Friends of Argyll Estates Archives

The archives of the Campbell family, dukes of Argyll

Copyright Statement

Copyright and Data Protection Policy

 ©  CC BY-NC 4.0

Friends of Argyll Estates Archives

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation: SC053815

Content on the Friends of Argyll Estates Archives website is licensed under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial 4.0 licence. This means you are free to:

  1. Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  2. Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
  3. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

The terms are as follows:

  1. Attribution — You must give appropriate credit and acknowledgement to the source of the material and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  2. Non-Commercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  3. No additional restrictions — You may not apply additional restrictions that legally prevent others from doing anything our license permits.

Notice and takedown procedure

We have made all reasonable efforts to ensure that we have appropriate permissions and consent for material published and whose personal data may be featured on this website.

We are compliant with the archive’s obligations under the UK’s data protection legislation, namely the UK GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the Data Protection Act 2018,

If you believe that online publication of material and/or access to your personal data in the online records infringes your data privacy rights, you may request that the content is taken down from our website.

You may also request that material about you is taken down from our website by invoking your “right to be forgotten”.

Your takedown request must be in writing and include the following information:

  • Your name, email address and phone number
  • The website address where you found the content
  • A description that clearly identifies the content in question and includes a unique reference number or unique identifier, if available
  • The nature of your request regarding this content
  • A copy of an official form of identification to evidence that you are the owner of the personal data concerned in the request.

Send your request and ID by email to friends@argyllestatesarchives.org, or by post to:

Friends of Argyll Estates Archives, Cherry Park, Inveraray PA32 8XE

Your request will be acknowledged within 5 working days of receipt.

Upon receipt of your request, we will validate both your request and your ID to check that we have all the information we need.

After validation, we will immediately take down the content from our website while we investigate the matter further.

During our investigation, we will look into your takedown request and reach a decision about whether the content should remain on our website.  If we agree, and approve your request, we will confirm the removal of the data from our website and check whether this has any implications for any original source material from which the online material was derived.  If your request is denied, we will reinstate the content on our website.  In both instances, we will record our decision and advise you of the outcome. 

The information you provide in your written request will be used only in connection with this enquiry and in accordance with this policy.