Privacy Policy

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controllers are the BCC and the FSB (the “Data Controllers”). ICM Research Limited (“We”) may process any personal data which may be collected through our site on behalf of the Data Controllers.

Information we may collect from you
On behalf of the BCC and FSB, we may collect and process the following data about you:

• Information you give us. You may give us information about you when corresponding with us by e-mailing . This includes information you provide if you report a problem with the site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number etc.
• Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:
  technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
  information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from the site (including date and time); information you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.

Cookies

For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our cookie policy below.

Uses made of the information
On behalf of the BCC and FSB, we use information held about you in the following ways:

• Information you give us. We will use this information:
  to provide you with the information that you request from us;
  to notify you about changes to our site;
  to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
• Information we collect about you. We will use this information:
  to administer the site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
  to improve the site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
  as part of our efforts to keep the site safe and secure;
• Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Disclosure of your information
We may share your information with selected third parties, including with BCC and FSB and with analytics and search engine providers, which assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply the terms of use.

Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Contact us
To contact us, please email 

Cookie Policy

Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into any secure areas of our site, if available.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site more relevant to your interests.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry
__utma	These cookies are set by Google Analytics and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	2 years from set/update
__utmb	These cookies are set by Google Analytics and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	30 mins from set/update
__utmc	These cookies are set by Google Analytics and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	End of browser session
__utmz	These cookies are set by Google Analytics and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	6 months from set/update
__utmv	These cookies are set by Google Analytics and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	2 years from set/update
bbi_default	This cookie saves an anonymous id to determine whether or not to display an explanatory message about cookies, in order to comply with EU cookie law.	N/A

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.