Terms & conditions
The following policy statements are on this page:
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The material featured on this website is subject to Crown copyright protection and licensed for use under the Open Government License unless otherwise indicated.
You may use and re-use information free of charge from this website (not including the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) under the terms and conditions of the Open Government License.
Any email enquiries regarding the use and re-use of this information should be sent to:
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When using material under the Open Government License you are required to acknowledge the material as Crown copyright and you must give the title of the source document or publication.
We encourage users to establish hypertext links to this website.
Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to gather information relating to site usage. Any information gathered is primarily for internal use to allow us to refine and improve our customer service. Where disclosure of information to a third party is likely we will, where possible, endeavor to ensure that this is clearly indicated.This does not affect your statutory rights.
This site uses an online measuring package called SiteSat which uses cookies to identify repeat visits. Our site is also carrying banner advertising for government services which use cookies in order to avoid you seeing the same advertisements repeated over and over, and to allow us to gauge the number of people viewing a campaign or particular web page.
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a site, and contain a unique, anonymous number. They are stored in the cookie directory of your hard drive, and do not expire at the end of your session. Cookies used by us contain no personal information about the user, nor does our website elicit or store any information from users other than the Internet Protocol address of the computer used to access the site. Cookies on this site may safely be turned off by users without affecting how pages are displayed.
Data Protection Act 1998
The processing of personal data is governed by the Data Protection Act 1998, under which the we are registered as a data controller. Any personal data you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will use your personal data for the purpose(s) in relation to which you have provided it. We may however need to disclose personal data to a third party so that they can provide the service you have requested, or fulfil a Subject Access Request. We may additionally need to disclose information where there is a legitimate reason for disclosure (such as a court order) but we will ensure that we always comply with the Data Protection Act. Any information about you that we pass to a third party will be held securely by that party, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and used only to provide services or information you have requested.
As a data subject you have the right to ask for a copy of personal data about you and to ask for inaccuracies to be corrected. Queries about Home Office compliance with the Data Protection Act should be addressed to:
Information Policy Team
Information and Record Management Services
4th Floor
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
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