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The Corporation of Trinity House ("Trinity House") is the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar pursuant to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (as amended). It maintains over 80 lighthouses and beacons, 9 Light Vessels, over 400 buoys and radar and radio aids to navigation including the UK Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), a satellite based positioning system.
Trinity House is one of the three members of the General Lighthouse Authorities of, including the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), and the Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL), who perform similar duties in Scotland and Ireland respectively.
The GLAs¿ primary responsibilities are set out in Parts VIII and IX of the UK Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and in the case of CIL¿s statutory undertaking in respect of the Republic of Ireland, Part XI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wrecks) Act 1993. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
¿ Provision of aids to navigation for general navigation
¿ Superintendence and management of all aids to navigation within their respective areas
¿ Marking, removal and/or dispersal of wrecks considered to be a danger to navigation outside harbour areas.
The joint mission of the GLAs is:
"To deliver a reliable, efficient and cost effective Aids-to-Navigation service for the benefit and safety of all mariners."
Trinity House currently employs around 300 people, at sites in Harwich (Essex), Tower Hill (London), Swansea and St Just, as well as on our three buoy maintenance vessels, THV Patricia, THV Galatea and THV Alert. A 24/7 Control Centre is operated from site in Harwich.
For more information on Trinity House and the General Lighthouse Authorities for the United Kingdom and Ireland, please visit: www.trinityhouse.co.uk
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The Corporation of Trinity House collects and processes Personal Data for the Lawful Purpose of fulfilling our responsibilities as the appointed General Lighthouse Authority for our area of responsibility under Section 193 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (as amended).
We understand that our employees, customers and other third parties are entitled to know that their personal data is processed lawfully, within their rights, not used for any purpose unintended by them, and will not accidentally fall into the hands of a third party.
Our policy covering our approach to Data Protection complies with UK law accordingly implemented, including that required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016), and can be accessed via our Privacy Notice and Legal Notice listed on our website (www.trinityhouse.co.uk)
https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/legal-not
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