Privacy policy
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to tell you how EDF and the team developing Cottam Energy & Innovation Park (“we” or “us”) collect and use your personal data. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to being transparent about how your personal data is used.
We will only collect and process your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable data protection laws and your legal rights.
Contacting us
If you wish to contact us about any of the matters set out below please use the contact details on the ‘contact us’ page.
This privacy notice was adopted in October 2026.
How we get the personal information and why we have it
- Contacting us
When you access and use our contact details provided in the ‘Contact Us’ section of our website, we may process your personal data that you provide for the purposes of responding to queries.
- Consultation
In preparation for a planning application to Bassetlaw District Council (BDC) and as part of the wider consultation around the Cottam Energy & Innovation Park Project (“the Project”), we will collect any information that you provide to us as part of engaging with the consultation.
In addition, as part of our consultation and engagement, we seek your views and the responses you provide will help shape our development proposals and they may be referenced in the planning application documents that we submit to BDC.
The type of personal information we collect and what we use it for
We may collect (including via instructing our third-party consultants) and process the following information:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your contact number
- Your home address
- Your address for service of notice (if different)
- Any other personal data that you give us in correspondence
- Any comments and feedback you provide as part of our consultation
We do not typically collect or process any sensitive or special category information.
We use your personal data to:
- Respond to queries and correspondence you send to us.
- Run the consultation process in connection with the Project and inform you of updates relating to the Project.
How we store your personal information and who we share it with
We will hold this information securely and only for as long as we need it. Sometimes we may need to share your information, but we will only do so where we have a valid legal basis to do so. We will only share the minimum information required for each circumstance.
If you have any further queries as to whom we share your personal information with, please contact us.
What are the legal bases for using your personal data
When we collect and use your personal data, we rely on the following legal basis:
- Legitimate interest – this means that we have a legitimate business interest in identifying and consulting with all parties who may be affected by the Project to ensure proper planning, stakeholder engagement, and transparent decision-making throughout the development process. We also have a legitimate business interest in ensuring your queries and correspondence you send to us are dealt with promptly and appropriately.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have a number of rights to control what and how personal data is used, including:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us if you wish to make a request to exercise any of the above rights.
Complaints relating to data protection
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details on our website.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk