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3. Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) privacy notice
Created: 05 June 2025 Updated:
This privacy notice explains how we will use your personal data to keep you informed about the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme through the NCEA stakeholder newsletter. If you have any queries about the content of this privacy notice, please email nceacomms@defra.gov.uk
Who collects your personal data
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the controller for the personal data we collect:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
If you need further information about how Defra uses your personal data and your associated rights, you can contact the Defra data protection manager at data.protection@defra.gov.uk or at the above address.
The data protection officer for Defra is responsible for checking that Defra complies with legislation. You can contact them at DefraGroupDataProtectionOfficer@defra.gov.uk or at the above address.
What personal data we collect and how it is used
We collect your:
● Name
● Contact details
● Organisation
Lawful basis for processing your personal data
The lawful basis for processing your personal data is consent.
Consent to process your personal data
The processing of your personal data is based on consent. You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing nceacomms@defra.gov.uk.
Who we share your personal data with
We do not share the personal data collected under this privacy notice with other organisations.
We respect 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 we hold personal data
We will keep your personal data for as long as you wish to remain subscribed.
What happens if you do not provide the personal data
If you do not provide the personal data you will not receive exciting updates from the NCEA programme.
Use of automated decision-making or profiling
The personal data 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 your personal data outside of the UK
We will only transfer your personal data to another country that is deemed adequate for data protection purposes.
Your rights
Based on the lawful processing above, your individual rights are:
Consent | ● The right to restrict processing ● The right to data portability ● Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling |
More information about your individual rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), can be found here.
Complaints
You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office at any time.
Personal information charter
Our personal information charter explains more about your rights over your personal data.