Privacy notice - How we use your information
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council of Town Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UJ is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provision of the Data Protection Act 2018. The Council takes its responsibilities as Data Controller under the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR very seriously.
This privacy notice explains how your personal information will be processed if you chose to take part in the Calderdale Mental Wellbeing Survey.
The type of information we will collect:
- Postcode.
- Sex.
- Age-group.
- Gender.
- Ethnicity.
- Sexual orientation.
- Any history of you or your partner being in the Armed forces.
- Whether you have a health problem or disability.
- Mental wellbeing information.
Why we collect and hold this information
The purposes of processing your personal information are:
- To determine how mental wellbeing differs by different population groups.
- Postcode is collected so that we can determine the level of deprivation of the area in which you live, so that we can see if there are difference in mental wellbeing by levels of deprivation.
Sharing your personal data
Your personal information will not be shared with any external organisations. We will never share your information with third parties without your consent unless the law allows us to do so.
The lawful basis for the processing your data
Article 6(1)(a) and 9(2)(a) – your explicit consent to process the information for the purposes stated.
Retaining your personal information
Your postcode will be converted into a deprivation score and the postcode will be removed from the data set within 1 month of data collection. The results of the survey will then be held in an anonymous form.
Your rights
The GDPR provides the following rights for individuals. Not all rights are absolute and therefore will only apply in certain circumstances:
- The right to be informed.
- The right of access.
- The right to rectification.
- The right to erasure.
- The right to restrict processing.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to object.
- Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Officer if you feel that your data has not been handled in accordance with the law. You can contact the Council’s Data Protection Officer at information.management@calderdale.gov.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk.
If you wish to make a request, withdraw your consent or request further information on the survey, please contact PHintelligence@calderdale.gov.uk.