Environment Agency privacy notice: Rural Payments Agency data
Published 27 November 2023
Applies to England
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1. What personal data and information we hold
The Rural Payments Agency have provided us with the following information:
- Contact details, including name, address, telephone number(s) and email address
- Land parcel boundaries
- Single Business Identifier
- County Parish Holdings number
2. What we do with your personal data (processing of personal information)
We will use your personal data and information to contact you in relation to the land parcels that you manage.
This processing of your personal information is necessary for the performance of tasks we carry out which are in the public interest. This is set out in the Environment Act 1995, and related legislation.
3. How we will store and how long we will keep your personal data for
We will only keep your personal information for as long as necessary, in line with
- statutory
- regulatory
- legal
- security requirements
We will store and dispose of your personal information securely, protect it and only give access to the people that need it.
4. When we will share your personal data and information
We will only share your personal information with
- contractors
- project partners
who are contracted by us to undertake work on our behalf and where we will own the outputs from that work.
All third parties in receipt of your personal information will be instructed on how and when to destroy the data.
5. Contact information and your information rights
Our Personal Information Charter contains details on your data protection rights and how to contact our Data Protection Officer.