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This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how and why North Yorkshire Council processes your personal data. This notice should be read in conjunction with our corporate privacy notice.
North Yorkshire Council is a ‘data controller’ as defined by Article 4(7) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). North Yorkshire Council administer, enforce, regulate and advise on environmental health law which includes the following:
The council has appointed Veritau to be its data protection officer. Their contact details are:
Information Governance Office
Veritau
West Offices
Station Rise
York
North Yorkshire
YO1 6GA
Email: infogov@northyorks.gov.uk
Tel: 01904 552848
In order to carry out its statutory functions, in relation to environmental health, the Council will collect the following personal data:
We use your information for the purpose of performing any of our statutory enforcement duties, protecting public health and for maintaining and publishing relevant public registers when we are required to by law. We use this information about you to process:
We may receive information from a number of other agencies such as:
Information is shared with regulatory and enforcement authorities including, but not limited to,
Certain information about businesses (including your name and the address of any premises that relates to a business) may be published on a public register on our website when we are required to by law.
Data held |
Retention period |
---|---|
Food Premises Database and Register, record of visits, notices and general correspondence |
6 years |
Infectious diseases |
6 years |
Public Health Registrations, records of visits, notices and general correspondence |
6 years |
Environmental Permits, record of visits, notices, invoices and general correspondence |
6 years |
Contaminated Land Register including location maps |
Indefinitely |
Statutory Nuisance Investigations |
6 years |
Private Water Supplies database including location maps, sample results, record of visits, notices, invoices and general correspondence |
Indefinitely |
Stray Dog Register |
6 years |
Pest Control contracts and treatments, invoices |
6 years |
Health & Safety, record of visits, notices and general correspondence |
6 years |
Warning Letters |
6 years |
Prosecutions |
Indefinitely |
North Yorkshire Council relies on the following lawful basis to process your personal data:
UK GDPR Article 6 (1) (c) – processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject. For the processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences, processing meets Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018 as below:
UK GDPR Article 6(1)(e) – processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
When processing special category data, the council will rely on the following lawful basis:
UK GDPR Article 9(2)(g) - processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest (with a basis in law), meeting schedule 1, part 2 of the data protection act 2018 as below:
The legislations, policies and guidance that relate to this service includes, but is not limited to:
For more information about how we use your data, including your privacy rights and the complaints process, please see our corporate privacy notice.