When you sign up to the mailing list or contact Stop Scotton Solar Farm, the personal information that you provide (your name, email address and village) will be processed and stored as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how your personal information (data) is used by organisations, businesses, or the government. Stop Scotton Solar Farm will comply with Data Protection Law.
Under GDPR the personal data we hold about you must be:
- Processed in a lawful, fair, and transparent manner.
- Collected for specified legitimate purposes and not used in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes.
- Limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data is collected.
- Accurate and kept up to date where it is necessary.
- Kept only as long as required for the purpose in which the data is collected.
- Stored and processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, using appropriate security measures.
Your rights
Under data protection law, you have following rights:
- You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate.
- You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information.
- You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your information.
- You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
The legal basis for collecting and processing your personal data
The use of your personal data requires your consent. By ticking the consent box when you sign up to the mailing list or on the contact us page you will be consenting for us to use your personal information for the purposes listed below.
What we will use your personal data for
- To maintain our own records of people who are interested in the Stop Scotton Solar Farm Campaign.
- To provide news and updates for the Stop Scotton Solar Farm campaign by email.
We will not pass on your details to any third parties apart from online storage required for the purposes of contacting you about the Stop Scotton Solar Farm campaign via email.
How will keep your personal data?
Your personal data will be stored securely. When it is stored electronically, it will be kept in password protected files. When it is stored online in a third-party website for the purposes of contacting you by email, we will ensure the third-party website complies with the UK GDPR. When it is stored on paper it will be filed carefully in a locked filing cabinet.
How long will we keep your personal data?
We will only keep your personal data for as long as needed for the Stop Scotton Solar Farm Campaign. We will delete your information once the Planning Application or any subsequent appeal has been determined or if your request for your personal information to be erased.
Contact Details
If you wish to contact us about the use of your personal information, please use the Contact Us form available at: stopscottonsolarfarm.co.uk/contact-us/
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have used your personal information, you may make a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
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