Data protection
We protect your personal data and ensure it is processed lawfully, fairly, and securely. This page explains how the Marine Institute handles personal data and your rights.
Data protection
Your rights
Understand your data protection rights
Privacy statement
See how we use your personal data
Contact the DPO
Get in touch with the Data Protection Officer
Our role
The Marine Institute processes personal data as part of delivering its functions and services as a public body.
How we use personal data
We only collect and use personal data where necessary to deliver services, communicate with you, and meet legal obligations.
Data protection principles
We process personal data in line with key principles, including lawfulness, fairness, security, and purpose limitation.
Your rights
You have rights under data protection law, including access, correction, and, in some cases, restriction or deletion.
More detail is available in our Privacy statement.
Data Protection Officer
The Marine Institute has a Data Protection Officer who oversees how personal data is managed.
Raise a concern
If you have a concern about how your data is handled, you can contact us. We will review your query in line with our procedures.