Privacy policy
This page explains our privacy policy and how we will use and protect any
information about you that you give us when you visit this website.
This privacy statement only covers Cabinet Office websites. It does not
cover all sites that can be linked to from this site, so you should always
be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement
on that site.
What information do we collect?
From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about
yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services
on our website. Such services include newsletters, email updates, have your
say, website feedback, send to a friend.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the Cabinet
Office and its service providers to provide you with the services you
select. Any information you provide to the Cabinet Office will only be used
by us, our agents and service providers and will not be disclosed unless we
are obliged or permitted to by law to do so.
If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content
anywhere on cabinetoffice.gov.uk or otherwise engage in any disruptive
behaviour on cabinetoffice.gov.uk, we may use whatever information is
available to us, about you, to stop such behaviour.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you
use the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the
purpose has been met or when you no longer wish to continue your
subscription.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback. If you contact us asking for information, we may
need to contact other government departments to find that information. If
your question is technical, we may need to pass it to our technology
suppliers.
We do not pass on any of your personal information when dealing with your
enquiry, unless you have given us permission to do so. Once we have replied
to you, we keep a record of your message for audit purposes.
Email subscriptions
Some areas of this website offer email updates. To receive these email
updates, you need to register, giving: your email address; a user name; and
password. We do not share the information you provide with any third
parties and we protect it in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
The Data Protection Act
Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any
information we collect from you. We use leading technologies and encryption
software to safeguard your data, and keep strict security standards to
prevent any unauthorised access to it.
We do not pass on your details to any third party or other government
department.
Access to your information and contacting us
If you wish to see our records of any correspondence you have sent to us,
or if you have a query or complaint about this privacy policy or about the
site, you can contact us by using the feedback form.
Changes to this privacy policy
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version
on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of
what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if
any, we will share it with other parties.
