GDPR Privacy Statement
1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
Test Valley Borough Council (‘the Council’) is a Public Authority. The Council is responsible for many functions of a public nature and as such, it is necessary for the Council to collect and process personal data about a large number of individuals. Some information may be provided directly by you, some information may be provided by third parties about you. Some information we process may be shared with third parties. The Council is committed to complying with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Below the Council has set out information the GDPR requires the Council to comply with and make available to you.
This privacy notice aims to give you information on how the Council collects and processes your personal data through your contact with the Council in person, over the phone, in writing (including email) and via the use of our website(s), including any data you may provide through the website(s) when you contact us.
In relation to our websites, they are not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children directly from children.
It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.
CONTROLLER
TEST VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as ”the Council’, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice).
We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPO using the details set out below.
CONTACT DETAILS
Our full details are:
Full name of legal entity: Karen Dunn
Name or title of DPO: Head of Legal Services
Email address: DPO@testvalley.gov.uk
Postal address: BEECH HURST, WEYHILL ROAD, ANDOVER, SP10 3AJ
Telephone number: 01264 368000
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
If viewing this notice on-line, this website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.