Website Terms and Conditions
By accessing and using this PowerNow platform website, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms governing the use of the PowerNow platform as set out in the PowerNow Energy Monitoring Services Agreement.

If you have not entered into a PowerNow Energy Monitoring Services Agreement with EDF Energy, you may not use this website.

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Session

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Customers Privacy Notice

EDF Energy respects your privacy and values the trust you place in us when you share your personal information with us. This policy sets out how we, as data controller, collect and use your personal information why we use it, with whom we share it, the rights to which you may be entitled and your choices about our use of your personal information, that may arise from you buying and using our products and services.

This policy will be changed from time to time but if we change anything important about this policy (the information we collect, how we use it or why) we will highlight those changes at the top of the policy and provide a prominent link to it for a reasonable length of time following the change.

If you have any questions or need any further clarity please get in touch with our Data Protection Officer: dpo@edfenergy.com or 90 Whitfield Street, London WIT 4EZ

Summary
We collect certain types of information from, or about, you throughout our interaction with you, third party service providers or publicly available sources. This information often consists of things like your name, address, and contact details, but can also include consumption data and metering information. We use this information for the activities we have listed in the table below, including in order for us to provide our services; comply with legal and regulatory obligations; for marketing and reporting purposes; prevention of fraud and investigation of complaints.

 

What we collect

This category of information we collect about you includes:

How we use it

We use this information for certain activities, including to:

Why we use it

We use this information because:

Information that you give us in order for us to set up and manage your account:
  • Your contact details including: your name, address, email address;
  • The product purchased;
  • Your username;
  • Your password;
  • Consumption data and metering information.
  • Provide our products and services;
  • Reporting and account management;
  • To tell you about the different services we could offer you.
  • It’s necessary to perform the contract; 
  • We have a legitimate business interest to:
  • ensure that we can onboard you as a customer and manage your account throughout;
  • tell you about the various products and services we can offer 
Information about the way you use our services:
  • Details on products or services we have provided or you’ve purchased;
  • When and where you made these purchases;
  • What you paid for them and how you paid;
  • Whether you’ve opened electronic communications from us;
  • Whether you’ve clicked on links in electronic communications from us;
  • How you use our website;
  • Your meter installations, usage and other metering information such as MPANs;
  • Marketing preferences;
  • Marketing information (previous communication data; transaction history);
  • Information you send us when you register your interest in a product/service/trial or take part in competitions/innovations.
  • Develop new services;
  • Improve our services;
  • Identify EDF Energy and related third party’s products, services and marketing of these that may be of interest to you; 
  • Personalise our service of things you’re interested in and how you use our services;
  • Statistical analysis, research, and reporting; 
  • Help to train our staff;
  • Take part in government or industry initiatives;
  • Test computer systems;
  • Keep a record of the information which you have been provided;
  • Calculate consumption
  • Answer any issues or concerns;
  • Monitor customer communications for quality and training purposes;
  • Develop new services; 
  • Improve our services;
  • Personalise our service;
  • Deal with any complaints;
  • Assist with fraud investigations.

We have a legitimate business interest to:

  • improve our services and better understand how our customers use them;
  •  It is necessary to perform the contract;
  • In addition to the above, where we have obtained your consent to use the data in this explicit way, then we can rely on that consent.
Information we collect from third party partners and corporate customers which could include:
  • Energy consumption breakdown up to an asset level

A list of these entities can be found here

To provide you the PowerNow monitoring serviceIt’s necessary to perform the contract; 
Information when you communicate with us whether in person, through our website or via email, over the phone, through social media or via any another medium, including: 
  • Your contact details;
  • The details of your communications with us;
  • The details of our messages to you; 
  • Your marketing preferences;
  • Marketing information; 
Metering information.
  • Answer any issues or concerns;
  • Monitor customer communications for quality and training purposes;
  • Develop new services; 
  • Improve our services;
  • Personalise our service;
  • Deal with any complaints;
  • Assist with fraud investigations.

We have a legitimate business interest in:

  • understanding customer feedback and in responding to customer communications in a consistent manner;
  • ensuring that we are better able to personalise our offers to you;
  • It is necessary to perform the contract;
  • In addition to the above, where we have obtained your consent to use the data in this explicit way, then we can rely on that consent.
Information that we collect incidentally from other sources or public sources, including: 
  • Information presented on our social media or wider media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter;
  • Information collected by security systems;
  • Information provided by Citizens Advice, the Energy Ombudsman or solicitors;
  • Information relating to energy consumption 
  • Maintain market awareness;
  • Build and maintain social media branding, and our Branding in general;
  • Deal with complaints received;
  • Address subject access requests;
  • Check and confirm validity and maintain accuracy of data we hold in our systems about you or premises we supply;

We have a legitimate business interest in:

  • providing security over our business; 
  • maintaining a public profile within the media; 
  • resolving customer’s complaints;
  • maintaining the accuracy of data we hold; 
  • In addition to the above, where we have obtained your consent to use the data in this explicit way, then we can rely on that consent.

 

Information we share

There are certain circumstances where we may transfer your personal data to employees, contractors and to other third parties Some examples of when your personal information is transferred to other third party organisations are as follows:

  • We may share information about you with other members of our group of companies so that we can provide the best service across our group. They are bound to keep your information in accordance with this Privacy Notice;
  • We may also share your information with certain contractors, service providers or advisors and they may process your personal data for us. They are always required to meet our standards on processing information and security. The information we provide them, including your information, will only be provided in connection with the performance of their function. A list of these entities can be found here.
  • If we're discussing selling or transferring part or all of our business – the information may be transferred to prospective purchasers under suitable terms as to confidentiality – or if sold, to buyers who can continue to provide services to you;
  • If we're required to by law, or under any regulatory code or practice we follow, or if we are asked by any public or regulatory authority – for example the Police; OFGEM or BEIS – or to defend any legal claims.
  • Your personal data may be shared if it is made anonymous and aggregated, as in such circumstances the information will cease to be personal data.

 

Where your information will be held

When we share your information, your information will be transferred within the European Economic Area.

When you provide us with this information you are consenting that we may collect and use it in the way we've set out.

We will keep your information for as long as it is reasonably necessary. It will depend on factors such as whether you've still got an active account or any outstanding debt with us or have interacted with recent offers. We will retain and use your registration information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We will only transfer data to jurisdictions outside the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where the appropriate safeguards set out in the GDPR are in place.

 

Your rights

You may have certain rights in relation to your information including a right to access or to correct the information we hold on you. Some of these rights will only apply in certain circumstances however, such as the right to be forgotten or the right to request that we move your information to another company. They will generally not be available if there are outstanding contracts between us, if we are required by law to keep the information or if the information is relevant to a legal dispute. If you would like to exercise, or discuss, any of these rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer.

 

Security and accuracy

We are committed to keeping your personal information safe. We've got physical, technical and administrative measures in place to prevent unauthorised access or use of your information and we ensure that we comply with our own internal security policies. We also require that our suppliers protect such information from unauthorised access use and disclosure.

We will also routinely refresh our information to ensure we keep it up-to-date.