Langdale area wildfire
You can find the latest information about the wildfire in the Langdale area near Scarborough and Whitby on our Langdale area wildfire page.
This privacy notice is designed to help you understand how and why North Yorkshire Council processes your personal data in relation to allocating funding from the Household Support Fund (HSF). 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 has been allocated funding from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide crisis support to vulnerable households in most need of support, and to help with significantly rising living costs over the next six months.
Welfare and benefits are seeking to identify households who are eligible to receive this funding.
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 identify eligible households and distribute the allocated funding, we need to collect the following personal data:
We collect your data for the following purposes:
Within North Yorkshire Council, data is shared with teams who are responsible for distributing the funding under the scheme.
Externally we share your data with:
Where it is suspected that fraudulent activity has taken place, the law requires us to share this information with relevant parties in order to investigate whether a crime has been committed.
We only hold your personal data for as long as is necessary to carry out our duties with respect to this processing.
Data held: Customer details – eligibility assessment and payment of funds
Retention period: For as long as is necessary to assess eligibility and distribute the funding (no later than 31 March 2026)
North Yorkshire Council relies on the following lawful basis to process your personal data:
The legislation and guidance that relate to this service include, 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.