Legal privacy notice

Legal obligation under various UK laws including but not limited to:

The reasons we use your data

  • equality monitoring
  • to manage legal cases
  • to monitor Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIPA) authorisations
  • to provide a land charges service

Why we are allowed to use your data

Legal obligation under various UK laws including but not limited to:

  • The Equality Act 2010
  • the following areas of law / common law:
  • Adult Social Care
  • childcare
  • employment
  • education
  • litigation
  • commercial
  • property
  • planning
  • highways
  • environmental
  • Local Government
  • coronial
  • judicial review
  • The Local Land Charges Act of 1975 and Rules of 1977
  • The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Who we can share your data with

  • National Regulators. For example, Information Commissioner’s Office and Investigatory Powers Commissioner
  • contractors providing IT services
  • debt collectors
  • elected members and MPs (as your representative)
  • expert witnesses
  • Land Registry
  • legal representatives of other parties
  • local archives office
  • other public authorities. For example, schools, NHS, councils, government departments, HMRC, DWP and Immigration
  • the courts, judges, Crown Prosecution Service and employment tribunals
  • Police and other crime enforcement agencies
  • Union representatives (with consent)

Changes to this privacy notice

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 12 February 2019.

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