Call for evidence outcome

GGSS annual tariff review call for evidence: privacy notice

Updated 1 September 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This notice sets out how we will use your personal and commercial data collected through this Call for Evidence to inform the setting of the Green Gas Support Scheme’s (GGSS) initial tariffs for the forthcoming year in its 2023 Annual Tariff Review, to be published by 1 September 2023, in line with the Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021. It also sets out your rights. It is made under Articles 13 and/or 14 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

The data

The Call for Evidence is made up of a spreadsheet and a written questions element. The former asks specific questions about plants that are owned, operated or being developed by respondents. The latter asks broader questions about biomethane plant development, operations, and related market developments.

We will process the following data from the responses we receive:

• data on plant details, including name of the plant, capacity, feedstock, capital costs, operational costs, ramp up profiles, revenue streams and expected biomethane generation
• the answers to the written questions outlined within the Call for Evidence

Personal data

• your personal data (name, email address and developer owner) is being collected as an essential part of the process, so that we can contact you regarding your response and for statistical purposes. We may also use it to contact you about related matters

Purpose

The purpose for which we are processing your personal data is:

For analysis as part of the Green Gas Support Scheme’s Annual Tariff Review (ATR) to set the scheme’s initial tariffs for the forthcoming year. Participant responses will provide evidence for the re-running of the tariff-setting process and gather insight into the effectiveness of the scheme and its current tariff levels. This involves using your response for statistical analysis, either in isolation or combined with other datasets.

The ATR Call for Evidence will also be used to gather wider evidence on the market environment and outlook. This will be used for future policy development.

Legal basis of processing

The legal basis for processing your personal data is:

Public task: processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). In this case, evidence to inform the setting of the Green Gas Support Scheme’s (GGSS) initial tariffs for the forthcoming year in its 2023 Annual Tariff Review, to be published by 1 September 2023, in line with the Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021.

Recipients

Data from individual responses from the spreadsheet element of the Call for Evidence will not be shared with anyone outside DESNZ. We may publish summary conclusions drawn from the analysis, such as outputs of our tariff-setting model, which will be informed by aggregated responses.

Responses to the questions element will not be shared in their entirety with anyone as submitted to DESNZ. We may publish extracts of responses or findings arising from their analysis, both in the Annual Tariff Review and in subsequent, related publications.

As your personal data will be stored on our IT infrastructure it will also be shared with our data processors Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.

Retention

Your personal data will be kept by us for no longer than it is needed to fulfil our functions in completing the Annual Tariff Review.

Other, non-personal data, including data on plants and written responses that may be commercially sensitive in nature, will be retained separately by DESNZ for monitoring, statistical and/or research purposes. Data will be retained until all payments on the GGSS have been made.

Your rights

You have the right to:

• request information about how your personal data are processed, and to request a copy of that personal data
• request that any inaccuracies in your personal data are rectified without delay
• request that any incomplete personal data are completed, including by means of a supplementary statement
• request that your personal data are erased if there is no longer a justification for them to be processed
• in certain circumstances (for example, where accuracy is contested) request that the processing of your personal data is restricted
• object to the processing of your personal data where it is processed for direct marketing purposes
• object to the processing of your personal data

International transfers

Your personal data will be processed in the UK.

As your personal data is stored on our IT infrastructure, and shared with our data processors Microsoft and Amazon Web Services it may be transferred and stored securely outside the UK and European Economic Area. Where that is the case it will be subject to equivalent legal protection through the use of Model Contract Clauses.

Complaints

If you consider that your personal data has been misused or mishandled, you may make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an UK independent regulator. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

0303 123 1113
casework@ico.org.uk

Any complaint to the Information Commissioner is without prejudice to your right to seek redress through the courts.

Contact details

The controller for your personal data is the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

Contact the DESNZ DPO:

DESNZ Data Protection Officer
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2EG

Email dataprotection@energysecurity.gov.uk