Cycle training project privacy notice

The Sustainable Transport team is based within the Neighbourhoods and Environment directorate at Waltham Forest Council. We are responsible for facilitating cycle training sessions in the borough. 

Sustainable Transport Team
Neighbourhoods and Environment

If you have questions regarding this service or our privacy practices, you can contact us by e-mail or in writing at the address below:

Information about you is collected by the cycle training provider (Cycling Instructor Ltd), they are a third party who supply, organise, and deliver cycle training sessions in Waltham Forest. 

For detailed information on the personal data held by the Cycling Instructor Ltd, please see their respective privacy notice below:

The Sustainable Transport Team (Waltham Forest Council) only holds anonymised data on participants of cycle training sessions in Waltham Forest, collated and shared by Cycling Instructor Ltd. This includes:

1. Age, school year, gender, ethnicity, special educational needs and disability status, and pupil premium status and frequency participant currently cycles.
2. Level of cycle training completed and cycling ability.

We are facilitating the delivery of cycle training sessions in Waltham Forest to encourage residents to cycle confidently and safely in the borough.

For details of the reasons why Cycling Instructor Ltd process your personal data, please see their privacy notices below:

The Council only holds anonymised data.

Anonymised data is processed to:

1. Analyse the reach of cycle training initiatives and better understand whether participants reflect the borough's residents.
2. Understand the outcomes of a cycle training session.

Anonymised data is also processed for:

• Reporting to The Bikeability Trust and Transport for London – requirement of the funder to demonstrate that the funding they are providing is being used beneficially and reflects the demographics of England.
• Future opportunities – data can be used to highlight and measure the success of the cycle training programme and how it can be developed and delivered in the future.

Consent - participants are asked to complete and sign a consent form prior to starting their cycle training session.

Note – participants under 13 parental consent is obtained (parents/carers are required to complete and sign a consent form prior to their child starting their cycle training session).

This is undertaken by the delivery partner of cycle training sessions.

For more details on the Lawful Basis see the ICO guidance 

Anonymised data is shared with The Bikeability Trust and Transport for London – requirement of the funder to demonstrate that funding they are providing is being used beneficially and reflects the demographics of England.

Data is kept for one year in case there are any queries relating to the participants by the cycle training delivery partner and then deleted from the database after one year.

Anonymised data is kept for as long as it is required by the Council, Bikeability Trust and Transport for London, as no personal data is being stored.