Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 1, 2026

This policy describes what information is handled when you read uncover-ed.org, a site about university history, Edinburgh and student life. The operator is the person or organisation running Uncover Ed, and the words we and us refer to the operator.

What the servers record

When a page of Uncover Ed loads, the server that delivers it keeps a routine log. An entry can contain your IP address, the time of the request, the article you opened, your browser and device type, and the page that sent you here. We use these records to keep the site online, to find broken pages, to block abusive traffic and to see in broad terms which articles about the city or its universities attract readers.

Cookies and similar tools

Uncover Ed may store small files or other data in your browser. A few of them keep article pages and menus working as intended. Others, where switched on, count visits, remember a reading preference, help serve advertising or note which link led you to a booking, book or travel service so that an affiliate referral can be attributed. Anything set by an outside provider is governed by that provider’s own policy.

Controlling tracking in your browser

Your browser lets you block or clear cookies, browse privately or add extensions that limit tracking. If your browser sends a do-not-track or global privacy signal, we will treat it as an opt-out request wherever the tools we use are able to respect it. Blocking certain cookies may change how some features of the site behave.

What you send us

If you email [email protected] with a correction, a story idea or a question about student life in Edinburgh, we receive your address and whatever you write. We use it to answer you, to fix errors and to keep a record of the exchange. Your note stays out of any sale, and nothing you write will appear on the site unless you agree to it beforehand.

Newsletters and forms

If Uncover Ed offers a newsletter or a form, the details you enter are used only for that purpose, such as sending the updates you asked for. Each mailing explains how to unsubscribe, and you may also ask to be removed by email.

Outside services we rely on

A site like this depends on providers we do not run ourselves. They may include hosting and content delivery, audience measurement, advertising and affiliate networks, and embedded material such as maps of campus areas or videos about historic buildings. To work, these services may receive technical details of your visit. They operate under their own terms and privacy notices, which are separate from this policy.

How long data stays

Visit logs are held for a short period, after which they are erased or boiled down to anonymous counts of readers per article. Emails are kept while they remain useful for replying, for correcting an article or for meeting a legal duty, and are deleted once that need has passed.

Asking about your information

Depending on your location, the law may let you request a copy of the personal details held about you, ask for errors to be fixed or the details erased, object to particular uses, or take back a consent you previously gave. To make a request, write to [email protected] and say what you would like us to do. We may ask you to confirm your identity first, and we will respond within the period the applicable law sets.

Younger readers

Many of our readers are school leavers thinking about university, but the site is aimed at a general audience and not at children under 13. Collecting details from young children is not something we set out to do. If a parent or guardian finds that a child has emailed us, a short note to the address above will get that message removed.

Keeping information safe

We take reasonable precautions, such as using encrypted connections and limiting access to the inbox. Nothing sent or stored online is entirely secure, so we cannot guarantee complete protection.

Data crossing borders

Some of the providers behind Uncover Ed may handle data in other countries, where the rules can differ from those where you live. By reading the site you accept that information about your visit may be processed in this way.

If this policy changes

This page will be reworded when our tools, the content of Uncover Ed or the legal position shifts. The effective date above shows when the current wording began, and continuing to read Uncover Ed after an update means you accept the revised version.

Withdrawing consent and complaints

Consent you have given can be withdrawn whenever you like, without affecting earlier use. Our Cookie Policy page sets out which cookies are used and how to change your mind about them. You also have the right to complain to a regulator: your local data protection authority in the EU, EEA or UK (the ICO in the UK), or the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in Australia.