Building Safety Regulator - Resident Panel Member Recruitment and Resident Panel Technical Sub-Committee Member Recruitment

Purpose

This page sets out our how we will use the personal data of applicants for membership of HSE’s Residents’ Panel under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR 2018.  This does not relate to personal data held by HSE for any other reason.

Who it covers

All individuals who are applying to join the Building Safety Regulator’s Residents’ Panel. 

What information it covers

• The collection personal data, including your name, email address, telephone number, date of birth and address for the purposes of administering the recruitment process and membership of the panel
• The collection of gender, ethnicity, benefit status, housing type and health information for the purpose of ensuring a socially diverse/representative recruitment
• All data we collect and hold that is personally identifiable to you

Who will see or receive your personal data

Staff from the Building Safety Regulator Policy team will see and process your personal data.  The data may also be subject to audit for the purposes of review of the recruitment process. Personal data will not be seen or shared with any third party outside the policy team with the exception of internal auditors.

The e-mail addresses of successful candidates will be used to communicate with the panel and to set up virtual meetings and as such may be visible to other resident panel members.

Reason for collect and processing your personal information

HSE is collecting this data to:

• recruit and select members of its Residents Panel
• ensure a socially diverse representation on the Residents’ Panel
• communicate with members of the Residents’ Panel

Retention Period

We will only retain your personal data for as long as it is needed for the purposes set out in this document or for as long as the law requires us to.

All personal data for successful applicants will be retained for audit purposes for two years after their membership of the panel ceases unless requested otherwise by the individual.  After that period any personal data will be deleted.   

The data of unsuccessful applicants will be stored for 6 months after the date of recruitment decisions, unless consent is given to retain data for notification of future resident research.   

An individual has the right to withdraw their consent for HSE to process or retain their personal data at any time.

Our compliance commitment

The personal data we hold is compliant with the GDPR 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK Government Digital Service Standard.

A full privacy notice is available to read.