Privacy
Privacy on this website
This is a static website with no forms, accounts, comments or newsletters. Optional audience measurement is used only if you allow it.
Who is responsible
I, Alasdair MacLullich, operate this independent professional website and am responsible for its optional use of Google Analytics. For questions about this notice, please use the current contact details on my University of Edinburgh profile.
This notice covers alasdairmaclullich.com. The organisations and services linked from this website have their own privacy notices.
Information collected
Information you submit
There is no form on this website, so it does not directly collect names, email addresses, messages or other information from visitors.
Technical records
The site is hosted using GitHub Pages. As with most web hosting, GitHub may process technical information such as IP addresses and browser details for delivery, security and operational purposes. GitHub describes its handling of this information in the GitHub General Privacy Statement.
Cookies and analytics
Google Analytics is optional. The Google tag is not loaded unless you select Accept analytics. If you accept, the analytics stream records standard page views, including the page address and title, so that I can understand which pages are visited. Enhanced measurement, granular location and device collection, advertising and profiling are disabled.
If you reject analytics or do not make a choice, Google Analytics remains off.
am_analytics_choice- A first-party preference cookie that remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics. It lasts for six months.
_ga- An optional Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish visits. It is set only after acceptance and lasts for no more than six months.
_ga_DEJ9C50DTY- An optional Google Analytics cookie used to maintain session information. It is set only after acceptance and lasts for no more than six months.
Basis, retention and choices
The legal basis for optional analytics is your consent. You can withdraw it at any time through Analytics settings in the footer. Withdrawal stops future analytics loading and removes the _ga cookies that this site can access. A rejection preference remains for six months so that the site does not ask again on every visit.
Google Analytics event and user data are retained for two months, and that period is not extended when someone returns. Google Signals and advertising-personalisation features are disabled. Google may process analytics data outside the United Kingdom and describes the safeguards it uses in Safeguarding your data and its Privacy Policy.
Your rights
You may ask about personal data connected with this website, object to its use, withdraw consent, or ask for correction or deletion where those rights apply. Please contact me through my University of Edinburgh profile. You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office.
Other websites
This website links to external sites, including university, research, professional and public-resource websites. Those services have their own privacy practices. Following a link takes you to a separate website whose operator is responsible for it.
Last updated: 22 July 2026.