GDPR Notice
Government Economic Service Privacy Notice
This notice sets out how the central GESR Team (Government Economic and Social Research Team) will use your personal data, and your rights under Articles 13 and/or 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data Subject Categories
The personal information relates to existing members of the Government Economic Service. The Government Economic Service (GES) is the professional body for economists in the UK public sector.
Data Categories
The personal data which is collected includes:
- Name
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Religion/Belief
- Disability Status
- Nationality
- Ethnicity
- Do you consider yourself to have out of work caring responsibilities?
- Socio Economic Background Information
Purpose
The personal information is collected and maintained for the purposes of providing services and delivering the benefits of GES membership, and to ensure Corporate Management and Improvement of the Profession by the GES Senior Profession Leadership. The data is maintained and/or processed in order to:
Deliver against the GES Strategy 2021-24 - specifically strategy actions and commitments relating to improved Workforce Management Information on the GES, improved understanding of the make-up of the GES Membership, and improving profession understanding of Inclusivity & Diversity within the profession.
Provide regular reporting to the GES Senior Profession Leadership on the composition of the current GES membership, career pathways within, and career advancement within.
Provide regular reporting to the GES Membership on the composition of the current GES membership, career pathways within, and career advancement within.
Allow GESR, on behalf of the GES Senior Profession Leadership and the GES Membership, to undertake equalities monitoring and analysis of the GES Membership.
Facilitate engagement and networking between members
Undertake annual audit of the membership and related billing for membership subscription fees
Legal basis of processing
The processing is legitimate as it is necessary to fulfil the requirements of membership of the GES.
Data Controllers and Data Processers
Aside from the Name data category, data relating to all other personal data categories listed above will not be shared outside of the parties listed below. Any data breach in this regard (ie sharing of this information outside of parties listed below) would constitute a potential breach of the General Data Protection Regulations.
- Website Database Controllers within the GESR team;
- Connect Internet Solutions Limited (provide hosting, support, and development for all aspects of the GES Members Website, including the GES Members Website User Profile Database);
- NTT - Are the IT contractor for the HMT ICT Infrastructure that GESR use.
Data Analysis
Anonymised, non-identifiable summary level analysis - using the personal data set out above - may also be shared with trusted partners (analysts within the Civil Service, academic collaborators) in order to deliver against the purposes set out above.
Name Data Category - Recipients
Your Name data category will only be shared with relevant staff in the central GESR team and/or other organisations for the purposes listed above. Please see below for the list of other organisations:
- Connect Internet Solutions Limited
- GES member Departments
- GES member Arms Length Bodies (ALB's)
- Trusted academics/organisations (for research purposes)
- Trusted others as appropriate
Retention
Your data will only be held for as long as necessary for the delivery of the purposes set out above. The data subject can unsubscribe from GES Membership at any point by contacting:
GESREnquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk
With "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject heading.
Your personal information will be kept for 5 years after end of your appointment.
Special data categories
The following categories of special category data will be processed.
- Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Religion/Belief
- Disability Status
- Nationality
- Ethnicity
- Do you consider yourself to have out of work caring responsibilities?
- Socio Economic Background Information
Basis for processing special category data
In addition to the purposes set out above, the above categories of special category data will be processed for the purpose of legal equalities opportunities monitoring.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to request information about how your personal data are processed, and to request a copy of that personal data.
You have the right to request that any inaccuracies in your personal data are rectified without delay.
You have the right to request that your personal data are erased if there is no longer a justification for them to be processed.
You have the right in certain circumstances (for example, where accuracy is contested) to request that the processing of your personal data is restricted.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where it is processed for direct marketing purposes.
WHERE TO SUBMIT A DATA SUBJECT ACCESS REQUEST (DSAR)
If you would like to enact your rights, you can do so by submitting a Data Subject Access Request at:
HM Treasury Data Protection Unit
G11 Orange
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
dsar@hmtreasury.gov.uk
COMPLAINTS
If you consider that your personal data has been misused or mishandled, you may make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an independent regulator. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
0303 123 1113
casework@ico.org.uk
Any complaint to the Information Commissioner is without prejudice to your right to seek redress through the courts.
CONTACT DETAILS
The data controller for your personal data is the GESR Team. The contact details for the data controller are:
GESR Team
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
020 7270 5000
GESR.Enquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk
The contact details for the data controller's Data Protection Officer (DPO) are:
Data Protection Officer
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
privacy@hmtreasury.gov.uk