About us: Great Yarmouth Borough Council (the Council), Town Hall, Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2QF, 01493 856100, is the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the UK General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR).
How we use your data: We will use your personal information for the purposes of the provision of management of Social Housing. The processing of this information is necessary for the Council to undertake a public task as defined under Article 6(1)(e) of the Act, ie the processing is necessary for the Council to perform a task in the public interest or for its official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law, in this case the Housing Act 1985 (as amended). Where you have an identified specific medical condition or health need, this data is processed under Article 9(2)(b).
Data Sharing: Your data will be used for this specific purpose although your details will be shared between Council departments and where required, approved external contractors that we engage to maintain/repair your property. Data will also be shared with utility companies and other agencies where there is lawful authority to do so. We will also always use or share information for the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
Your information will be kept strictly confidential and will be stored in a secure, password-protected database/spreadsheet on the Council's computer system.
How long we hold your data: Your personal information will be kept for six years after date of termination of your tenancy, after which time it will be securely destroyed. We will only use your data within the terms of data protection laws. We will review dates for keeping personal data in the future and if necessary update these privacy notices.
Your rights: You have a number or rights available to you, including the potential right to see copies of all the data held about you, to ask for it to be corrected or deleted, to request the Council to restrict what it does with your data in certain circumstances, to object to what the Council may do with your data, and to data portability.
Please note that these rights are not absolute and there are circumstances where they do not apply or the Council may override these rights, however, if this is the case you will be informed of this.
Further information: If you want more information you can review the Council's data protection policy or contact the Council's Data Protection Officer by email to [email protected] or telephone the Council on 01493 846325 and ask to speak to the Data Protection Officer.
If you are unhappy with the way your personal information is being used, you have the right to raise a complaint with the Council. You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.
