Privacy notice: The commitments to young carers

1. Introduction

This notice provides additional privacy information regarding the Commitments to Young Carers.

We will keep our privacy notice under regular review and will advise you of any updates on our website.

This Notice was last reviewed in April 2023.

2. Who we are

For the purposes of Data Protection legislation, South Tyneside Council is the Data Controller.

3. What type of personal information do we collect?

We will collect the following types of personal information:

Name
Name of Organisation
Position
Email address
Postcode

4. How do we collect personal information?

We will collect your personal information via the sign-up section on the South Tyneside Council website: Sign up: Commitments to young carers .

5. Why do we collect your personal information?

We will collect your information in order to share information with you related to the commitments and to promote any good practice examples with other schools and colleges.

6. Who might we share your personal information with?

We will only share information about your organisation with other educational settings to showcase examples of good practice.

We will not share your personal information with any other third parties unless you have specifically asked us to, or if we have a legal obligation to do so.

7. How long will we keep your personal information?

We will hold your personal information relating to Freedom of Information Requests, Environmental Information Requests, Subject Access Requests and Enquiries for as long as the scheme is in place or until you remove consent.

8. What is our legal basis for using your personal information?

To use your personal information there must be a lawful basis to do this, such as, through a contract, performing a public task or where there is a legal obligation.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Jacqui.kaid@southtyneside.gov.uk.

9. How do we keep your personal information secure?

Information provided to the Council is held securely on our network.

Only officers working within Adult Social Care and Commissioning and system administrators have access to these records.

10. Is your personal information used overseas?

No.

11. What are your rights?

Your individual rights are set out in law. Subject to some legal exemptions, you have the following rights:

Right to be informed
Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure
Right to restrict processing
Right to data portability
Right to object
Rights in relating to automated decision making and profiling

12. Contact us

If you would like to exercise your rights in relation to your personal information, or you feel that something has gone wrong with your personal information, you can contact us in either of the following ways:

By email: data.protection@southtyneside.gov.uk
By telephone: 0191 424 6539
In writing: South Tyneside Council
Information Governance
Town Hall and Civic Offices
South Shields
NE33 2RL

If you feel that the Council has not handled your information correctly you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO is the Government's Independent Body responsible for overseeing data protection. In most cases the ICO will only review cases that have exhausted the Council's internal procedures.

The ICO's contact details are as follows: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. More information can be found on the ICO's website at www.ico.org.uk.