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Defra's privacy notices

Find out how Defra handles your personal data.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 7 November 2022
• Last updated: 17 July 2024 — See all updates

These notices set out how Defra collects, uses and stores your personal information when you use its online services.

Defra’s personal information charter explains more about your rights over your personal data.

Privacy notices

• Applying for a poultry meat optional indicators certificate: data protection privacy notice
  • 18 December 2020
  • Form
• Bathing water designation and de-designation: privacy notice
  • 3 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Bees' Needs champion awards: privacy notice
  • 8 January 2024
  • Guidance
• Defra employee and contractor privacy notice
  • 25 April 2024
  • Guidance
• Defra privacy notice: National Fraud Initiative
  • 25 August 2023
  • Guidance
• Defra's research privacy notice
  • 25 August 2023
  • Guidance
• EIA (Agriculture) appeals: privacy notice
  • 3 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Export wine to the EU: data protection privacy notice
  • 28 December 2020
  • Guidance
• Fisheries management plans: privacy notice
  • 17 July 2024
  • Guidance
• Gamebird licensing: privacy notice
  • 1 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Groupage export facilitation scheme: privacy notice
  • 26 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Report dead wild birds: privacy notice
  • 13 December 2022
  • Guidance
• UK Food Security Report Privacy Notice
  • 5 October 2023
  • Guidance
• UK geographical indications (GI) schemes privacy notice
  • 31 March 2022
  • Guidance

Published 7 November 2022
Last updated 17 July 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 July 2024

   Added a link to the fisheries management plans privacy notice.

2. 1 March 2024

   Added Defra's gamebird licensing privacy notice.

3. 8 January 2024

   Added the Bees' Needs champion awards privacy notice.

4. 5 October 2023

   Privacy Statement for the UK Food Security Report 2024 user feedback questionnaire added.

5. 3 October 2023

   Added Defra's environmental impact assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) privacy notice.

6. 3 July 2023

   Added Defra's bathing water designation and de-designation privacy notice.

7. 5 April 2023

   Added Defra's report dead wild birds privacy notice.

8. 2 December 2022

   Added Defra's employee and contractor privacy notice.

9. 30 November 2022

   Added Defra's social research privacy notice.

10. 7 November 2022

    First published.