Communications, Democratic Services and Mayor's Office privacy notice

Service privacy notice

Your information may be used under legal obligation or for public tasks in accordance with a number of acts, including but not limited to:

  • The Local Government Acts 1972 and 2000
  • The Localism Act 2011
  • The Civil Contingencies Act 2004
  • The Equality Act 2010
  • Town Police Clauses Act 1847
  • The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)

Your information may be used for the following purposes:

  • Statutory requirements such as reporting to government
  • Service delivery and improvement
  • Regulatory functions
  • Prevention and detection of crime
  • Financial transactions 
  • Research including consultations
  • Emergency management 
  • Communications and marketing: with consent, for direct marketing and consultations
  • Equalities requirements
  • Invitations to civic events
  • Responding to requests from the public
  • Consultation on events

Your information may be shared with the following third parties:

  • Judicial agencies such as courts
  • Police
  • Local resilience forum
  • Elected members and MPs (as your representative)
  • Contractors providing IT services
  • The emergency services and highways authority 

We will only share the data with third parties if we are required by law to do so. We will not sell your data or use it for marketing purposes without your consent. We will keep your personal data for as long as required to do so under relevant legislation or in accordance with our operational requirements.

You have the rights to access the data we process about you under the DPA 2018; and you should contact the council to exercise this right. You also have the right to ask for your data to be erased, restricted or made portable in certain circumstances.

Please note that not all of these rights apply to all processing. Your information will be processed in accordance with current Data Protection legislation. Please contact the information Governance Officer on 0116 2727558 should you have any questions regarding your rights or records retention.

For independent advice about data protection, privacy and data sharing issues, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a national rate number.
Alternatively, visit ICO or email casework@ico.org.uk

Last updated: 22/02/2024 15:21