The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
This Privacy Notice has been issued by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and its wholly owned subsidiary Thomas Telford Limited (TTL), to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect on 25 May 2018.
The Privacy Notice replaces any Fair Collection Notice issued under the Data Protection Act 1998.
The data controller can be contacted as follows:
The Data Protection Officer
The Institution of Civil Engineers
One Great George Street
Westminster
London SW1P 3AA
t: +44 (0)207 665 2146
e: dataprotection@ice.org.uk
We may hold any of the following items of personal information about you:
The Institution of Civil Engineers and Thomas Telford Ltd. maintain data on all members. Your name and grade will be displayed on the ‘Our members’ page.
We also maintain data on non-members who use our services, including those who are involved in membership application assessments and activities.
This will be used confidentially for normal purposes, including subscription and donation collection, mailing of publications, contract fulfilment when purchasing TTL products and services and notification of conferences and events.
We also use this information to inform you of professional knowledge products that ICE and TTL provide such as training, books, journals, model engineering contracts and career opportunities.
The ICE may share your data with the Engineering Council, other professional or governmental bodies, universities at which you are studying and your employer if you are on an ICE training scheme and Specialist Knowledge Societies.
Overseas members may have their data transferred to ICE Country Representatives for administration of local events in their country of residence. Member data will also be shared with the ICE Benevolent Fund.
Personal data relating to ICE membership may be stored securely in perpetuity for historical purposes. Personal data relating to non-members and/or TTL customers will only be held for as long as needed to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.
The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to fulfil your right to be informed about the use of your data. In addition:
Please note that if you choose to exercise your rights to withhold data or insist on its deletion, then ICE and TTL may not be able to perform their duties in relation to your professional membership or the fulfilment of contracts relating to products and services purchased.
Further details about GDPR and your rights under GDPR, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
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2025 GE Awards: Submission deadline extended
The deadline for submissions to the 2025 Ground Engineering (GE) Awards has been extended to 31 January 2025 to ensure the industry is fully represented.
