Guidance

Security Vetting Appeals Panel (SVAP) privacy notice

This privacy notice applies when you have made an appeal to the Security Vetting Appeals Panel (SVAP) against a decision to refuse or withdraw National Security Vetting (NSV) clearance.

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This notice explains how we will store and handle your personal data and that of third parties in the course of considering your appeal. It should be read in conjunction with the document ‘HMG Personnel Security Controls’.

Updates to this page

Published 3 July 2018
Last updated 3 February 2021 + show all updates
  1. Updated to include new changes to the following sections: ‘Why we will process your data’, ‘The categories of personal data we will process’, ‘The legal basis for the processing’, ‘How your data will be processed’, ‘Who we share your data with’, ‘How long will we keep your personal data?’, ‘Your data rights’, ‘International data transfers and international organisations’, ‘SVAP decisions are not based on automated processing, including profiling’, ‘Where you have not provided your personal data’, and ‘Failure to provide data’.

  2. Privacy information has been updated.

  3. First published.

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