Data protection
Middlesbrough Council has to process personal data in order to deliver services to you. Personal data can be defined as both facts and opinions about you.
Middlesbrough Council processes personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Personal data may be held in computer databases or in paper files. These may be processed by the Council or for the Council by one of its business partners. Wherever personal data are held and processed, Middlesbrough Council remains the “data controller” of your personal data and complies with the eight data protection principles of good information handling which state that data must be:
- fairly and lawfully processed;
- processed for limited purposes;
- adequate, relevant and not excessive;
- accurate;
- not kept longer than necessary;
- processed in accordance with the data subject's rights;
- secure;
- not transferred to countries without adequate protection.
Your right of access
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to apply for a copy of your personal data held by the Council (the “data controller”). You can appoint someone to apply on your behalf e.g. your legal guardian or a solicitor, however, the Council will ask for proof that they are acting on your behalf.If you want to request a copy of the information the Council holds about you, you should provide:
- A request in writing;
- Sufficient information for the Council to locate your personal data.
- The fee of £10.00