Corscombe, Halstock & District Parish Council
Data Protection and Privacy Notice
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) is part of the data protection landscape that includes the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA 2018). The UK GDPR sets out requirements for how organisations need to handle personal data.
Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and transparently; collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes; be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for processing; be accurate and kept up to date; be kept only for as long as is necessary for processing and be processed in a manner that ensures its security.
Corscombe, Halstock & District Parish Council will be referred to as the ‘Controller’ of the personal data you provide to us. We will only collect basic data which does not include any special types of information or location-based information. This can however include name, address, email, phone number.
Why we collect your data
We need to know basic data in order to provide a service. We will not collect any personal data from you we do not need in order to provide and oversee this service to you.
What we may do with your data
All the personal data we process is processed by our officers for the purpose of Parish Council business. This information is located on the Parish Clerks computer, hard copy or passed onto the relevant County authorities.
We have a Data Protection regime in place to oversee the effective and secure processing of your personal data.
How long we keep your data
We are required under UK law to keep some of your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed if it is no longer needed.
What are your rights
If you believe the information we may have is inaccurate then you can request to see this information and ask to have it corrected or deleted. If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us (CHparishclerk@gmail.com) and request that we investigate If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your data improperly then you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office https://ico.org.uk/