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Privacy
This statement was last updated on 25 November 2008.

This page explains:

how we protect your privacy

what information we collect
how we use the information
other users of the website
how to contact us about the privacy statement

NB: This policy only applies to the workingforhealth.gov.uk site. When you move to another site, read the privacy statement for that site.

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

This policy only applies to the website www.workingforhealth.gov.uk. If you follow a link to an external website, please read the privacy policy for that site.

Data Protection Act

Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. You have a right to access your personal data and
change any inaccuracies.

We use leading technologies to safeguard our data, and strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it.

We will ensure that any information we obtain and use will always be held, used and transferred in compliance with all applicable data protection rules.

We may give information to certain other organisations, as the law allows, for example to prevent or detect crime, to protect public funds in other ways and to
use in research or statistics. We will not give information about you to anyone outside our department unless the law allows us to. Other organisations may
include other government departments, local authorities, and private-sector bodies.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions acting through Health Work well-being is the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13.

What information do we collect?

We collect three kinds of information from visitors to workingforhealth.gov.uk:

feedback (through the Contact Us form)

personal data (through Evaluation tool for employers registration form and forum registration form)

site usage information, from cookies and log files

Use of cookies
We use persistent cookies for collecting user information.

As many websites do, we may use cookies to improve the service of this website. “Cookies” are small text files which are stored on the hard drive of your
computer.

Cookies are pieces of data created which save and retrieve information when you visit some websites. "Cookies" are small text files which are stored on the
hard drive of your computer. They allow us to personalise your visit to the website, simplify the signing-in process, and keep track of your preferences for the
site. Your browser will have the option to prevent websites using cookies, but this may reduce the functionality of this website.

Use of log files

Log files allow us to record visitors' usage of the site, e.g. IP address, numbers of pages viewed, length of time spent on site. We use this information to
enable us to enhance the site. The data we gather in this way does not contain any personal information.

Use of Google analytics

The workingforhealth.gov.uk website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users use the site. This analytical tool uses 'cookies', which are text files
placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. The information generated by
the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of the
website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

Feedback and questions via Contact Us form

If you provide feedback on our website we will only use it to develop and improve the site. We will keep the actual feedback for twelve months after which it
will be deleted but analysis of feedback may be kept.
We may also need to pass data to a third party to answer your questions. Once we have replied to you, we keep a record of your message for audit
purposes.

Uses we make of the information

We will only use your information for the purpose as described and will not pass your details on to any third party unless you have given us permission to do
so.
Personal information supplied via the forum registration form will be used:

to provide login rights to the forum based on registration details

to keep you up to date with important information relating to your registration/account

All the third parties providing these support services are required by us to meet the same high standard of data protection.

Other users of the website

Forums
If you wish to post a comment on our forum, then your name (as stated at registration/ as recorded in your account details) will be attributed to the comment
and will be visible to other approved registered users of the forum.

If your registration name is subsequently amended and you have entered a comment in the forum, the comment will be retained and your personal information
(i.e. registration name) attributed to this post will also be updated.

If your registration is subsequently deleted and you have entered a comment in the forum, the comment will be retained but the reference to your personal
information (i.e. registration name) will no longer be attributed to this post. The post will be attributed to 'Deleted user'.

To amend or delete your forum registration/account details please get in touch with the Health, Work, Well-being Webmaster at the address/s below.
Amendments/ deletion will be completed on your behalf by Health, Work, Well-being or third party agency, Worth to complete amendments.

Contacting us about the privacy statement

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act, 1998, the Data Controller for this website is the Department of Work and Pensions operating through Health,
Work, Well-being. The website is operated on behalf of Health, Work, Well-being by full service digital agency, Worth.

You can request a copy of the information we hold concerning you or change your consent to our using your information for the above listed purposes at any
time by contacting us at;

Webmaster
Health, Work and well-being
Development and Delivery Unit
Level 2, The Adelphi Building
1-11 John Adam Street
London WC2N 6HT

or by email at info@workingforhealth.gov.uk

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