Personal and special category data
Under data protection law, the council can only process your personal and special category data if it is lawful to do so. We will usually be allowed to use your information because we are complying with a specific public task, or because the service we are providing is set out in law, however, there may be other reasons.
To find out which legal bases different services rely on when processing your personal data, please see the service specific privacy notices which are listed at the bottom of this page.
Criminal offence data – general processing
Some services also processes criminal offence data which may include:
- Information about any criminal record or criminal history
- Allegations of criminal behaviour, including unproven allegations
- Absences of convictions, for example the results of DBS checks, or Police National Computer checks
- Personal data of victims and/or witnesses
- Personal data about criminal penalties that may have been awarded.
To find out more about whether a service is processing criminal offence data, and which lawful bases they are relying on, please see the relevant service specific privacy notice listed at the bottom of this page.
Law enforcement purposes
Some services process personal and special category data for law enforcement purposes. To make sure that this processing is lawful, the relevant services are competent authorities for the purposes of Part 3 of the DPA 2018 and they process personal data to prevent, investigate, and prosecute criminal activities, or exercise criminal penalties
To find out more about whether a service is processing personal data for law enforcement purposes, and which lawful bases they are relying on, please see the relevant service specific privacy notice listed at the bottom of this page.