Privacy statement
Data Controller
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre under the auspices of Edinburgh Napier University
Purposes for collection/processing
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is a lead project partner for an Innovate UK project – Transforming Timber. The project aims to revolutionise the UK construction industry by using the renewable resource of fast-growing Scottish forests to create a construction material as strong as steel.
It will do this under Transforming Timber website which will operate through multiple channels. Its aim is to create construction materials that are not only good for the planet, but good for people as well. The benefits of being surrounded by nature are well documented, so constructing buildings with low-impact, natural materials make spaces feel more human.
It is delivered by CSIC, supported by Innovate UK in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University, University of Edinburgh and Eco Systems. Transforming Timber works on a registration basis where users are required register an account on the website in order to login to access the full functionality available.
Legal Basis
The legal basis the University relies on is Article 6(1)(e): for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of the official authority vested in the controller, namely the University’s Statutory Instruments: “for the objects of providing education, carrying out research, and promoting teaching, research and general scholarship” and the administration thereof.
Whose information is being collected
Anyone who registers on the platform, target audience is construction industry and manufacturing SME’s.
What type/classes/fields of information are collected
Name, Job title, name of company, size of company, email address, company address including post code, company sector
Who is the information being collected from
From the data subject
How is the information being collected
Online form
Who’s personal data is being shared
Data processors, cloud server, project funders
How secure is the information
The University has various data protection and information security policies and procedures to ensure that appropriate organisational and technical measures are in place to protect the privacy or your personal data. CS-IC makes use of a number of third party, including “cloud”, services for information storage and processing. Through procurement and contract management procedures the University ensures that these services have appropriate organisational and technical measures to comply with data protection legislation.
The website uses a session cookie and stores the details supplied by our users in its database.
Who keeps the information updated
Users update their own information through their website accounts. Construction Scotland Innovation Centre and Inverness College UHI will also update on user’s notification and as otherwise provided.
How long is the information kept for
The project is initially a one-year project and currently it is expected that data will be stored for 6 years in line with audit and funding requirements.
Will the data be used for any automated decision making
No
Is information transferred to a third country outside the UK?
Yes
Is information transferred to a third country outside the UK?
Yes
You have a number of rights available to you with regards to what personal data of yours is held by CS-IC and how it is processed – to find out more about your rights, how to make a request and who to contact if you have any further queries about Data Protection please see the information online using the following URL: https://www.cs-ic.org/innovationcentre/about-us/privacy-statement/