GDPR for Construction Companies
Practical GDPR support for contractors, subcontractors and construction firms, covering workforce, site and client data across every stage of a project.
GDPR for Construction Firms
Construction firms handle more personal data than many expect, from workforce records, right-to-work checks and training cards to site CCTV, access control and health and safety reports. We help construction firms understand their GDPR obligations and build practical processes around the data they collect on site and in the office.
That includes clear privacy information for employees, agency workers and subcontractors, a lawful basis for any monitoring, and sensible retention periods once a project or contract ends.
Our services for construction companies
In construction, personal data moves quickly between sites, offices and supply chains, and much of it is collected by people whose main job is building, not paperwork. We provide data protection compliance consulting tailored to those realities, combining expert-level knowledge of data protection law with practical, sector-aware advice on policy, training, incident management and regulatory risk. Whether you need a compliance framework built from scratch or an existing one reviewed and strengthened, we help construction companies meet their obligations with confidence and put data protection into practice.
Construction Data Protection in Practice
Projects involve many parties, including main contractors, subcontractors, labour agencies, consultants and clients. Our GDPR construction support helps you map where personal data goes, agree who is responsible for what and put appropriate contracts and checks in place across your supply chain.
We can also help when clients, including public sector bodies, ask about your data protection arrangements during tenders and supplier checks, so you can answer with evidence rather than assurances.
Practical Privacy on Site and in the Office
Data protection works best when it fits how your sites and teams actually operate. We help construction firms set out clear responsibilities, respond to subject access requests from employees and former workers, and train site and office staff on everyday issues such as sign-in sheets, shared devices and photographs taken on site.
The result is a compliance framework your team can follow without slowing down the project.
Site Monitoring and Access Control
CCTV, biometric site access, vehicle telematics and drone surveys can all capture personal data. We help you assess the risks, carry out DPIAs where needed and give people clear information about how monitoring works.
Workforce and Health and Safety Records
Right-to-work checks, training and competency records, accident reports and occupational health information need careful handling. We help you collect only what you need, protect it properly and delete it on a schedule you can explain.
DPIAs for a global construction company
A global construction company needed several data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) to understand the risks of its processing. Our team worked with stakeholders across the business to complete them and identify the risks, giving the company a clear basis for finding its compliance gaps and planning the work to close them.
Read more →GDPR for Construction Companies FAQs
GDPR for construction companies covers how firms collect, use, share and retain personal data about employees, agency workers, subcontractors, clients and members of the public, including site access records, CCTV footage, health and safety information and training records.
Often, yes. A data protection impact assessment is required where processing is likely to result in a high risk to individuals, and biometric access control and systematic monitoring of workers are common examples. A DPIA helps you show the monitoring is necessary and proportionate, and that less intrusive options were considered.
Why organisations choose us
Senior expertise
You work directly with an experienced data protection consultant, not a junior team. The person who scopes your project is the person who delivers it.
Clear communication
We explain what the law requires, what it means for you and what to do next, in plain English.
Practical, proportionate advice
We focus on what matters for your organisation: risk-based recommendations and documents your team will actually use.
Tailored to your organisation
We shape our work around your size, sector, systems and appetite for risk.
Not sure this is the right place to start?
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