This statement covers the services provided by the Downing Street website at:
The Data Controller for this website is the Cabinet Office Openness Team.
The purpose of this statement is to inform users of the website, which is managed by the Prime Minister's Office, about what information is collected about them when they visit the site, how this information may be used, if it is disclosed to anyone else, and the ways in which we protect users privacy.
Any information you provide will be held securely and within the rules set by the Data Protection Act 1998. Your personal details will not normally be disclosed to other organisations, unless they need your details to provide a service that you have requested, or to fulfil a request for information that you have made. Any information that we do pass on will be held securely by that organisation, according to the Data Protection Act 1998, and only used to provide the services or information you requested.
You have a right to access any personal information we hold about you at any time. If you wish to do this, please send your request in writing to the Cabinet Openness Team:
Openness Team
Cabinet Office
Room 4.45
Admiralty Arch
The Mall
London SW1A 2WH
If you email a question to the site for the PM to answer, we may publish the question on the website, although we will not give any information which would allow other users to identify the person who asked the question. If you have a question or issue that you would like to remain private, please write a letter to the Prime Minister using the address given in the Have Your Say section.