Privacy Policy

This policy refers to the collection of personal information for use in our mailing list and newsletter.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council of Town Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UJ is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provision of the Data Protection Act 2018. The Council takes its responsibilities as Data Controller under the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR very seriously.

The type of information we will collect:

·      Name

·      Email address

Why we collect and hold this information.

Your personal information is collected for the purpose of including you on our CultureDale Newsletter as you have requested. 

Sharing your personal data

Our newsletter service provider is Mailchimp who provide email marketing and automation software as a service. Mailchimp process your personal information as a processor on behalf of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Mailchimp may transfer and store your personal information securely outside the European Union. Where that is the case it will be subject to equivalent legal protection through the use of Model Contract Clauses and the Mailchimp’s membership of the Privacy Shield Scheme.

The lawful basis for the processing your data

·      Your consent for the processing – Article 6(1)(a)

Retaining your personal information

Your information will be retained for 3 years, and for as long as you continue to consent to receive our newsletter. We will contact you periodically to ask if you wish to continue receiving the newsletter and to verify your consent for us to retain your personal information for this purpose. If you unsubscribe, withdraw or do not verify your consent or request your information to be removed and your data will be deleted. Mailchimp will only retain your information for as long as you use the service.

Your rights

The GDPR provides the following rights for individuals. Not all rights are absolute and therefore will only apply in certain circumstances:

1. The right to be informed.
2. The right of access
3. The right to rectification
4. The right to erasure
5. The right to restrict processing.
6. The right to data portability
7. The right to object
8. Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact culturedale@calderdale.gov.uk if you wish to make a request, or want to withdraw your consent.

You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Officer if you feel that your data has not been handled in accordance with the law. The Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at information.management@calderdale.gov.uk .

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk

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