Review of Approved Document B: Fire Safety
HSE Confidentiality and GDPR statements
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HSE tries to make its consultation procedures as thorough and open as possible.
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Information provided in response to this consultation may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)). Statutory Codes of Practice under the FOIA and EIR also deal with confidentiality obligations, among other things.
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If you would like us to treat any of the information you provide as confidential, please make this clear in your response. Ideally, confidential information should be submitted using the functionality provided at the end of the consultation for attaching confidential documents. If we receive a request under FOIA or EIR for the information you have provided, we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances.
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An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will be disregarded for these purposes. Requests for confidentiality should be made explicit within the body of the response.
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HSE will process all personal data in accordance with the GDPR. This means that personal data will not normally be disclosed to third parties and any such disclosures will only be made in accordance with the Regulations.
How to submit comments
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When responding to this consultation, please provide as much information and evidence as you can.
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By submitting information as part of this consultation, you agree that any data provided (excluding your personal details) can be shared with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Building Safety Regulator, our independent scientific advisers, the appropriate authorities and other government departments as required for the response to this consultation.