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Privacy notice

The National Archives is a non-ministerial government department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. We are the guardians of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents.

We make our archives and our building available to the widest possible audience. To do this we need to acquire and process some personal information from you.

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when The National Archives collects personal information. This can be anything that identifies a living individual. It applies to information we collect about people who engage with us through.

Our websites

  • people who access our online content
  • people who contact us, or respond to surveys through our websites
  • people who upload material to our websites in a professional capacity
  • people who contribute to our websites by way of tagging, or comments on our blogs

Find more information on cookiesinformation we collect online, and user participation.