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Privacy policy for DBS Offshore Wind

This privacy notice explains how we process your personal information in connection with RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (East) Ltd and RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (West) Limited’s application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) to construct, operate, maintain the Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms. It also covers our project e-newsletter and related marketing communications.

The notice has been developed in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the Data Protection Act 2018, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

Who we are

RWE (the company, we, us and our) is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as follows:

  • RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (East) Limited – Registration number ZC015030
  • RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (West) Limited – Registration number ZC015044

Each entity is a data controller of your personal information. The DBS entities, together with RWE Renewables UK Limited (the RWE Shareholder), Masdar DBS East Limited and Masdar DBS West Limited (the Masdar Shareholders), and RWE Renewables UK Wind Services Limited (the Service Provider), are joint controllers of your personal information in respect of the principal processing activities described in this notice, in accordance with Article 26 of the UK GDPR.

RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (East) Limited and RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South (West) Limited (together, “DBS”) are developing the Dogger Bank South offshore wind farm projects on behalf of the joint venture between RWE Renewables UK Limited (51%) and Masdar DBS East Limited and Masdar DBS West Limited (each 49%) (together, “Masdar”). RWE Renewables UK Wind Services Limited acts as the service provider for the DBS projects under the Development and Construction Management Agreements and Joint Venture Management Services Agreements.

RWE is leading the development of the projects and, subject to securing a route to market and a financial investment decision, will also lead their construction and operation on behalf of the project partners.

If you have any queries in relation to how we process your personal information, or regarding anything in this notice, you should contact our Data Protection Officer at:

RWE Renewables UK Dogger Bank South,
Trigonos,
Windmill Hill Business Park,
Whitehill Way,
Swindon,
SN5 6PB or email dpo-UK-Ireland@rwe.com

We have appointed Pier, James Ford Design Ltd, Camargue, Dalcour Maclaren, Womble Bond Dickinson, Burges Salmon LLP and MapaPR as data processors, to facilitate public consultation, record, analyse and make statutory submissions on our behalf. We have also appointed Brevo as our e-newsletter marketing platform, to send newsletters and project updates to subscribers on our behalf. We have appropriate contracts in place with each processor to ensure your personal information is protected.

Why we collect and process your personal information

We collect, store and process personal information to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory industry requirements as a responsible data controller.

In order to do this, we process your personal information for several purposes, including:

  • Managing stakeholder relationships, to contact you regarding any feedback you may have provided during the public consultation process
  • To keep you updated about the proposals discussed at our consultation event. We may do this by letter, telephone or email
  • Sending you e-newsletters and other marketing communications about the Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms projects that you have chosen to subscribe to.
  • In connection with the application for, and examination of, the DCO, and with the compulsory acquisition programme following the grant of the Development Consent Order, including:
    • Our public consultation about our proposals for the Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms.
    • When preparing the DCO application and at various stages during and after the application process we must complete a process called land referencing. This means that we must gather information about people who have an interest in land that is affected by the development proposed in the DCO application. This includes the service of notices under section 134 of the Planning Act 2008.
    • We may engage in correspondence with you before, during or after the DCO application process, for example if you contact us to request copies of DCO documents.
    • Where necessary we may be required to engage in negotiations with landowners, tenants, occupiers and other persons with interests in affected land, for instance to acquire land from them.

Our lawful basis for processing your personal information

We process your personal information:

  • to comply with our legal obligations that we are subject to, for example planning and environmental laws, the Planning Act 2008, the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and any associated regulations,
  • where we or our associated third parties have a legitimate interest.
  • We process your personal information for e-newsletter and other marketing communications on the basis of your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter email, or by contacting our Data Protection Officer. For our other purposes described above, we may also process your personal information with your consent more generally; you can withdraw that consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer.

What personal information we collect and the way we obtain it

We collect land information and use publicly accessible data available from sources such as the Land Registry, who can provide up to date information about properties and associated land. We also utilise information and validate against available online registers (e.g. Electoral Roll, Trace IQ and Royal Mail). We collect and analyse information from third parties, such as information obtained during the course of land negotiations.

Personal information we collect includes

  • Name
  • Email address(es)
  • Postal address
  • Telephone number
  • Feedback, comments and electronic/ hard copy correspondence
  • Written submissions made by interested parties and others involved in the planning appeal process
  • Where we have an interest in your land, information may include e.g. freehold, leasehold, restrictive covenant, mines and minerals rights, easements, private rights of way, mortgage and mortgagee details, valuation data and negotiation history.
  • Social media handles
  • Enquiry, subscription and cookie data collected through the project website at doggerbanksouth.co.uk

Virtual Events:

  • IP address
  • display name
  • self-image - if video shared
  • Video or audio

Special categories of personal information

We do not process any special category personal information. If this changes, we will inform you.

Who we share your personal information with and why

We may share your personal information with third parties that include Government, Planning Inspectorate, Local Authorities/Councils, as required for compliance with the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), Planning Act 2008, Environment Act 2021, Environmental Permit Regulations 2016, Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and any other associated Regulations.

These third parties also include any companies within the RWE Group that provide us with business support, and the Masdar Shareholders (Masdar DBS East Limited and Masdar DBS West Limited), who receive project information in accordance with the joint venture governance arrangements.

We may be required to share information to comply with a legal obligation, for example, General Vesting Declaration in public records and for health and safety purposes.

We may want to pass your information to organisations we work with who deliver a service for us, such as third parties we contract with directly to help us facilitate public consultation and assist with Planning Permission applications or a Development Consent order.

Any disclosures of personal information are always made on a case-by-case basis, disclosing the minimum personal information necessary for the specific purpose and circumstances and with the appropriate security controls in place.

If appropriate to do so, we will always look to anonymise or pseudonymise your personal information to protect confidentiality. As part of the local Planning Authorities and Planning Inspectorate process, limited personal information might be published in consultation reports that will be available online on the Planning Inspectorate website.

Our approach to international transfers

Where your personal data is transferred outside the UK, including to RWE-group entities in Germany and to Masdar-group entities in the United Arab Emirates, we will ensure that there are appropriate safeguards in place to comply with applicable data protection laws, such as the use of standard contractual clauses approved by the Secretary of State together with the UK Addendum.

How long we keep your personal information

Your personal information may be held in both paper and electronic forms in accordance with our retention periods, which are based on legal, regulatory and business needs. Where we hold your email address for e-newsletter or marketing purposes, we will keep it for as long as you remain subscribed, and will delete it within a reasonable period after you unsubscribe or after the newsletter is discontinued.

Your personal information may be anonymised and converted into statistical or aggregated data which is then used to produce statistical research and reports.

We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making or profiling.

What your data protection rights are

You have various rights under data protection laws, including the right to:

  • Access, known as a subject access request. You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Rectification - to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information that we hold about you
  • Erasure - you can request that your information be deleted in certain circumstances
  • Restriction - you can request that we restrict the use of your information in certain circumstances;
  • Data portability - you can request that we copy or transfer your information from one IT system to another in certain circumstances;
  • Object to how your personal information is used in certain circumstances;

You are not required to pay a charge for exercising your rights in most circumstances and we have one month to respond to you.

If you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, or have a query relating to them, please contact the Data Protection Officer.

The Information Commissioner’s Office

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the regulatory body for data protection matters in the UK.

You have the right to make a complaint to the ICO. However, we would appreciate the opportunity to address your concern first. Please contact our Data Protection Officer in the first instance.

You can contact the ICO as detailed below:

  • Writing to: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
  • Telephone: 0303 123 1113
  • Website submission: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Last updated: September 2026
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