Data Protection and Privacy

The Data Protection Act governs the information that we hold about you, how we use it and how you can access it.

What is Data Protection?

We have a duty to look after the information we hold about individuals. This means that we must:

Only use your information for lawful purposes
Tell you what we are going to do with your information
Not use it for other reasons
Ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date
Not ask for more information than we need to do our job
Keep the information secure
Not keep it longer than necessary
Not send it to countries with less rigorous Data Protection laws than ourselves without your permission.

This is called a Subject Access Request. You can make a subject access request by:

Completing the Subject Access request form available to download from the right-hand side of this page;
In writing, either by email or post;
Verbally;

The Subject Access Request Form will give you an idea of how to write or phrase your request.

You can submit your request to data.protection@swdevon.gov.uk.