, or your inability to use such. For the avoidance of doubt the Scottish Ministers have no control over any linked website.

Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Privacy Policy

You may enter your personal details on this site at the appropriate points for various purposes as you see fit. By doing this, the Scottish Government is able to provide you with any information or services, which you have asked for. If you provide such information it shall be used by the Scottish Government in accordance with current legislation on the use of data.

To help determine what is popular on this website, and to assist with the relevance of future content and development, we measure elements of its usage, including the number of visitors, how frequently pages are viewed, what pages are viewed, etc.

The statistics derived from this website are recorded via standard server log files. Standard server logs will record IP address, file requests, browser type, operating system and user name (if logged in to a secure area). It should be noted that secure log-ins will be used to identify a user personally.

Website Traffic Analysis

To help determine what is popular on this website, and to assist with the relevance of future content and development, we measure elements of its usage, including the number of visitors, how frequently pages are viewed, what pages are viewed, etc.

The statistics derived from this website are recorded via standard server log files. Standard server logs will record IP address, file requests, browser type, operating system and user name (if logged in to a secure area). It should be noted that secure log-ins will be used to identify a user personally.

Log files

Log files stored on our web server allow the recording and analysis of users' use of the website. Log files do not contain any personal information.

Crown Copyright

The material on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. It (other than departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any medium or format for research, private study or internal use 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. For any other use of this material please apply for a Link opens in new windowClick-Use Licence on the HMSO website, or by writing to HMSO at The Licensing Division, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax: 01603 723000 or email: .

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

Contributions and Submissions to the Website

No contribution or submission of any nature to this website shall infringe any patent, trademark, registered design, copyright, any other right in the nature of intellectual property of any third party, or shall infringe any law whatsoever, and by submitting anything to the website you agree that you shall indemnify the Scottish Ministers against all actions, claims, demands, costs and expenses which the Scottish Ministers may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with any breach of this condition.

All rights (including ownership and copyright and moral), in any contributions or submissions by you, be it in a report, text, or photograph, or other, in all media shall remain available to the Scottish Ministers who shall be able to use such in all manners whatsoever by virtue of these presents which shall constitute a perpetual royalty-free sub-licenceable, non-exclusive right and licence to modify, adapt, translate, publish, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute and exercise all copyrights and publicity rights with respect to any such contribution or submission.

The Scottish Ministers reserve the right to delete and remove any contribution or submission to the website, however such a right of removal shall not free or relieve you from your responsibility to indemnify against damage caused to the Scottish Ministers or to others by your contribution or submission.

No contribution or submission of any nature to this website shall be an advert.