Privacy
The Digital Buying Guide is built and maintained by the UK Government Digital Service. Personal data is processed in accordance with the GOV.UK privacy statement which can be found here.
What data we collect
The personal data we collect from you includes:
- questions, queries or feedback you leave, including your email address if you contact us or respond to a survey
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you used
- information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use our website. This includes IP addresses. The data is anonymised before being used for analytics processing.
We do not store your personal information through Google Analytics (for example your name or address).
We will not identify you through analytics information, and we will not combine analytics information with other data sets in a way that would identify who you are.
We continuously test and monitor our data protection controls to make sure they’re effective and to detect any weaknesses.
The personal data we collect from you includes:
- questions, queries or feedback you leave, including your email address if you contact us or respond to a survey
- your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you used
- information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use our website. This includes IP addresses. The data is anonymised before being used for analytics processing.
We do not store your personal information through Google Analytics (for example your name or address).
We will not identify you through analytics information, and we will not combine analytics information with other data sets in a way that would identify who you are.
We continuously test and monitor our data protection controls to make sure they’re effective and to detect any weaknesses.
Why we need your data
We collect information through Google Analytics to see how you use the site and government digital services. We do this to help:
- make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users
We also collect data in order to:
- respond to any feedback you send us, if you’ve asked us to
- monitor use of the site to identify security threats
We collect information through Google Analytics to see how you use the site and government digital services. We do this to help:
- make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users
We also collect data in order to:
- respond to any feedback you send us, if you’ve asked us to
- monitor use of the site to identify security threats
Links to other websites
Our websites contains links to and from other websites. This privacy policy only applies to our website.
If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
If you come to our website from another website, we may receive personal information from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.
Our websites contains links to and from other websites. This privacy policy only applies to our website.
If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.
If you come to our website from another website, we may receive personal information from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.
Our legal basis for processing your data
The legal basis for processing personal data is covered by the UK Government privacy notice which can be found here.
The legal basis for processing personal data is covered by the UK Government privacy notice which can be found here.
What we do with your data
The data we collect may be shared with other government departments, agencies and public bodies. It may also be shared with our technology suppliers, for example our hosting provider.
We will not:
- sell or rent your data to third parties
- share your data with third parties for marketing purposes
- use your data in analytics
We will share your data if we are required to do so by law - for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.
The data we collect may be shared with other government departments, agencies and public bodies. It may also be shared with our technology suppliers, for example our hosting provider.
We will not:
- sell or rent your data to third parties
- share your data with third parties for marketing purposes
- use your data in analytics
We will share your data if we are required to do so by law - for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.
How long we keep your data
We will only retain your personal data for as long as:
- it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
- the law requires us to
We will only retain your personal data for as long as:
- it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
- the law requires us to
Keeping your data secure
We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data - for example, we protect your data using varying levels of encryption.
We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.
We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data - for example, we protect your data using varying levels of encryption.
We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.
Contact us or make a complaint
Contact the UK Government Digital Service Privacy Team if you:
- have a question about anything in this privacy notice
- think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled
Contact the UK Government Digital Service Privacy Team if you:
- have a question about anything in this privacy notice
- think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled
Changes to this policy
This statement was last updated on 31 July 2020.
Any changes made to this privacy policy will be posted on this webpage. Please check back for updates or changes to our privacy policy.
This statement was last updated on 31 July 2020.
Any changes made to this privacy policy will be posted on this webpage. Please check back for updates or changes to our privacy policy.