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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy and Data Protection Act 1998
This Privacy Policy covers the treatment of personal data which you submit to us. (Personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.) We will process any personal data you provide in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
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 e-mail 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.
When you submit personal data to us, you understand and agree that:
1. The data is to be collected for the purpose of promoting UK business competitiveness and to help secure overseas sales and investments. 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 export promotion purposes. It may also involve the transfer of data outside the European Economic Area via our overseas offices.
2. In order to provide you with advice the personal data may be passed to your nearest Business Link in England or your equivalent in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland who may contact you directly in the future in relation to offering related services.
3. In order to provide you with advice, the personal data may be passed to a carefully selected UK based Trade Association or Chamber of Commerce who may contact you in future to offer related services.
Use of cookies
We do not use conventional cookies to track your visit to the site. We do however use "session cookies" which help us track which pages are most popular.
Change to privacy policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by posting such revised Privacy Policy at www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk. Your continued use of the site will mean you accept those revisions.
Data Controller
The data controller is the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. You can write to the Department of Trade and Industry's nominated Data Protection Officer at Room 541, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SS.
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