Privacy Policy: Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
1. This Privacy Policy covers the treatment of personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) which you submit
to us. We will process any personal data you provide in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will also comply
with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
2. Collection of personal data
In order for you to request or submit information to us, we may ask you to provide personal data such as your name, postal
address, telephone, fax number and email address. When you submit personal data to us, you understand and agree that this
data will be supplied to UK Trade & Investment and the Department of Trade and Industry who will take appropriate steps
to ensure that personal data is protected from unauthorised use and kept in a secure manner either electronically or on manual
records.
3. The data is to be collected for the purpose of promoting UK business competitiveness, to help secure overseas sales and
investments and to support and develop UK inward investment.
4. In order to provide you with advice, further information or support, the personal data may be passed to your local UK
Trade & Investment team in England (or your equivalent in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) or the Regional Development
Agencies in England (and the Development Agencies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) or to a carefully selected UK-based trade association or chamber of commerce.
5. When you accept the UK Trade & Investment’s website’s Terms and Conditions and submit personal data to us, you understand
and agree that:
- This may involve the information being used by UK Trade & Investment or the Department of Trade and Industry for direct
marketing and other activities for trade and investment purposes.
- Your local UK Trade & Investment team (or your equivalent in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland), the Regional Development
Agencies in England (and the Development Agencies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), or a selected UK based-trade
association or chamber of commerce may contact you directly in the future offering related services.
- It may also involve the transfer of data outside the European Economic Area to our overseas offices.
- UK Trade & Investment may send you marketing information about UK Trade & Investment by email.
6. If you do not want your details to be used in any of the ways described in paragraph 5, please change your Data Protection
permissions once you are registered on the website. To do this, log into the website using your username and password. From
the menu on the left, click "My Account" and then "Change Account Details". You may change your Data Protection permissions
in this way at any time once you are registered on the website.
7. Use of cookies
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a site, and contain a unique, anonymous number. They do not contain any
personal information about you and cannot be used to identify an individual user.
You can choose not to accept cookies by changing the settings in your Internet Browser – refer to your Browser’s help files
for instructions. Please be aware that if you decline the use of cookies set by UK Trade & Investment you will be unable to
register or use the personalised areas of the site.
You can also delete any cookies from your computer – refer to your Internet Browser’s help files.
UK Trade & Investment may use session cookies where necessary for the functionality of our websites. Session Cookies are temporary
and used only during a browsing session. When you close your browser the session cookie set by the website is destroyed
and no personal information is held which might identify you.
8. Updating your personal information
You have the right to access, correct or remove the personal information retained by the website. To do this, log into the
website using your username and password. From the menu on the left, click "My Account" and then "Change Account Details"
For help, please contact our General Enquiry Unit on +44 (0)20 7215 8000 or email enquiries@uktradeinvest.gov.uk
9. Change to Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by updating this page. Your continued use of the site will mean you accept those
revisions.
10. Data controllers
The data controllers are the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. You can write to the
Department of Trade and Industry’s nominated Data Protection Officer at:
Room LG139
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET.