HSENI privacy notice - Gifts and hospitality

Corporate Support Division Privacy Notice - Gifts and Hospitality

Data Controller Name:

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland.

Address:

83 Ladas Drive
Belfast
BT9 6FR

Telephone:

  • 028 9054 6800

Email:

Why are you processing my personal information?

All HSENI staff (including consultants and contract staff) must declare any gifts or hospitality offered to them in relation to their official duties, whether accepted or declined, including the names of those making and receiving the offer. There are a few exceptions such as seasonal / trivial gifts and conventional hospitality which may not need recorded on the register. Details of all other gifts and hospitality are recorded on a HSENI's Gifts and hospitality register which is published annually on the HSENI's website. This is a public accountability requirement outlined in DAO (DFP) 10/06. The lawful basis for processing this information is therefore that it is necessary for the completion of a public task.

What categories of personal data are you processing?

The main category of personal data processed on Gifts and Hospitality registers is names, both of those HSENI staff receiving offers of gifts and hospitality and of those individuals making the offers. It may also be necessary to process information about the organisation the individual making the offer works for / represents, if relevant when describing the reason / context for the offer.

Where do you get my personal data from?

If you are offering a gift or hospitality to a HSENI official, your personal data (name) will be entered on the register by that official. In some cases it might also be deemed necessary to record the organisation you work for / represent. If you are HSENI staff, you will provide your personal data to us when updating the relevant Gifts and Hospitality register, in line with HSENI's Gifts and Hospitality guidance.

Do you share my personal data with anyone else?

Gifts and hospitality registers are shared within HSENI on a regular basis for updating. They are also published annually, as required by DAO (DFP) 10/06, on the HSENI's website.

Do you transfer my personal data to other countries?

No.

How long do you keep my personal data?

We will only retain your data for as long as necessary to process in line with the HSENI's Retention and Disposal Schedule.

(If you use automated decision making or profiling) How do you use my personal data to make decisions about me?

Not Applicable.

What rights do I have?

How do I complain if I am not happy?

If you are unhappy with any aspect of this privacy notice, or how your personal information is being processed, please contact the Department’s Data Protection Officer at:

Data Protection Officer:

Laura Donnelly.

Email:

Telephone number:

  • 028 9054 6800

If you are still not happy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone number:

  • 0303 1231 113

Email:

Website: