Register as an authorised person to get a licence to cage trap badgers privacy notice
Published 14 April 2025
Applies to England
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This privacy notice explains how we process your personal data when you register as an authorised person to get a licence to cage-trap badgers.
If you have any queries about the content of this privacy notice, email: badger.vaccination@defra.gov.uk
1. Who collects your personal data
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the controller for the personal data we collect:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
If you need further information about how Defra uses your personal data and your associated rights you can contact the Defra data protection manager at data.protection@defra.gov.uk
The data protection officer for Defra is responsible for checking that Defra complies with legislation. You can contact them at DefraGroupDataProtectionOfficer@defra.gov.uk
2. What personal data we collect and how it is used
We collect your:
- name
- phone number
- email address
- previous training and licence details
- associated project name and email contact details
- details of any previous licence withdrawal or enforcement action
This data is required to:
- register you for your licence
- ensure applicants are suitably qualified and eligible
- contact and update applicants with any relevant information
3. Lawful basis for processing your personal data
The lawful basis for processing your personal data is that it’s necessary for a task carried out in the public interest under section 10 of the Protection of Badgers Act and section 11 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to issue a licence to trap and mark badgers to enable badger vaccination.
4. Consent to process your personal data
The processing of your personal data is not based on consent. You cannot withdraw it.
5. Who we share your personal data with
Defra may share your information with third parties:
- at certain stages of the licensing process
- for particular licence applications
Defra may do this to:
- check information you provide on a licence application
- discuss your application with a third party that’s supporting the application
- get or check specialist or technical information about an application
- monitor effects on protected species
Defra will only share information when necessary and anonymously whenever possible.
The table shows the organisations Defra shares information with and the species, activities and purposes it does this for.
| Organisation | Species | Activity | Sharing purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory nature conservation bodies (Environment Agency, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland and Scottish Natural Heritage) |
Various | Various | Compliance, enforcement, licence assessment, check training or vaccination records |
| Defra and its executive agencies (such as the Animal and Plant Health Agency, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Rural Payments Agency) | Various | Various | Compliance, enforcement, licence assessment |
| Devolved administrations (Northern Ireland Executive, Scottish Government, Welsh Government) | Various | Various | Compliance, enforcement, licence assessment |
| Police | Various | Various | Compliance, enforcement activity |
| Local planning authorities | Various | Development licences | Compliance, enforcement, licence assessment |
| Industry and charitable bodies (such as the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, Wildlife Trusts, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and National Gamekeepers Organisation) | Various | Various | Application support, licence assessment |
| Experts and academics | Various | Various | Application support, licence assessment |
Defra may make some information available where there’s public interest in wildlife licensing and who it issued a licence to. Information released may include, but is not limited to:
- your name or business name
- application and licence details
- licence reports and returns
Defra will not release information for licensed activities that are sensitive or could harm people, species or habitats, for example names and addresses of individuals, locations of licensed activities.
Defra respects your personal privacy when responding to access to information requests. We only share information when necessary to meet the statutory requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
6. How long we hold personal data
We will keep your personal data for 7 years.
7. What happens if you do not provide the personal data
If you do not provide the personal data we will not be able to:
- issue you with a licence to use cage traps
- contact you with important information relating to your licence
8. Use of automated decision-making or profiling
The personal data you provide is not used for:
- automated decision making (making a decision by automated means without any human involvement)
- profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain things about an individual)
9. Transfer of your personal data outside of the UK
We will not transfer your personal data to another country outside of the UK.
10. Your rights
Based on the lawful processing above, your individual rights are the:
- right to be informed
- right of access
- right to rectification
- right to restrict processing
- right to object
Read about your rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
11. Complaints
You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office at any time.
12. Personal information charter
Our personal information charter explains more about your rights over your personal data.