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Online privacy statement

This online consultation is being administered by Dialogue by Design on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Dialogue by Design's policy is to respect and protect the privacy of anyone who visits the Dialogue by Design website. The information submitted on this site will be passed to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform once the consultation has been completed.

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. At all times, your information will be held in a secure manner.

We collect IP addresses only for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of our site. As a necessary part of our website function we need to use cookies, these cookies are not malicious. If you reject our cookies it will not be possible to take part in any of our web-based processes.

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform uses pixels, or transparent GIF files, to help manage online advertising. These GIF files are provided by our ad management partner, DoubleClick. These files enable DoubleClick to recognize a unique cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which advertisements bring users to our website. The cookie was placed by us, or by another advertiser who works with DoubleClick. With both cookies and Spotlight technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. For more information about DoubleClick, including information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to [http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy].

Confidentiality and Data Protection

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

If you want other information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence.

In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the Department.

The Department will process your personal data in accordance with the DPA and in the majority of circumstances this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

Crown Copyright

Most of the material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection. The Crown copyright protected material on this site (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium - provided it is reproduced accurately and not in a misleading context.

Where the material is being published or issued to others, the sources and copyright status should be acknowledged. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

For any other proposed use of the material, you should apply for a Click-Use Licence from the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI).
The permission to reproduce Crown copyright material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material would need to be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

For further details on the licensing of Crown copyright, see current guidance issued by OPSI at www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/crown-copyright/index.htm.

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This consultation website is driven by a proprietary application developed by Dialogue by Design. No part of this application may be copied or adapted without written permission from Dialogue by Design.

Disclaimer

Dialogue by Design makes every effort to represent the information passed on to us by our client accurately on this website. We cannot accept responsibility for any inconvenience, loss or damage caused as a result of inaccurate information on these pages. Dialogue by Design provides links to websites maintained by other organisations as part of our service, but we cannot accept any liability for their accuracy or content nor do we endorse any externally linked sites.

Any views or opinions expressed are those of the consultees and not the views of Dialogue by Design.

Please note: The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link from this site.