1. 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.
1.1 Contact details
The person responsible for data protection matters at the Engineering Council can be contacted by:
2. Personal Data
2.1 What is personal data
Personal data is any information that can be used to identify an individual.
2.2 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 |
2.3 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.
2.4 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.
2.5 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.
3. 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.
4. Sharing your data
The Engineering Council will not pass on your personal data to any other organisation.
5. Retention
The Engineering Council will process your personal data for a minimum of one year up to a maximum of six years.
6. Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
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.
7. 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.
8. 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:
The details for each of these contacts are:
Supervisory authority contact details |
Data Protection Lead contact details |
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Contact Name: |
Information Commissioner's Office |
Data Protection Representative |
Address line 1: |
Wycliffe House |
Engineering Council |
Address line 2: |
Water Lane |
10 Lower Thames Street |
Address line 3: |
Wilmslow |
London |
Address line 4: |
Cheshire |
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Address line 5: |
SK9 5AF |
EC3R 6EN |
Email: |
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Telephone: |
0303 123 1113 |
020 3206 0500 |
9. Data Security:
All data held or processed by the Engineering Council is held in a secure server managed by the Engineering Council.
10. Changes to this Privacy Notice
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 our privacy notice
We keep our privacy notices under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy notice was last updated on 20 December 2024.