Privacy

Data Protection Act 1998

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) processes personal data for the purposes of promoting UK business competitiveness, to help secure overseas sales and investments and to support and develop UK inward investment. Recipients of the personal data we may hold on you may include our UK regional network, our overseas network, other UK Government Departments and our partners.

Registration information

You do not have to register to view the TechWorld website, but you do need to register in order to attend the event, follow up on business opportunities and obtain access to premium content or receive updates about the site. As a minimum we require as mandatory for you to register us with: your username (which does not need to be your real name), a password, e-mail address and your location. This information is stored securely on our database so that you do not need to re-register when you come back to the site.

You can change your registration preferences, e-mail address and login details through the website at any time. If you wish to amend your personal profile, please click on the 'Login' link at the top of the page, log in to your account, go to 'My Account' and 'Edit Account Details', then check/uncheck the options available. If you are no longer interested in receiving UKTI email alerts click, deselect the 'send me marketing information about UK Trade & Investment by e-mail'. Alternatively, select the 'Unsubscribe' link at the bottom of your email alerts.

Feedback

You can send a message through our Contact us form. If you are asking for information we do not already publish on the site, we will deal with your query. In doing so we may need to contact other organisations to find answers to your questions. If your question is technical, we may need to pass it to our technology supplier. In such cases we will only pass on personal data if it is necessary to do so, and we will not keep your personal data or records of our correspondence longer than necessary.

Site usage information

Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the site. We may analyse log file information from our visitors. We use this information to make changes to the layout of the website and to manage the information in it. Log files do not contain any personal information and are not used to identify individual patterns of usage.

Updating your personal information

You have the right to access and correct the personal information retained by the website. To do this, log into the website using your username and password.

Changes to this Privacy and Data Protection statement

If this privacy and data protection statement changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

If you have a query or complaint about this privacy policy or about the site, you can contact via our Contact Us form.

Data Controller

Any information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

You have a right to request a copy of your personal details at any time to check the accuracy of the information held. If you want to ask whether UKTI holds any personal data relating to you, please write to us at:

Data Protection Officer

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Commercial Directorate/Information Rights Unit

1 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0ET

Alternatively you can email your request to dataprotection@bis.gsi.gov.uk