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West Devon Borough Council takes your privacy seriously.
We will use your information in order to administer the collection of Council Tax in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 1992. This notice sets out what we will do with your personal information and who we may share it with in respect of the above.
We collect the following information:
Relevant personal data will be collected:
Your personal data will be used in the following ways:
Your personal data is processed under the following legal bases:
We may share personal data with other departments within the Council and external organisations in the following circumstances:
Data may be passed to third parties, including Government Departments, other local authorities and private sector companies, including those that assist us in fraud detection and prevention. This includes credit reference agencies and data matching via the National Fraud Initiative.
The personal information you provide will not be used for any other purpose, unless required by law, to prevent or detect crime or to protect public funds.
Your personal data may be converted (‘anonymised’) into statistical or aggregated data in such a way that ensures that you cannot be identified from it.
We will never sell your data to anyone else.
Your data will not be transferred outside of the EU. It will be securely stored electronically within the UK only, unless it was necessary for safeguarding or for the prevention and detection of crime.
We will retain personal data for six years from when the record was created where it is required for the collection and administration of Council Tax and will delete or destroy it at the end of that period.
You have a number of rights under the General Data Protection Regulations. These can be found on the ICO Website
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please Email.
The Data Controller for information you provide for Council Tax purposes is:
West Devon Borough Council
Kilworthy Park
Drake Road
Tavistock
PL19 0BZ
Your personal information may be provided to other organisations for processing in relation to this service. The Council has strict agreements with all Data Processors to ensure your information is protected. The Data Processors for information provided for Council Tax purposes are:
The Council has a duty to appoint a Data Protection Officer. The Council's nominated Data Protection Officer is Drew Powell.
If you have any queries about our privacy notices or would like to exercise your rights or make a complaint, please contact the Data Protection Officer:
If you are not happy with how we have handled your complaint, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner's Office. You can raise concerns about how we have processed your information or how we have responded to your request to exercise any of your rights.