Cookies

Cookies

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Notice which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

Who we are

We are Forestry and Land Scotland, the Scottish Government agency responsible for managing Scotland’s national forests and land. For more information, see:

Who we are

Our website

This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website, forestryandland.gov.scot.

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

Cookies

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 to help us improve your experience when you visit our website and to ensure the website operates correctly during your browsing session.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Consent to use cookies and changing settings

We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential to the operation of the website, such as making sure that any features are working correctly.

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences at any time while using our website. It may be necessary to refresh the page, or revisit the website for the updated settings to take effect.

Third party access to the cookies

The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and those third parties named in the table above for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party.

How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.

For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

How to contact us

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

If you wish to contact us, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or write to us at:

Head of Records and Data Protection
Forestry and Land Scotland
Apex 1
99 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 5HD

Do you need extra help?

If you would like this notice in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ above).

Changes to this policy

This policy was published on 24 May 2018 and last updated on 14 March 2022.

We may change this policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via our website.