We know how important it is to protect your privacy and to comply with the Data Protection Act. If we ask for your personal information we will:

• let you know why we need it
• only ask for what we need, and not collect excessive or irrelevant information
• make sure nobody has access to it who shouldn’t
• let you know if we share it with other organisations to give you better public services, and whether you can say no
• only keep it for as long as we need to
• not make it available for commercial use (such as marketing) without your permission

Further information

• DfT information charter
• DSA information charter
• Information Asset Register
  The Department’s Information Asset Register (IAR) is a table of information relating to the important datasets that the Department is responsible for.
• Records Management Policy
  This is the standard records management policy for DfT.
• Who we share information with and why
  Information on who the Department for Transport and its agencies share information with and the purpose of this sharing.
• Data Protection Act
  Notes for guidance on complying with the Data Protection Act 1998.