Visitors may visit the Ministry’s website without disclosing their identity. Personal information, voluntarily submitted, will be used to contact users, primarily by e-mail, to respond to comments or requests for information. The Ministry uses standard web server log files and gathers navigational information about where users go on the web site to help us count visitors and to evaluate the usefulness of the site.

We collect two types of information about web visitors: Personal information (such as name and e-mail address) which you voluntarily submit to us when you pass on information to us electronically and Aggregate information (such as browser version and number of visitors). The Ministry recognizes the importance of protecting any information collected from visitors to our site. It is our policy to treat any personal information we acquire as private, i.e. for internal business purposes only.

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To receive feedback and to ensure that our web site is relevant to user needs.
• To deliver information services.
• To provide updates on developments at the Ministry and its Agencies/Departments.

The Ministry will not trade, rent, sell, share or otherwise pass on personal information for use by any other party without owner’s consent. In exceptional circumstances, we may have to pass on in good faith information/request that we believe is more appropriately to be directed to another agency for response.

E-mail addresses will be used to reply to comments or questions, and the communication will be stored for a period of time for future reference. E-mail addresses will not be shared with any third party except as noted above. This Ministry does not maintain a repository of this information after the initial communication. E-mails are archived as a matter of record.

MIIC’s web site has links to other web sites. The Ministry is not responsible for the privacy practices, security policy or content of such websites. We recommend that users carefully read the policy statements of each site that is visited.

The Ministry may from time to time ask visitors to express an opinion. No contact information is collected for this purpose.

By using the website, users signify acceptance of this Privacy Statement, and adherence to any terms and conditions posted on the web site. The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce reserves the right to change, modify or amend this policy at any time. Users are responsible for revisiting the Privacy Statement page from time to time to review any policy updates.

MIIC exercises care and diligence in managing and securing personal information once it is received. As such, the Ministry makes use of currently available security technology. However, despite best practices, it is important to note that data transmission over the Internet is not 100% secure. Any information transmitted to the Ministry is therefore done at the sender’s risk.

Questions regarding this statement may be directed to the Ministry by e-mail at communications@mct.gov.jm or by letter addressed to:

Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
4 St. Lucia Avenue
Kingston 5
Jamaica, W.I.

The Ministry will occasionally update this Privacy Statement. At such time, the "last updated" date at the bottom of this statement will also be revised.

This Privacy Statement only applies to http://www.miic.gov.jm. It does not apply to other offline activities of the Ministry.