Privacy
1. The Website
1.1 This website is administered by the Health Protection Agency (referred to as "the Agency", "we" or "us" as appropriate), whose office is at Health Protection Agency, 7th Floor, Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn, London WC1V 7PP. References below to "you" or "your" means the person using this website or supplying information to this site.1.2 This Website Data Privacy Statement describes what we do with information ("personal data") about you that is collected when you visit and use or send emails to this website and is subject to change from time to time.
2. Data collection
2.1 When you visit this website we may collect information about you, either directly (e.g. where you provide data to us by email) or through technical means (e.g. Internet access logs which automatically collect your Internet address).3. Use of personal data
3.1 The personal data which we collect will be processed for the purpose of fulfilling your requests submitted through the website and generally to enable us to operate, administer and monitor use of the website. Data may also be retained by us for general research or statistical purposes. We may, from time to time, send you further information (by post, email, fax or otherwise) relating to the Agency’s products or services which we feel may be of interest to you. You may notify us at any time if you wish to cease receiving this further information by sending an email message to webteam@hpa.org.uk. We may disclose your personal data to members of the Agency but we will not disclose your personal data to third parties outside the Agency other than service suppliers acting on our behalf.3.2 We do not generally seek to collect sensitive personal data through this website. By providing us with unsolicited sensitive personal data, you consent to our using the data subject to applicable law for the purposes described in this Website Privacy Statement The references to "sensitive personal data" are to the various categories of personal data identified by European and other data privacy laws as requiring special treatment, including in some circumstances the need to obtain explicit consent. These categories include personal data about race, religion, physical or mental health, genetic code, criminal activities or sexual life.
3.3 The provision of information by you to this website is voluntary. To the extent that you supply us with personal data about third parties you confirm that you are entitled to disclose such data to us and that we are entitled to use such information in the same way that we use information about you as described in this Website Privacy Policy. You are entitled to request access to information that we hold about you and to require it to be corrected if it is inaccurate. You can do this be sending an email message to webteam@hpa.org.uk.