Privacy Policy

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Privacy Notice

Fareham Borough Council (FBC) collects, processes, and stores personal information in order to provide this service. This privacy notice tells you about what to expect when FBC collects personal information about you.

This notice should be read in conjunction with our global privacy notice and when appropriate, we will provide a ‘just in time’ notice to cover any additional processing activities not mentioned in this notice.

FBC will share the information you submit with your planning authority. As per our standard due diligence actions, applications may be subject to background and security checks on behalf of Fareham Borough Council.

We only share information when necessary and if required in law, and, whenever possible, anonymously. We will retain your data for a maximum period of seven years, after which it will be securely deleted or anonymised, in accordance with our data retention policy.

In this notice

  • How we get your information
  • What personal data we process and why
  • Lawful basis for processing your personal data
  • How long we keep your personal data
  • Data sharing
  • Do we use any data processors
  • Your rights in relation to this processing
  • Transfers of personal data
  • Automated decision making

How we get your information

We get information about you only directly from you, we do not collect information from other sources.

What personal data we process and why

The information we process about you will fall within the following categories:

  • Personal details, including any information that identifies the data subject and their personal characteristics
  • Business details
  • Financial details
  • Planning application

Lawful basis for processing your personal data

Depending on the service, we rely on the following lawful basis for processing your personal data under the UK GDPR:

  • Article 6(1)(b) – the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract

To exercise your rights under Article 15 UK GDPR, please contact foi@fareham.gov.uk who will process your request.

How long we keep your personal data

In accordance with our retention schedule, we keep our records in respect of this service for 6 years.

Data may be retained in an anonymised form for statistical and reporting purposes.

Data Sharing

In performing this service, it may be necessary for us to share some of your personal data with external organisations or internal departments. We may share information with the following types of organisations:

  • Other Local Authorities
  • Central Government Departments

In some circumstances, such as under a court order, we are legally obliged to share information, and we may also share information with the Police and other enforcement agencies for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection, or prosecution of criminal offences.

We may also share information internally, in order to verify or confirm your personal details, to ensure our records are accurate and up-to-date. Data held by this service will only be used by other internal departments or services when we are satisfied there is a lawful basis for doing so, and that is it fair.

Do we use any data processors?

Data processors are third parties who provide certain parts of our services for us. We have contracts in place with them and they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do so. Please contact us for current information on the data processors we use for this service.

Transfers of personal data

No data is transferred overseas as part of this service.

Automated Decision Making

No automated decision making takes place as part of this service.