Confidentiality and security

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 the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website at http://www.BetterRegulation.gov.uk. It does not cover any websites that you can link to from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another website and read the privacy statement on that website.

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We do not pass your details on to any third party or government department.

You have a right to access the personal information we hold about you at any time. If you wish to do this, please write to:

Openness Team
Cabinet Office
Room 4.45
Admiralty Arch
The Mall
London SW1A 2WH

Email: Openness.Team@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

What information do we collect?

If you create an idea or suggestion on the Better Regulation website, you will be required to provide us with basic personal information so that we can contact you about your idea or suggestion. The information will only be used for this purpose, although we may need to pass your details to the relevant Government department to enable them to respond to the issues you raise. We will only use the information you provide us for this purpose, and, unless you ask us not to, to write to you a maximum of two times about the issues raised in the suggestion.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback. We do not pass on any of your personal information when dealing with your inquiry, unless you have given us permission to do so. If you provide feedback on the Better Regulation website through our on-line form we will only use this information to develop and improve the site.

E-mail alerts and newsletters

If you sign up to receive e-mail alerts or newsletters we will use the information you give us to provide the service you have requested. If you sign up for a subscription e-mail service, we will hold the information you have provided for as long as you require access to the service requested. If you inform us that you wish to cancel a subscription we will remove you from our mailing list and your details will be deleted from our records.

We may occasionally contact e-mail alert subscribers to help us evaluate and improve the service that we offer and in ongoing marketing activities.