Privacy Policy for PlymouthTogether.org
About this notice
This notice applies to the activities of Plymouth City Council as owners of PlymouthTogether.org (also referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice) in its capacity as data controller as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).
Plymouth City Council is committed to ensuring that your personal data are kept safe and handled in compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This privacy notice sets out how Plymouth City Council collects and uses your data. We ask that you read it carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal data, your rights in relation to your personal data and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.
It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you. This privacy policy supplements any other notices and is not intended to override them.
The personal data we collect and use
Information collected by us
We may collect and process the following personal data:
The purposes for which we use your information
This data allows Plymouth City Council to:
Communicate with you about the activities of PlymouthTogether.org
Who else do we share your personal data with?
Your data is not shared with any third parties or any council departments not related to the activates of PlymouthTogether.org
Your personal data rights
You may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
To exercise any of the above rights, or if you have any questions relating to your rights, please contact us at PlymouthTogether.org. We may require evidence of your identity before we are able to complete your request.
What can I do if I have concerns about my personal data?
We hope we can help clarify and resolve any issues we have with you directly, however you also have a legal right to raise a complaint with the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office). If you wish to find out more about how you can go about doing this you can visit https://ico.org.uk/.
Keeping your personal data secure
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for and/or for as long as we are legally require to hold data in order to fulfil our statutory obligations.
We have put in appropriate procedures and policies in place to ensure your data are not accidentally lost, stolen or used without the permission of Plymouth City Council. We limit the number of employees and contractors who have access to your data to ensure there is a reduction in the points your data are transferred. This means that they are not permitted to process data for their own purposes or gain and are only using your data to undertake specific functions as set out in this arrangement with Plymouth City Council.
How to contact us
If you wish to know more about the privacy policy or wish to find out more on how we can protect your data then please contact us via plymouthtogether@plymouth.gov.uk or write to us at Plymouth City Council, Plymouth, PL1 3BJ