South East England Development Agency

Privacy Policy

Contact Information

 If you would like to contact us about your Personal Information or this Privacy Policy, please send us an e-mail at the following e-mail address info@innovationgrowth.co.uk. We will take all appropriate measures to satisfy your request. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

SEEDA and its partners may occasionally update this Privacy Policy.  When we do we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our website or by directly sending you notification. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are using and protecting Personal Information we collect. Your continued use of the website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

Introduction

SEEDA and its partners  respect the privacy of every individual who visits our website. This Privacy Statement outlines the information SEEDA and its partners will collect and how we will use that information. This Statement will also instruct you on what to do if you do not want your personal information collected or shared when you visit our websites or respond to our advertisements.

Personal Information

SEEDA and its partners will only collect information which personally identifies you ("Personal Information") if you provide it to us voluntarily. The information we collect could be your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and/or company details.

We may share your Personal Information with our partners or with the Department of Business Innovation and Skills only if you tell us that you are happy for this to happen.  By accepting this Privacy Policy you are agreeing that SEEDA and its partners may share your Personal Information in this way for the purposes set out below. 

We may use your Personal Information for marketing (for instance to personalise information) or for research purposes (to invite you to provide us with feedback on South East Business Innovation and Growth).  We may use your Personal Information to send you details of new events, special offers, third parties or other information which we think may be of interest to you, by post or using the email address which you have provided.

We will not disclose, sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

Non-personal Information Collected Automatically

In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the website from which you linked to our site or advertisement.

Information We May Place Automatically On Your Computer's Hard Drive ("Cookie")

When you view one of our websites or advertisements, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and will help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a website or advertisement to better match your interest and preferences, and to analyse webpage traffic.  A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you chose to share with us.  With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your Personal Information is secure.  In order to prevent unauthorized access, use or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.  Our security technologies and procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure that they are up to date and effective.

Control of Your Personal Information

You are in control of how we use the information you provide. You can, at any time:

  1. Ask for your Personal Information to be corrected or updated
  2. Ask us to remove your Personal Information from our records
  3. Tell us if you do not want us to use your Personal Information for the purposes outlined above.

To do this, please contact us at the e-mail address listed at the bottom of this statement.