Ordnance Survey policies

We are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.

As a public authority that handles personal information and data, we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation and other regulations.

We’re committed to creating an incident-free workplace. It’s our policy to provide and maintain a healthy and safe working environment.

We have a zero-tolerance approach to bribery. Bribery is illegal and has no place in our organisation.

We have a zero-tolerance approach to slavery and are committed to preventing acts of slavery and human trafficking from occurring within our business and supply chain.

Read our guidelines for submitting a cyber security vulnerability to Ordnance Survey.

We have an obligation to protect the environment and reduce pollution through the products we create, our internal processes, and the management of our supply chain.

We take steps to make it easier to re-use our information in the spirit of the Public Sector Information (PSI) regime.

As a world leader in location data, Ordnance Survey (OS) is committed to developing and promoting open geospatial data standards.

We will always try to grant appropriate licences but there may be circumstances where exceptions apply.

We record names in our data and products in accordance with a well-defined policy.

We will support and facilitate the promotion of Scottish culture through the appropriate depiction of Gaelic names.

We will support and facilitate the use of the Welsh language through the appropriate depiction of Welsh names.

Under the Welsh Language Act 1993 every public body providing services to the public in Wales must prepare a scheme setting out how it will provide those services in Welsh.