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Personal information charter - Government Chemist

How the Government Chemist treats your personal information and how to check what details they have for you.

When we ask you for personal information we promise to:

  • tell you why we need it
  • only ask for what we need
  • make sure nobody has access to it who shouldn’t
  • let you know if we’re going to share it with other organisations so that you can benefit from better public services (and if you can say no to this)
  • only keep it for as long as we need to
  • not make it available for commercial use without your permission, unless it’s information that we’re required to make publicly available on a public register

In return we ask you to:

  • give us accurate information
  • tell us as soon as possible if there are any changes, such as a new address

This helps us to keep your information reliable and up to date.

All the personal information we hold is protected under the Data Protection Act.

Make a subject access request

You can find out if we hold any of your personal information by making a subject access request under the Data Protection Act. If we do hold information about you we will:

  • give you a description of it
  • tell you why we are holding it
  • tell you who can access it
  • let you have a copy of it

To make a subject access request send an email to government.chemist@lgc.co.uk or telephone 020 8943 7374.

For independent advice about data protection, privacy and data-sharing issues, you can contact the Information Commissioner.

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