Notice

Heat Pump Ready: Stream 2 – Wave 2 competition: webinar privacy notice

Updated 22 December 2023

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This notice sets out how we will process your personal data, and your rights. It is made under Articles 13 and/or 14 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

1. Your data

We will process the following personal data:

  • names, job titles and email address of people that register to the Heat Pump Ready: How to apply to Stream 2 – Wave 2 Competition Webinar

2. Purpose

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

  • to share your contact details with other webinar attendees for networking purposes
  • to contact you after the event with innovation programme developments
  • to contact you about taking part in government research related to Heat Pump Ready and heat pumps more generally

The legal basis for processing your personal data under Article 6 of the UK GDPR is:

1(a)Consent: You consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes. Should you change your mind, you can withdraw consent at any time by contacting heatinnovation@beis.gov.uk.

4. Recipients

Your personal data will be received by us. For those that consent to be contacting about taking part in government research related to Heat Pump Ready and heat pumps more generally, your personal data will be shared by us with a research and evaluation supplier contracted to deliver research and evaluation activities on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. It will also be shared with whichever company provides IT infrastructure to this supplier.

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.

5. Retention

Your personal data will be kept by us for 2 years

6. International transfers

Your personal data will be processed in the UK.

Your personal data will not be processed in the European Economic Area (EEA), or by an international organisation.

7. 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
  • withdraw consent to the processing of your personal data at any time

To exercise your rights please contact the Data Protection Officer using the contact details below.

8. Contact details

The data controller for your personal data is the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). You can contact the DESNZ Data Protection Officer at:

DESNZ Data Protection Officer
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET

Email: dataprotection@energysecurity.gov.uk

If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your personal data, please write to the department’s Data Protection Officer in the first instance using the contact details above.

9. 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

Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Online: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

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

10. Updates to this notice

If this privacy notice changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we will share it with other parties. The ‘last updated’ date at the bottom of this page will also change.

If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, we will take reasonable steps to let you know.

Last updated: 20/10/2023

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