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Animal and Plant Health Agency privacy notices

Find out how the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) handles your personal data.

Updates to this page

From:
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published:
2 November 2022
Last updated:
5 June 2026
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  1. Added the Northern Ireland pet travel scheme privacy notice.

  2. Added a link to the 'Report dead wild birds privacy notice'.

  3. We have added the Contact APHA privacy notice.

  4. Updated the Dealing in an exempted ivory item privacy notice.

  5. We have published the Dealing in an exempted ivory item privacy notice.

  6. Removed attachment to the 'APHA employees, workers and contractors UK privacy notice'. This has been superseded by the 'Defra employee and contractor privacy notice'.

  7. Added the Egg Marketing Inspectorate privacy notice.

  8. Added Welsh translation for 'Registration of livestock and captive bird keepers privacy notice' – 'Hysbysiad preifatrwydd ar gyfer cofrestru ceidwaid da byw ac adar caeth'.

  9. Added The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: Annex A - gifting declaration privacy notice in Welsh.

  10. Added privacy notice for pet travel in Welsh.

  11. Updated the Registration of livestock and captive bird keepers privacy notice

  12. Added The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: Annex A - gifting declaration privacy notice

  13. Updated the APHA employees, workers and contractors UK privacy notice.

  14. Added the following privacy notices: 'official veterinarians, animal health paraprofessionals and food competent certification officers under investigation', 'witnesses in respect of investigations into the conduct of official veterinarians, animal health paraprofessionals and food competent certification officers' and 'routine processing of personal data in respect of official veterinarians, animal health paraprofessionals and food competent certification officers'. Also added the Welsh translations.

  15. Updated the Welsh version of ‘Exotic, notifiable and reportable diseases privacy notice’.

  16. Updated the Welsh version of ‘Variety and seeds privacy notice’

  17. Amended attachment for Registration of livestock keepers privacy notice.

  18. Added the pet travel scheme privacy notice in Welsh.

  19. Added pet travel scheme privacy notice.

  20. 2 privacy notices have been updated to clarify what personal data is collected. They are: 'Variety and seeds' and 'Exotic, notifiable and reportable diseases'.

  21. Updated 3 privacy notices: Animal health and welfare, Animal by-products, and Plant biosecurity, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) inspections and alien and invasive species.

  22. The following privacy notices have been updated: Trade surveillance and diagnostic laboratory testing, One Health, National Wildlife Management Centre, Endemic disease, APHA international trade, National Bee Unit – statutory bee health programme, Groupage export facilitation scheme membership, Bird flu helpline.

  23. Added the Animal and Plant Health Agency privacy notice in Welsh.

  24. Added Welsh translation for 'Bird flu helpline privacy notice'.

  25. Added the privacy notice for the bird flu helpline.

  26. Added groupage export facilitation scheme membership privacy notice.

  27. Added the latest version of the Animal and Plant Health Agency privacy notice.

  28. Added 2 privacy notices to the Welsh page.

  29. Added privacy notices to the English and Welsh pages.

  30. Added 2 privacy notices to the English page. Added a Welsh language page with 7 privacy notices.

  31. Added 6 privacy notices.

  32. Added 3 privacy notices (endemic disease, APHA international trade and National Bee Unit - statutory bee health programme).

  33. First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Animal and Plant Health Agency privacy notice

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Animal by-products privacy notice

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Animal health and welfare privacy notice

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APHA international trade privacy notice

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Application for approved importer status for the commercial importation into England of cats, dogs and ferrets originating in or dispatched from Belarus, Poland, Romania and Ukraine - privacy notice

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Bird flu helpline privacy notice

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Dealing in an exempted ivory item privacy notice

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Egg Marketing Inspectorate privacy notice

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Employee and contractor privacy notice (Defra and executive agencies)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defra-employee-and-contractor-privacy-notice

Endemic disease privacy notice

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Exotic, notifiable and reportable diseases privacy notice

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Groupage export facilitation scheme membership privacy notice

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National Bee Unit – statutory bee health programme privacy notice

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National Wildlife Management Centre privacy notice

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Northern Ireland pet travel scheme privacy notice

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Official veterinarians, animal health paraprofessionals and food competent certification officers under investigation – privacy notice

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One Health privacy notice

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Pet travel scheme privacy notice

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Plant biosecurity, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) inspections and alien and invasive species: privacy notice

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Registration of livestock and captive bird keepers privacy notice

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Routine processing of personal data in respect of official veterinarians, animal health paraprofessionals and food competent certification officers – privacy notice

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: Annex A - gifting declaration privacy notice

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Trade surveillance and diagnostic laboratory testing privacy notice

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Variety and seeds privacy notice

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Witnesses in respect of investigations into the conduct of official veterinarians, animal health paraprofessionals and food competent certification officers – privacy notice

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Get help with animal and plant health privacy notice

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Report dead wild birds: privacy notice

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-dead-wild-birds-privacy-notice

Details

These notices set out how Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) collects, uses and stores your personal information when you use its online services.

APHA’s personal information charter explains more about your rights over your personal data.

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