Guidance

Energy Price Guarantee scheme: privacy notice

How we will use your personal data and what your rights are.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Published: 1 October 2022
• Last updated: 28 October 2024 — See all updates

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Use of electricity meter and gas meter personal data collected through the Energy Price Guarantee scheme in Great Britain and Northern Ireland: privacy notice

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This privacy notice sets out:

• how we process electricity meter and gas meter personal data collected through the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) scheme in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• the rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Published 1 October 2022
Last updated 28 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 28 October 2024

   Updated the privacy notice to include the limited circumstances (where potential fraud or error is detected) under which DESNZ would collect names and addresses of affected customers.

2. 17 August 2023

   Updated to reflect that in line with the Data Access and Privacy Framework, energy consumption data is being collected more frequently than monthly.

3. 14 April 2023

   Updated to accurately reflect the scope of data being collected and the legal basis for doing so.

4. 1 October 2022

   First published.