Notice

Research, development and innovation (RDI) organisational landscape review: privacy notice relating to the invitation for views

Published 10 February 2022

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The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has issued an ‘invitation for views’, to seek further stakeholder input for the independent Review of the research, development and innovation (RDI) organisational landscape. You can respond by email.

This privacy notice sets out:

  • how we process your personal data when you respond to the invitation for views
  • the rights you have under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)

For information you submit an email to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology as the data controller.

Purpose

We collect your personal data as part of the invitation for views process so that we can contact you regarding your response or related matters.

DSIT may wish to publish parts, or all, of the content in responses submitted via this process, and will notify organisations if this is the case, but will exclude any personal data.

The data we collect

We collect and process the following personal data:

  • your name
  • your email address
  • any personal data you volunteer by way of evidence or example in your response to the invitation for views

The legal basis for processing your personal data is to perform a task carried out in the public interest. We are seeking stakeholders’ views on the research, development and innovation organisational landscape, to inform the findings and recommendations for the Review.

Why we need it

We collect your name and email address so that we:

  • know you’re a real person
  • can respond to your comments

What we do with your data

DSIT may wish to publish parts, or all, of the content in responses submitted via this process, and will notify organisations if this is the case, but will exclude any personal data.

We will not:

  • sell or rent your data to third parties
  • share your data with third parties for marketing purposes

We will share your data if we are required to do so by law, for example by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.

How long we keep your data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as:

  • it is needed for the purposes of the RDI Landscape Review (which will conclude in Summer 2022)
  • the law requires us to

In general, this means that we will only hold your personal data for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 7 years.

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.

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

Email icocasework@ico.org.uk

Contact form https://ico.org.uk/glo...

Telephone 0303 123 1113

Textphone 01625 545 860

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

Contact details

The data controller for your personal data is the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). You can contact the DSIT Data Protection Officer at:

DSIT Data Protection Officer

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
22-26 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2EG

Changes to this notice

We may modify or amend this privacy notice at our discretion at any time. When we make changes to this notice, the last modified date at the top of this page will be updated. Any modification or amendment to this privacy notice will be applied to you and your data as of that revision date. If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, DSIT will take reasonable steps to make sure you know.

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