West Kingsdown Parish Council
(the ‘Council’)
Privacy Notice
This privacy notice is published in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
which formally comes into effect on the 25 th May 2018. This notice provides general information on the
way in which the personal information you provide is managed and processed by West Kingsdown
Parish Council (the ‘data controller’). Depending on which Council services you use, you may be asked
to review more detailed privacy notices specific to that service.
The Data Controller and Contact Details
West Kingsdown Parish Council is the Data Controller for the personal data you provide to the Council.
The contact details for you to exercise any of your data protection rights or to raise any concerns you
may have regarding your personal data are:
The Clerk, West Kingsdown Parish Council, The Pavilion, London Road, West Kingsdown TN15 6BZ
Email: wkpclerk@gmail.com or by telephone to: 01474 853286
Information we collect about you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information provided voluntarily by you. For example, when you request for information, apply for a
particular service or make a comment or complaint
Information that you provide when you communicate with us by any means such as email, letter or
telephone call
Information collected using cookies on your computer about how you browse our website
Use of Your Personal Data
The information you have provided to the Council will be used by the Council in adherence with its
statutory obligations, including legal action if required.
The Council is legally able to process your personal data:
when you have freely and explicitly provided your consent to this processing or
when the Council has a statutory duty to collect and process this information to provide the required
service or undertake a statutory function
when your personal data forms part of a contract between you and the Council
The consequence of you not providing personal information to the Council is that the Council will be
unable to process your enquiry, application or otherwise communicate with you.
Sharing of Personal Data
The personal information you provide will not be shared for any other purpose unless required by law,
to prevent or detect crime or to protect public funds.
Additionally the Council must make public certain details in the form of a public register where it has a
statutory obligation to do so.
The categories of organisations we may share your personal information with are:
Statutory and other public bodies.
Protecting Your Personal Data
Your unpublished personal data will be kept secure by the Council and will be kept within the European
Economic Union (EEU). Where the Council uses a third party to store your personal data and it is stored
outside of the UK/EEU, the Council will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to keep your
personal data secure.
Keeping Your Personal Data
The Council will keep your personal data in accordance with the Council’s retention policy, unless you
explicitly request it to be removed. This right to have your data removed is not an absolute right, for
example, we will need to retain your data if this information forms part of a statutory or legal
obligation, public registry or an existing contract.
Further details of our retention periods can be viewed at 5 years
What are cookies?
Our website puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how
you browse the Council’s site. Cookies are used to:
measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
recognise the browser you use
track new and returning users
You can disable cookies but this may have an impact on your experience when using the Council’s
website.
Find out more about the cookies we use on this website
Find out more about how to manage cookies from your browser
Advice on cookies from the Information Commissioner's Office
Your responsibilities
Only provide personal information pertinent to its intended use or for the purpose of processing a
claim, application or notification for statutory requirements.
Tell us as soon as possible if any of the personal information you have provided has changed, e.g.
your address or other contact details.
Your Rights
There are a number of rights that you may exercise depending on the legal basis for processing your
personal data. In most cases, these rights are not absolute and there may be compelling or overriding
legal reasons why the Council cannot meet these rights in full. This will be explained to you in more
detail should you contact the Council for any of the reasons detailed below:
request a copy of the personal information the Council holds about you;
to have any inaccuracies corrected;
to have your personal data erased;
to place a restriction on the Council’s processing of your data;
to object to processing; and
to request your data to be ported (data portability).
Where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, in most circumstances you have
the right to withdraw that consent at any time and the Council will act on your instructions.
If you have any concerns about how we process your personal data or wish to discuss how to exercise
your rights, you should contact the Clerk using the contact details above.
Alternatively, you may wish to complain directly to the Information Commissioners Office. You can do
this by writing to them at:
Information Commissioners’ Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113.
Or you can report a concern at the following link: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/