Privacy policy

The Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills respect and protect the privacy of people who use the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills website. Individually available information about you is not disclosed to any third party without first receiving your permission, as explained in this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect?
The Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills do not collect any unique information about you (such as your name, e-mail address etc), except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information. By providing personal details you are consenting to its use. Such personal information will be used to identify you as a unique user, and the information will not be shared with any other entity or organisation.

The Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills do note and save information such as time of day, browser type and content requested when you visit our website. This information is used to provide more relevant services to users. We do this by placing a piece of code on each web page. This provides statistical site usage information relating solely to Internet usage behaviour.

We may also use 'Cookies' to collect other information that is not personal information (i.e. it will not identify you). For example, cookies may be used to gather statistical information that will assist in understanding what users find interesting and useful on the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills website. These cookies are known as your 'Unique Visitor Cookie', which is a small piece of data or a number that identifies your computer. This information cannot be used to identify you. This data is sent to your browser from a Web server and then stored onto your computer's hard drive. Through modification of browser preferences, a user can elect to accept all cookies, receive notification when a cookie is set or decline all cookies.

How do we use the information we collect?
We will use the information you provide us through our contact form to contact you with the additional information and updates on the UK Design Skills consultation you have requested.

All information is kept in a secure database, which can only be accessed by the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills. We do not sell or pass on any of your personal information to any third parties.

With whom do the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills share information?
The Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills will not share personally identifiable information with any third party without your express consent.

How can I opt out of further communications from the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills?
Design Council: info@designcouncil.org.uk
Creative & Cultural Skills: info@ccskills.org.uk

Links to other sites
The websites linked to from the UKdesignskills.com website are developed by people over whom the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills exercise no control. These sites may use their own cookies, collect data or solicit personal information.

Who can I ask if I have additional questions?
The Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills will answer any additional questions you may have. Send your enquiries to info@designcouncil.org.uk