
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy explains how we collect and use personal information about you.
David Scott Licensing and DS Licensing are the trading names of David Scott Licensing Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland under company number SC817277, and having its Registered Office at 4 Salisbury Terrace, Aberdeen AB10 6QH.
We are committed to being a responsible custodian of the information you provide to us and the information we collect in the course of operating our business and providing licensing services.
Principals of Data Protection
We have adopted the following principles to govern our use, collection and disclosure of personal data.
Personal data must:
be processed fairly and lawfully and with valid and informed consent;
be obtained for specific and lawful purposes;
be kept accurate and up to date;
be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which
it is used;
not be kept for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it is used;
be processed in accordance with the rights of individuals;
be kept secure to prevent unauthorised processing and accidental loss, damage or destruction; and
What information do we collect about you?
We collect your personal data when you provide it to us.
Personal data is information which relates to an individual and from which he or she can be identified either directly or indirectly through other data which the company has or is likely to have in its possession. These individuals are sometimes referred to as data subjects.
We may also collect other information that you voluntarily provide to us, including when you communicate with us via email, post, telephone or other channels; and when you respond to our communications or requests for information.
We collect information about you when you sign up for or request that we send you alerts, or other marketing materials, and when you sign up for an event. We also collect information when you voluntarily complete an enquiry form on our website.
Website usage information is collected using cookies.
We may receive information about you from other sources, including third parties and publicly available information, that help us update, expand, and analyse our records; identify new customers; or prevent or detect fraud. We may also receive information about you from social media platforms, including but not limited to, when you interact with us on those platforms or access our social media content. Please
note that the information we may receive from those third-party sites is governed by the privacy settings, policies, and/or procedures of the applicable platform, and we strongly encourage you to review them before submitting any information to them.
What are our responsibilities to you?
David Scott Licensing Limited is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner's Office.
The company is the data controller of the personal data we process and is responsible for ensuring our systems, processes, people and suppliers comply with data protection laws in relation to the information we handle.
All of our team must abide by this Notice when handling personal data and must take part in any required data protection training.
Our data protection leader oversees our compliance with data protection laws and this Notice. Our data protection leader will be responsible for reporting any failures to comply with the data protection legislation.
How we may use and share the information we collect
We may use the information we collect:
To respond to your enquiries;
To provide you with licensing and other services that you request;
To send you alerts and other updates, marketing communications and other
information or materials that may be of interest to you or which you have
expressed an interest in receiving;
To maintain our list of contacts;
For the company’s business purposes, including improving the provision of our licensing services, data analysis; submitting invoices; detecting, preventing, and responding to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement;
To assess the effectiveness of our events, promotional campaigns and
publications; and
As we believe reasonably necessary or appropriate to: comply with our legal obligations; respond to legal process or requests for information issued by government authorities or other third parties; or protect your, our, or others’ rights.
How we may share the information we collect:
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share any information with unaffiliated entities except as expressly described in this Notice, or with your prior permission. We may share anonymised information that does not reasonably identify you or your organisation only as permitted by applicable law.
We may also share information we collect with:
Our team, but their use shall be limited to the performance of their duties and in line with the reason for processing. Our employees are required to keep that information confidential and are not permitted to use it for any purposes other than to provide legal services, to deal with requests which are submitted to us, or for the purposes of facilitating our use of that information in accordance with this Notice.
Third-party service providers engaged by us to perform services on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, information technology providers, analytics providers, marketing and communications services and event hosting services.
Law enforcement, courts or tribunals, other government authorities, or third parties (within or outside the jurisdiction in which you reside) as may be permitted or required by the laws of any jurisdiction that may apply to us; as provided for under contract; or as we deem reasonably necessary to provide our legal services. In these circumstances, we take reasonable efforts to notify you before we disclose information that may reasonably identify you or your organisation, unless giving prior notice is prohibited by applicable law or is not possible or reasonable in the circumstances.
Service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a transaction in which we are acquired by or merged or amalgamated with another company.
Legal grounds for using personal information
We rely on the following legal grounds to process personal information, namely: Consent: we may use personal information as described in this Notice, subject to your consent. To withdraw your consent to such use, please email at any time saying"Unsubscribe" to aberdeendavid@icloud.com.
Performance of a contract: we may need to collect and use personal information to enter into a contract with you or to perform a contract that you have entered into with us. For example, when you engage David Scott Licensing to provide licensing services, we will use your personal information to respond to provide you with such services.
Legal obligation: we may need to collect and use personal information to comply with legal obligations to which the company is subject. This includes undertaking client due diligence and background checks.
Legitimate interests: we may use your personal information for our legitimate interests to provide legal services and to improve our services. Consistent with our legitimate interests and consents that may be required, we may use personal information for our marketing purposes and other technical information as described in this Notice.
The measures we have in place to protect and safely store the information we collect.
Information security is a key element of data protection. The company takes appropriate measures to secure personal data and protect it from loss or unauthorised disclosure or damage. However, no information system can be 100% secure. So, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. We are
not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks.
We use a small number of suppliers in connection with the operation of our business and they may have access to the personal data we process. For example, an IT supplier may see our personal data when providing software support, or a company which we use for a marketing campaign may process contacts' personal data for us.
When contracting with suppliers and/or service providers, the company takes appropriate steps to ensure that there is adequate protection in place and that the principles are adhered to.
Retention of the information we collect
We retain the information we collect for no longer than is reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collect the information and to comply with our legal obligations.
Following completion of the licensing services provided by us, we will retain all records digitally.
Where personal data is retained for the purposes of sharing promotional material, and you no longer want to be contacted by us, please email at any time saying "unsubscribe" to aberdeendavid@icloud.com.
Your choices and rights in respect of the information we hold
Personal data must be processed in line with individuals' rights, including the right to:
request a copy of their personal data;
request that their inaccurate personal data is corrected;
request that their personal data is deleted and destroyed when causing damage or distress; and opt out of receiving communications (including electronic) from the company.
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email daberdeendavid@icloud.com or write to us at:
David Scott
Data protection officer
David Scott Licensing Limited
4 Salisbury Terrace, Aberdeen AB10 6QH
When making your request please provide:
your full name and address.
details of the information you want. Please be as specific as possible, and if it is not obvious, it would be helpful if you could explain why you expect us to hold your personal information.
We may also ask you to provide further information in certain circumstances, including to clarify the terms of your request or to confirm your identity. We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
We do not use cookies for any other reason and do not store any personal information during or after your use of our website for any reason other than to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information.
You can adjust the settings in your web browser not to accept cookies. If you've visited our website before, there may be previously set cookies on your computer.
Visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org to find out how to remove cookies from your browser. In a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
Our website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website. When you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.
How to contact us
If you have any queries concerning your personal data or any questions on our use of that information, please contact our data protection officer David Scott at aberdeendavid@icloud.com or write to us at:
David Scott
Data protection officer
David Scott Licensing Limited
4 Salisbury Terrace, Aberdeen AB10 6QH
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep this notice under regular review and we will notify you by posting notice of the changes in a clear and conspicuous manner on our website www.dslicensing.com. This notice was last updated on 10th September 2025.
More information
More information about your rights under data protection legislation can be found on the website of the United Kingdom Information Commissioner, the address of which is (as at the date of this Notice) www.ico.org.uk.