Local Area Energy Plans Consultation Privacy Notice
Ceredigion County Council, as a responsible Local Authority, conducts consultations with the public and other stakeholders on a wide range of issues. When we undertake consultations, in many cases we are required to process personal data. This privacy notice sets out how and under what circumstances such processing occurs.
The purposes for which we use your personal data
In many cases, the Authority is required by law to undertake consultations, so that we can be certain that we have taken a wide range of viewpoints into consideration when making decisions that will affect the public:
- Where we are required to consult by law the lawful basis for the processing of your information is to comply with our statutory obligations as laid out in the Equalities Act 2010
- Where we are required to consult by law and special category data is processed, the lawful basis shall be GDPR Article 9 2 (g) processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest
The substantial public interest processing conditions shall be statutory and government purposes, and equality of opportunity or treatment.
The enactments or rules of law relied upon are:
- Equalities Act 2010
Where we are not required to consult by law, the lawful basis for processing shall be consent, and where special category data is processed the lawful basis shall be explicit consent. Where we rely upon consent for processing, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
The Welsh Local Area Energy Planning - Public Engagement Energy Survey is being conducted to inform the delivery of the Local Area Energy Plans and Mid Wales Energy Strategy. Contact details will be shared with Energy Systems Catapult if you give explicit consent for this purpose. We may use equalities data shared with us to ensure that any focus groups that are established are representative of the community.
What if you do not provide personal data?
If you do not provide us with personal information, it will limit the analysis we can undertake on the survey results.
What type of information do we use?
We may collect the following types of personal data about you to deliver this service, depending on your circumstances:
- Basic personal identifiers
- Email address
- Personal data you disclose to us in free-text answers to consultation questions
- Equalities information
Do we use information received from other sources?
To deliver this service, we only collect personal data directly from you and do not obtain information about you from any other source.
Transferring your information abroad
Your information will not be transferred outside the United Kingdom.
Who your information may be shared with (internally and externally)?
The survey results will be shared with Powys County Council and Energy Systems Catapult.
There are specific situations where we may be required to disclose information about you, such as:
- Where the Council is required to provide the information by law
- Where disclosing the information is required to prevent or detect a crime
- Where disclosure is in the vital interests of the person concerned