Data Protection and Detection of Fraud
GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 - Under Data Protection regulations (GDPR) Coventry City Council needs to inform you of the reasons why we are capturing your data and what we will do with your data. Any personal data collected and/or processed under this policy/procedure will be dealt with in accordance with Data Protection Legislation and the Council’s Data Protection Policy. Data is held securely and accessed by, and disclosed to, only individuals where relevant to this policy/procedure.
Data Protection Privacy Statement – Issue of various permits, dispensations and waivers. In order to deliver services to the residents and communities in Coventry, it is necessary for the Council to collect, gather and process personal data about residents, staff and other individuals. Coventry City Council is committed to protecting your personal data when you use its services and/or correspond with it. The Council has registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office. This registration can be viewed on the ICO website (Registration Number Z6007528).
As a Data Controller, the Council sets out the purposes and methods for processing information and ensures safeguards over any personal and special category information it processes.
The sections below explain the arrangements we have in place to protect the information entrusted to the Council.
- In relation to Issue of various permits, dispensations and waivers, Coventry City Council will process your personal data for the following processing purposes: Processing applications for permits, dispensations and waivers. It is processing this personal data by virtue of the following Lawful Basis: Consent of the data subject
- Personal data provided for issue of various permits, dispensations and waivers may be shared with, or obtained from the following organisations (in addition to any other disclosure required by a Court of Law or in response to a valid request by, normally, a law enforcement agency: We may share data between services within the Council so that we can keep our information on you as up to date as possible and so that we can improve our services to the customer. We sometimes need to share information with other organisations such as Police, Courts and Tribunals and Debt Collection Agencies.
- The processing of your personal data will be restricted in time to: Personal data and private information are kept in a form which permits identification for no longer than necessary. The data and information are no longer retained once the purpose for processing has been fulfilled.
- We will share data with the Cabinet Office (who is a government department) - for the purposes of a data matching exercise called the National Fraud Initiative. The purpose of the exercise is to detect fraud and error. The Council is legally required to participate in this exercise. More information on the National Fraud Initiative.
Your personal data will be held by/for the Council within the UK or the EU. We have a range of measures to protect the personal data you provide. These include: cyber security; physical security of the Council’s buildings and training on Data Protection for staff. Coventry City Council is the Data Controller processing your information, who can be contacted as follows:
You have the right to submit a complaint if you are unhappy with the way your request is handled or disagree with a decision made by the Council regarding your data. In these circumstances you can contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO), Adrian West and request a review of the decision. DPOTeam@coventry.gov.uk
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome from the DPO you may wish to apply to the Information Commissioner's Officer at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.