Website privacy notice

This privacy notice explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use the Engineering Council website. Our website contains links to other websites, which are not covered by this privacy notice.

Who we are

The Engineering Council is the UK regulatory body for the engineering profession. The Engineering Council is a registered charity, number 286142, whose registered office is 10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN.

Contact details

The person responsible for data protection matters at the Engineering Council can be contacted by:

• Email: dpo@engc.org.uk
• Post: To the above address
• Telephone: 020 3206 0500

What is personal data

Personal data is any information that can be used to identify an individual.

What personal data do we collect

The personal data that the Engineering Council collects and processes on you is:

• IP/MAC address
• Advertising IDs
• Pixel tags
• Account handles

What we use your personal data for

We collect data using Google Analytics. This is used for analysis and to help optimise our website. Diagnostic data is also collected including your IP address, this is used solely for website support and the data is cleared after 14 days.

Cookies are used to track visitors use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. For further information please visit
www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

This website may contain embedded content—such as videos, images, or articles—from third-party websites, as well as links to external websites, plug-ins, and applications. By clicking on these links or enabling such features, you may allow third parties to collect or share information about you. Embedded content from other websites functions in the same way as if you were visiting those websites directly. We have no control over these external sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. When you leave our website, we recommend reviewing the privacy policy of every website you visit.

What the lawful basis is for processing your data

Our basis for processing your personal data is legitimate interest to perform data analytics; where you opt-in to any of our publications, the lawful basis is consent.

Special or sensitive data

The Engineering Council does not collect or process special categories of personal data or sensitive data such as race, ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, etc.

Consent

By consenting to cookies on this website, you are giving the Engineering Council permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified above. You may withdraw consent to the Engineering Council processing your personal data at any time by updating your cookie preferences.

Sharing your data

The Engineering Council does not share identifiable personal data of website visitors with other companies except in some situations where you contact us directly; these circumstances are covered by relevant Privacy Notices available on our Privacy page.

Retention

The Engineering Council will process your personal data for a minimum of one year up to a maximum of six years.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

• Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you
• Right to rectification – you have a right to correct personal data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete
• Right to erasure – in certain circumstances you can ask for the personal data we hold about you to be erased from our records
• Right to restrict processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances
• Right to data portability – you have the right to have the personal data we hold about you transferred to another organisation
• Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing of your personal data such as direct marketing
• Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you have the right to be object to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we will forward them on as appropriate to any third party involved (as listed above) in the processing of your personal data.

Subject Access Request

A Subject Access Request form and copy of the procedure can be requested by emailing dpo@engc.org.uk.

Subject access requests may be forwarded on, where appropriate, to any third party involved (as stated above, where applicable) in the processing of your personal data.

Complaints

• In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by the Engineering Council (or third parties as listed above), you have the right to lodge a complaint:
• Directly with the Engineering Council data protection lead, and/or
• The Information Commissioner’s Office

Data Security

All data held or processed by the Engineering Council is held in a secure server managed by the Engineering Council.

Changes to our privacy notices

We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time, and we will notify you if there is a substantial change in the way we process your data. We may also notify you in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal data.

Changes to this Website Privacy Notice

We keep our page privacy notices under regular review and we will place any updates on this webpage.

This privacy notice was last updated on 20 December 2024.