Guidance

King Charles III England Coast Path evaluation project privacy notice

Updated 13 November 2024

Applies to England

Who collects your personal data

The data controller is Natural England at:

Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green, York, Y01 7PX

Send questions about how Natural England uses your personal data and your associated rights to the Data Protection Manager at foi@naturalengland.org.uk or:

Natural England, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP

The data processor is the University of Exeter at:

University of Exeter, Northcote House, The Queens Drive, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QJ

The Data Protection Officer for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) group is responsible for checking that Natural England complies with legislation. You can contact them at DefraGroupDataProtectionOfficer@defra.gov.uk or:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, SW Quarter, 2nd floor, Seacole Block, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF

What personal data’s collected and how it’s used

The following personal data will be collected:

• full name
• telephone number
• email address

This information will be passed to Exeter University so they can contact you about participating in a project to find out what opening the King Charles III England Coast Path has meant for landowners, users and those involved in looking after the trail.

The legal basis for processing your personal data

The processing of your personal data is based on consent. Consent has been given for your personal data to be processed to enable researchers at Exeter University to contact you about conducting an interview.

Consent to process your data

The processing of your personal data is based on consent. You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing recordsanddataprotection@naturalengland.org.uk and Natural England will not contact you again in connection with this project.

Who Natural England shares your personal data with

Natural England will share the personal data collected under this privacy notice with Exeter University who are carrying out an evaluation to find out what opening the King Charles III England Coast Path has meant for landowners, users and those involved in looking after the trail.

Exeter University will contact you separately about participating in this study. You can view the consent form for taking part.

Natural England respects your personal privacy when responding to access to information requests. We only share information when necessary to meet the statutory requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

How long Natural England holds personal data

Natural England will keep your personal data for three years after the end of your grant or agreement.

What happens if you do not provide the data

If you do not provide the data Natural England will not be able to contact you about the project.

Use of automated decision-making or profiling

The information you provide is not used for:

• automated decision making (making a decision by automated means without any human involvement)
• profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain things about an individual)

Transfer of data outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

Natural England will not transfer your data outside the EEA.

Your rights

Find out about your individual rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018.

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office at any time.

Natural England’s personal information charter

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