Devon County Council (DCC) is a Data Controller under Data Protection legislation and our ICO registration number is Z6475582. This privacy notice concerns the processing of personal data that takes place in connection with the Future Farming Resilience Project.
This notice explains what information we collect, why we collect it and how we keep it secure. It also explains your rights and our legal obligation. Should you wish to find out more about Devon County Council’s data protection policies please contact our Data Protection Officer.
We will notify you of any changes to this privacy notice
This privacy notice was last updated on 18 August 2021. If we use your personal data for any new purposes, updates will be made to the policy information and changes communicated, where necessary in accordance with current data protection legislation. Any queries relating to this privacy notice please contact the Data Protection Officer.
What information are we processing?
We may collect, store or otherwise process information about you which may include:
- name and contact details
- SBI number
- demographic information (held anonymously)
- details you share with us about your business
- Data from WEMWBS survey- The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)
Purpose of collecting or processing your personal data
DCC may need to collect or otherwise process your personal data so that we can:
- enable your participation in the Future Farming Resilience project
- monitor the change in your organisation for the duration of the project to inform future projects and programmes
- analysis and evaluation to inform future national scale up of programme
- better understand your business and personal needs and barriers
- inform existing and future business support programmes and engagement activities which are specific to farming
- better address the farming transition needs in Devon and Somerset
- contact you in future about business support and development opportunities and potential funding opportunities you may wish to access
Personal data that is collected for any of the purposes outlined in this notice is never used for direct marketing purposes and is not sold on to any other third parties.
The legal basis for us collecting your personal data
Where we are collecting personal data about you for the provision of one of the services outlined in this privacy notice, we rely upon:
- Article 6(1)(a) – consent
- Article 6(1)(b) – performance of a contract that the data subject and DCC are party to
- Article 6(1)(e) – processing for the purposes of delivering a public task carried out in the public
Personal data that is collected for any of the purposes outlined in this notice is never used for direct marketing purposes and is not sold on to any other third parties.
Recipients or categories of recipients that we may share your personal data with
When processing your personal data, it may be necessary for us to share personal data with third-party organisations such as:
- The Department for Fisheries and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Rural Payments Agency
- organisations contracted or subcontracted to complete the activities of the Future Farming Resilience project including external evaluators and business support and advice providers, for example, Business Information Point (BIP) who are working with us on this project
- Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service (Commissioned by Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay councils)
This project will also produce a final report, which will conclude findings of the project and will be publicly available. All businesses and participants will be anonymised in the report unless they have given permission for their personal data to be included.
If we feel that it is necessary to share your personal data with professionals to ensure you or someone you work with is safeguarded from harm, we rely upon the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and Children Act 1989 & 2004.
Where it is necessary to share medical or social care information for these purposes, we rely upon article 9(2)(h) of the General Data Protection Regulation (information necessary for medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems).
We may also need to share some personal data about you, so that we can support third party organisations to discharge their regulatory requirements. This includes organisations such as:
- The data protection regulator (the Information Commissioner’s Office)
We may also share information to enable us to comply with court orders and other legal obligations. If this is necessary, we will only share the minimum amount of personal data needed for this purpose.
International transfers
No personal data that is processed for any of the purposes outlined in this privacy notice, will be transferred to countries outside of the territorial scope of UK data protection laws.
How long will we hold your personal data?
For the purposes of the Future Farming Resilience project, your information will be held for a maximum period of 7 years.
Your data protection rights
Under Data Protection Legislation, you have the right to obtain a copy of their personal records held by us, this is called a Subject Access Request (SAR).
Details of how to make a request can be found here.
Further details on your rights under data protection legislation and how to exercise them, are available here.
Complaints
If you have any comments, queries or complaints about this privacy notice or the processing of your personal data please contact our Data Protection Officer.
Alternatively, if you are not happy with the way that DCC is handling your personal data, you are entitled to appeal to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). The Information Commissioners Office enforces and oversees the Data Protection Regulations.
Contact details are below:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Email: casework@ico.org.uk
Automated decisions
No automated decisions will be taken regarding individuals whose personal data is being processed as part of the Future Farming Resilience Project.
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