Privacy statement
VisitBritain* is committed to protecting your privacy as a user of our website http://www.enjoyengland.com (“the Site”), and the confidentiality of any personal information that you may provide us with during your visit to the Site.
VisitBritain abides by the Data Protection Act of 1998 (see http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/) and complies with its provisions to ensure that any data you provide is treated accordingly.
Registered users
If you register on the Site you will be able to add photographs and you may also participate in polls, surveys and forums. If you submit personally identifiable information to the Site we will use your personal information to operate the interactive functions of the Site. Your display name (but not your email address) will be displayed to other users of the Site after you upload your photos and respond to our surveys and / or forums.
You may modify or delete photographs from your album and from your survey responses if you also added the photo to your album account at any time by logging on to your account.
We will not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send you commercial or marketing communications without your consent nor provide such information to third party search engines such as Google, or Yahoo unless you consent.
Non-registered users
Information is gathered automatically by the web server, through the use of cookies on the Site, and also from your interaction through online requests for brochures as well as the submissions of online forms.
General information that is collected by the web server and which does not require any input on your part, apart from to log on to the Site, is data such as:
type of browser
operating system
IP address
domain name
Cookies and you
A cookie is a text-only string that is entered into the memory of your browser by our web server. The use of cookies enables our website to store information on your machine so that it can be retrieved at a later date. This is done so that we can monitor the number of people visiting our Site and to determine the country of origin of specific users. It also gives us the ability to personalise the sSite according to your requirements so when you next log on, you will be able to enter a user ID and continue planning your trip to England without having to state your preferences each time you visit.
If you do not wish to accept new cookies or wish to disable cookies altogether, you can set your browser accordingly using its menu bar. However the Site will then be unable to offer you a personalised service.
Online forms
Any information that you provide online, should it be a request for brochures or an email query, is captured into our database.
Primarily, the information provided is used to fulfil any queries and requests that have been sent to us, and also to keep you updated with news and promotions concerning England as your holiday destination, should you opt-in to receiving information from us. The gathered information also helps us to improve our website, by making it more personal for each individual user.
This information is confidential and is not passed on to our selected partners without your consent.
You will be able to participate in polls and surveys and you will be able to add photographs to surveys. If you submit personally identifiable information to the Site your display name (but not your email address) will be displayed to other users of the Site after you upload your photos and respond to our surveys.
We will not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send you commercial or marketing communications without your consent nor provide such information to third party search engines such as Google, or Yahoo unless you consent.
This privacy statement only applies to http://www.enjoyengland.com/. Third party sites that are linked to from the Site, are not covered by this statement. You should check the privacy policy for the third party site in question to determine how your information will be used when visiting that site.
If you have any questions about the Site security or about this privacy policy please contact us at enjoyenglandenquiries@visitbritain.org
* A statutory body incorporated under The Development of Tourism Act 1969 as the British Tourist Authority.
