We, the British Hydropower Association (BHA), are required to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the ‘Act’) in relation to how we handle any personal data which we obtain from you.
Any personal information gathered will only be used in the context of your engagement with us as a volunteer, contractor, member or employee. We may also collect sensitive personal data relating to you, but only with your explicit consent in advance.
We may process all the information we obtain from you to enable us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. We may also request further information from third parties or disclose your details to other selected third parties.
In disclosing your personal details to us, you agree that we may process and in particular may disclose your personal data:
- as required by law to any third parties
- to selected third parties who may process personal data on our behalf
- inform you of products or services offered by the BHA
- disclose and publish your details in a member directory
- disclose to relevant industry bodies where so required by law
- carry out statistical analysis on an anonymised basis
- carry out statistical analysis (on an anonymised basis) which may be carried out by us or selected third parties; and to monitor (on an anonymised basis) equal opportunities relating to ethnicity or disability or other such monitoring purposes
We take your privacy and the protection of your personal data very seriously. For further information about how we protect your personal data please see our Privacy Policy on our website.
If you have any questions about the policy, or if you want to change or correct any inadequacies, or would like a copy of the personal details we hold about you, please contact us at info@british-hydro.org