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Housing Privacy Notice

Housing Privacy Notice

This page explains why we hold information about you and who is responsible for the information.

Data Controller

Your personal information will be processed by Clackmannanshire Council, Kilncraigs, Greenside Street, Alloa FK10 1EB. Our data protection statement is available to refer to.

You can contact the Council on 01259 450000 or email: dpo@clacks.gov.uk.

Purpose 

Your information is being collected to use for the following purposes: 

  • Provide required and/or requested services.
  • Process applications for social housing.
  • Manage social housing tenancies, including processing of rent, payment, understanding of repairs and provision of tenants support.
  • Provision of temporary accommodation, advice and support to homelessness applicants.
  • Create statistics and management reports to measure performance and use this anonymised data to improve the provided services.

Legal basis for collecting the information about you

  • Consent
  • Performance of a contract
  • Legal obligation
  • Vital interests
  • Task carried out in the public interest

Where the legal basis for processing is either performance of a contract or legal obligation, the consequences of failure to provide the information may result in the Council not being able to carry out or perform the required and/or requested services.

Information sharing

Who can we share your information with?
  • Services across the Council
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Health
  • Police
  • Fire and Rescue
Where is the information held?

We do not transfer data outside UK.

Retention 

The Council has a list of how long information is kept for known as a Retention Schedule. If you want to see more information on this you can ask the Data Protection Officer.   

Automated decision making

The Council will only make decisions about you which involve relevant and appropriate people, including yourself.  

Your rights
  • to withdraw consent at any time, where the legal basis specified above is consent; 
  • to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office; 
  • to request access to your personal data; 
  • to data portability, where the Legal basis specified above is i) consent or ii) performance of a contract; 
  • to request rectification or erasure of your personal data, as so far as the legislation permits.

​If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer on 01259 450000 or email: dpo@clacks.gov.uk.

Right to complain

If you are unhappy with the way the Council has processed your personal data you have the right to complain. Any complaints regarding your data should be addressed to the Data Protection Officer.

If the matter is not resolved, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office.