UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) is committed to protecting your personal data and being transparent about how it is used. This Privacy Notice sets out how we collect, use, share and protect your personal data, and your rights in relation to it, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
This notice applies to all individuals whose personal data we process, including user of our website, job applicant, project partner, supplier & customer, donor, and office visitor. Specific details for each group are provided in the relevant sections of this notice.
Who we are
UKCEH is a registered Charity in England & Wales (number 1185618) and in Scotland (number SC049849), and a registered Company Limited by Guarantee in England & Wales (number 11314957).
The Centre owns two registered trading subsidiaries; the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Enterprise, a company limited by shares (number 12251749), and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology International Limited, a company limited by shares (number 15670898). The registered office of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is at the Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK.
For the purpose of this privacy notice, UKCEH and its subsidiaries are joint controllers.
Legal bases for processing
We process personal data under one or more of the following lawful bases, as defined by Article 6 of the UK GDPR:
- Consent – where you have given clear consent for us to process your data.
- Contract – to fulfil a contract or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
- Legal obligation – where we are required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
- Legitimate interests – where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and does not override your rights.
- Public task – for tasks carried out in the public interest, particularly scientific research.
Where we process special category data, we rely on Article 9 conditions such as explicit consent, employment obligations, or scientific research purposes.
Your rights
You have the following rights under the UK GDPR:
- Right to be informed
- Right of access
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object
- Rights related to automated decision-making and profiling
You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the details below.
Contact us
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
T: +44 (0)1491 838800
Data protection officer
Quentin Tucker
Select the individual privacy notices to find out how your data is collected, used, and shared:
Privacy notice: user of website
Privacy notice: project partner
Privacy notice: supplier & customer
Privacy notice: visitor of office
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see our cookies policy.
If you have any concern or queries about our use of your personal data, please initially raise it with the team who process your data. Any continuing concerns you may have can be raised with the UKCEH Data Protection Officer. If UKCEH has not resolved your information rights concern, you can raise the matter with the Information Commissioner’s Office.