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Privacy Policy

Zero Carbon Guildford Privacy Policy

 

This privacy policy will explain how Zero Carbon Guildford uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.

Topics:

  • What data do we collect?

  • How do we collect your data?

  • How will we use your data?

  • How do we store your data?

  • Marketing

  • What are your data protection rights?

  • Privacy policies of other websites

  • Changes to our privacy policy

  • How to contact us

  • How to contact the appropriate authorities

What data do we collect?

Zero Carbon Guildford collects the following data:

  • Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)

  • If you are requesting an Energy Survey through the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator (LEAD) project, we may need to collect Special Category Data. This is to ensure we are providing the service within the terms of the LEAD funding, which was distributed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), and we need to collect this information to ensure that we are delivering DESNZ objectives in supporting target demographics. 


 

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Zero Carbon Guildford with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Register online for our mailing lists.

  • Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback via email.

  • Register for an Energy Survey within the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator  project

How will we use your data?

Zero Carbon Guildford collects your data so that we can:

  • Email you with information on the activity of Zero Carbon Guildford

 

The Local Energy Advice Demonstrator is supported through funding awarded to ZCG as part of a consortium with Surrey County Council. In the case of registering for an Energy Survey, we need to collect your data to ensure we can:

  • Check you are eligible for a survey 

  • Contact you to arrange the survey 

  • Follow up the survey with guidance and signposting tailored to your personal circumstances

  • Share your contact information with SCC as the lead partner in the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator consortium, so that they can create reporting for the project, and to ensure the data subject is informed of available financial or non-financial support as part of the LEAD project. Special category data is anonymised when sent to SCC. 

How do we store your data?

Data acquired via the Zero Carbon Guildford website is hosted on the MailChimp platform. MailChimp provides us with the online platform that allows us to host our website. Your data may be stored through MailChimp's data storage, databases and the general MailChimp applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.

 

Data which you have voluntarily provided to request an energy survey is hosted on the Jotform platform. Jotform allows us to collect survey requests in a secure manner, and complete the energy survey on your home. Your data may be stored through Jotform's data storage, databases and the general Jotform applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. You can learn more about their Privacy Policy here.

 

Data collected for LEAD project will be deleted in line with UK GDPR law after 12 months. 

Marketing

Zero Carbon Guildford would like to send you information about activities of ours that we think you might like.

If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop Zero Carbon Guildford from contacting you for marketing purposes.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email unsubscribe@zerocarbonguildford.org.

What are your data protection rights?

Zero Carbon Guildford would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request Zero Carbon Guildford for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Zero Carbon Guildford correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Zero Carbon Guildford to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Zero Carbon Guildford erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Zero Carbon Guildford restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Zero Carbon Guildford’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Zero Carbon Guildford transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

 

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: privacy@zerocarbonguildford.org

Privacy policies of other websites

The Zero Carbon Guildford website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Zero Carbon Guildford keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated and approved by Trustees in November 2023.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Zero Carbon Guildford’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: privacy@zerocarbonguildford.org

 

​How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Zero Carbon Guildford has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office. See https://ico.org.uk for contact information.


 

Special Category Data 

Zero Carbon Guildford is a delivery partner on Surrey’s Local Energy Advice Demonstrator (LEAD) project, funded by the Department for Energy Strategy and Net Zero.(DESNZ)

 

We have confirmed the processing of special category data is necessary for the purpose of identifying eligibility for a free energy survey, and there is no less intrusive means to collect this data, to ensure that ZCG can meet the requirements of the funding agreement to successfully exercise the function of the government department DESNZ. 

 

Questions involving Special Category Data are not mandatory, and as such the data subject has given explicit consent to the processing of his or her personal data for the specific purposes of the LEAD project, and as such the legitimate interests of the Charity, to the benefit of the data subject. 

 

The Article 9 condition for processing the special data category is:

  • (d) Not-for-profit bodies 

  • Zero Carbon Guildford is a registered CIO, Charity Number 1192880

  • No alternative use of this data by Zero Carbon Guildford will be permitted

This data subject’s information will be deleted after 12 months. 

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