Your rights
The right of access to your information
You have the right to access any personal information that the Council processes about you and to request information about:
- What personal data we hold about you
- The purposes of the processing
- The categories of personal data concerned
- The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
- How long we intend to store your personal data for
- If we did not collect the data directly from you, information about the source.
You can send a request to access your information by completing this form or by emailing InformationRightsTeam@newham.gov.uk
Right to be informed
This general privacy notice is an example of how we keep you informed. The right to be informed under the UK GDPR tells us that we must be transparent in telling you what we do with your personal data. This is referred to as ‘privacy information’ in articles 13 and 14 of UK GDPR.
The right to have inaccurate data corrected (Right of rectification)
If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to update/correct it as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.
You should let us know if you disagree with something written on your file.
We may not always be able to change or remove that information but we’ll correct factual inaccuracies and may include your comments in the record to show that you disagree with it.
The right to erasure (or be forgotten)
Under Article 17 of the UK GDPR individuals have the right to have personal data erased. This is also known as the ‘right to be forgotten
In some circumstances you can ask for your personal information to be deleted, for example:
- Where your personal information is no longer needed for the reason why it was collected in the first place
- Where you have removed your consent for us to use your information (where there is no other legal reason us to use it)
- Where there is no legal reason for the use of your information
- Where deleting the information is a legal required.
Where your personal information has been shared with others, we’ll do what we can to make sure those using your personal information comply with your request for erasure.
Please note that we can’t delete your information where:
- We’re required to have it by law
- It is used for freedom of expression
- It is for public health purposes
- It is for scientific or historical research, or statistical purposes where it would make information unusable
- It is necessary for legal claims.
The right to limit what we use your personal data for
Article 18 of the UK GDPR, you have the right to ask us to restrict what we use your personal information for where:
- You have identified inaccurate information, and have told us of it, and
- Where we have no legal reason to use that information, but you want us to restrict what we use it for rather than erase the information altogether
When information is restricted it can’t be used other than to securely store the data and with your consent to handle legal claims and protect others, or where it’s for important public interests of the UK.
Where restriction of use has been granted, we’ll inform you before we carry on using your personal information.
You have the right to ask us to stop using your personal information for any Council service. However, if this request is approved this may cause delays or prevent us delivering that service.
Where possible we’ll seek to comply with your request, but we may need to hold or use information because we are required to by law.
Right to object
Article 21 of the UK GDPR, you possess the right to raise an objection if LBN processes your personal data. This grants you the ability to halt or hinder the organisation's usage of your data. Nevertheless, this right is applicable only under specific circumstances, and LBN may be exempt from stopping the data processing if they can provide compelling and valid reasons to continue its use.
Rights related to automated decision-making including profiling
You have the right to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing. Processing is “automated” where it is carried out without human intervention and where it produces legal effects or significantly affects you. Automated processing includes profiling.
The right to move your personal data to another provider (data portability)
You have the right to ask for your personal information to be given back to you or another service provider of your choice in a commonly used format. This is called data portability.
However, this only applies if we’re using your personal information with consent (not if we’re required to by law) and if decisions were made by a computer and not a human being.
It’s likely that data portability won’t apply to most of the services you receive from the Council.
You can ask to have any computer made decisions explained to you, and details of how we may have ‘risk profiled’ you.
You have the right to question decisions made about you by a computer, unless it’s required for any contract you have entered into, required by law, or you’ve consented to it.
You also have the right to object if you are being ‘profiled’; where your personal information is used to make more informed decisions about things that affect you.
If and when the Council uses your personal information to profile you, in order to deliver the most appropriate service to you, you will be informed.
If you have concerns regarding automated decision making, or profiling, please contact the Data Protection Officer who’ll be able to advise you about how we using your information.
If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the relevant request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.
Where you have consented to us using your details, you can also contact us to withdraw that consent at any time by, completing this form, by telephone or email to InformationRightsTeam@newham.gov.uk
Our communications with you
We try to ensure that our communications are as effective as possible so that we make the best use of the money we spend on them. This means communicating with people in different ways, appropriate to them.
On occasion, we will use information you have given us directly, to tailor our communications with you about future activities. We will also use information about how you use our website or interact with our emails so we can make them more effective.