Privacy Notice
Last updated: 12 October 2026
1. Introduction
This website is developed and managed by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that any personal information collected through this website is handled responsibly, securely and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
This privacy notice explains what personal information may be collected when you use this website, how it is used, who is responsible for processing it and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.
2. Who is responsible for your information?
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) is responsible for managing and maintaining this website.
LCRIG’s details:
Local Council Roads Innovation Group CIC
Suite 9c, The Beehive, Shadsworth Business Park, Blackburn, BB1 2QS
Email: info@lcrig.org.uk
LCRIG acts as a data controller for personal information it collects and processes in connection with its management and operation of the website.
Contact form arrangements
Enquiries submitted through the website’s contact form will be directed to the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT), who act as Secretariat for UKRLG.
CIHT will act as an independent data controller for personal information received through the contact form. CIHT will be responsible for determining how that information is used, stored and managed, including responding to enquiries.
CIHT’s privacy notice, can be accessed here.
3. What information do we collect?
When you complete a contact form or otherwise communicate through the website, you may provide:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your organisation and job title
- Your telephone number, where requested
- Details of your enquiry or message
- Any additional personal information you choose to provide
Information submitted through the contact form will be received and managed by CIHT as an independent data controller.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and how you interact with the website
- Date and time of your visit
- Technical information required to maintain website security and functionality
Some of this information may be collected through cookies or similar technologies, where these are used.
4. How we use your information
Where LCRIG is responsible for processing personal information, we may use it to:
- Operate, maintain and improve the website
- Respond to enquiries and requests for information
- Ensure the security and functionality of the website
- Understand how visitors use the website and improve the user experience
- Meet applicable legal and regulatory obligations
For contact form arrangements, CIHT will determine how it processes enquiries submitted through the form, as explained in its own privacy notice.
We will not use personal information collected through this website for unrelated purposes without an appropriate lawful basis.
5. Our lawful basis for processing information
Under UK GDPR, personal information must only be processed where there is an appropriate lawful basis.
Depending on the purpose, LCRIG may rely on:
Legitimate interests: Where processing is necessary for the operation, security and improvement of the website, or to respond to enquiries, provided our interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Legal obligations: Where we need to process information to comply with applicable laws or regulatory requirements.
Consent: Where consent is required, such as for certain optional cookies or other activities for which we specifically request your permission.
Where CIHT processes contact form information as an independent data controller, CIHT is responsible for identifying and explaining its own lawful basis for that processing.
6. Sharing your information
We may share personal information with trusted third-party service providers where necessary to operate and maintain the website, such as website hosting, technical support and security providers.
These organisations will only process information in accordance with their applicable data protection responsibilities and appropriate contractual arrangements.
We may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to protect our legal rights.
We will not sell personal information to third parties.
Information submitted through the contact form will be directed to CIHT, as explained in Section 2.
7. How long we keep your information
LCRIG will retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including any applicable legal, regulatory or operational requirements.
Retention periods will depend on the nature of the information and the reasons for processing it.
CIHT will be responsible for determining how long it retains information received through the Contact form, in accordance with its own privacy notice and retention policies.
8. How we protect your information
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
These measures include appropriate access controls, secure systems and arrangements with relevant service providers.
While we take reasonable steps to protect personal information, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
9. Cookies and website analytics
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to support its functionality, security and performance, and to understand how visitors interact with its content.
Where cookies or similar technologies are not strictly necessary for the operation of the website, we will obtain consent where required by law before using them.
Further information about the cookies used, their purposes and how you can manage your preferences is available in our Cookie Policy.
10. International data transfers
Where personal information is transferred or accessed outside the UK, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place where required by data protection legislation.
These may include UK adequacy regulations or other approved mechanisms designed to protect personal information.
11. Your data protection rights
Under UK GDPR, you have a number of rights relating to your personal information, subject to applicable conditions and exemptions.
These include:
- Right of access: To request a copy of the personal information held about you.
- Right to rectification: To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to erasure: To request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to restrict processing: To request that the use of your information is limited in certain circumstances.
- Right to object: To object to certain types of processing, including processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to data portability: To request the transfer of certain personal information to you or another organisation, where applicable.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
If your request relates to personal information processed by LCRIG, please contact us using the details in Section 12.
If your request relates to information submitted through the contact form during the temporary arrangements, please contact CIHT using the details provided in its privacy notice.
12. Contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how LCRIG processes personal information, please contact:
Local Council Roads Innovation Group CIC
Suite 9c, The Beehive, Shadsworth Business Park, Blackburn, BB1 2QS
Email: info@lcrig.org.uk
If you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled, you also have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data protection regulator.
Website: www.ico.org.uk
13. Changes to this privacy notice
We may update this privacy notice from time to time to reflect changes to the website, how personal information is processed or applicable legal requirements.