Policy paper

Privacy Notice

Updated 28 February 2023

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Notice of request for comments on draft risk profiles (covering Stockholm Convention Annex E) for 3 chemical substances and draft risk management evaluations (covering Stockholm Convention Annex F) for 2 chemical substances privacy notice.

1. 1.Who is collecting my data?

The data controller is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). You can contact Defra's Data Protection Officer at:

Data Protection Manager
Information Rights Team
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 1E, Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Email: [email protected]

Any questions about how we are using your personal data and your associated rights should be sent to the above contact.

2. 2. What of my data is being collected and how is it used? What is the legal basis for the processing?

The personal data we will be collecting are names, including company and organisation names, email addresses and telephone numbers (if provided) and comments on the draft Risk Profiles (covering Stockholm Convention Annex E) for chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14-17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight, long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related compounds, and chlorpyrifos, and on the draft Risk Management Evaluations (covering Stockholm Convention Annex F) for UV-328 and dechlorane plus, all proposed as persistent organic pollutants.

It will be used to assess whether the UK wishes to add comments to the draft documents during the intersessional period ahead of the next Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee (POPRC) meeting in September.

The legal basis for collecting your personal data is for compliance with a legal obligation Article 6.1C to which the controller is subject and Article 15 of The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 which requires the Secretary of State to seek comments from interested parties.

3. 3. Who will my data be shared with?

Data provided will be published on GOV.UK approximately 2 months after the date for commenting closes. Comments will only be attributed to a name or organisation. All other personal data will only be shared with other members of the internal Defra group stakeholders.

4. 4. Can I opt out?

You can opt out at any time. To opt out please email [email protected] and your personal data will be deleted.

5. 5. What will happen if I opt out?

If you choose to opt out, you will no longer be able to take part in providing comments on the potential UK proposal.

6. 6. Retention period or criteria used to determine the retention period

Your personal data will be kept by us for 5 years in line with our standard information retention policy or until the survey has ceased.

7. 7. Will my data be used for automated decision-making or profiling?

The information you provide is not connected with individual decision making (making a decision solely by automated means without any human involvement) or profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain things about an individual).

8. 8. Will my data be transferred outside of the EEA? If it will, how will it be protected?

The data you provide will not be transferred outside the European Economic Area.

9. 9.What are my rights?

A list of your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), is accessible on the ICO website.

10. 10.How do I complain?

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the ICO (supervisory authority) at any time. Should you wish to exercise that right full details are available on the ICO website.