CCW & data protection

CCW takes its obligations under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 seriously. Our Knowledge Management Group has responsibility for ensuring the Council keeps within the Act’s requirements.

We must comply with the eight data processing principles.

These say that personal data must be:

1. Fairly and lawfully processed;
2. Processed for limited purposes;
3. Adequate, relevant and not excessive;
4. Accurate;
5. Not kept for longer than is necessary;
6. Processed in line with the data subject’s rights;
7. Secure; and,
8. Not transferred to countries without adequate protection

CCW’s responsibilities

Our staff have a duty to keep information about you confidential and to maintain the security of that data. We will not release your personal details to third parties without your consent. If you request a copy of the information that we hold on you - known as a Subject Access Request - you will receive information within 40 days of CCW receiving a valid request.
 
To be valid, requests must satisfy the following criteria:

• The request must be in writing.
• It must be from the data subject themselves (or a solicitor acting on their behalf).
• There must be sufficient information to identify the individual with confidence (e.g. to
  be able to distinguish between multiple John Smiths).
• There must be sufficient information to be able to locate the data. If the person is not well known to us then we may need to know when they had contact with CCW and for what reason.
• Please enclose a cheque for £10 with your request.

Send requests to:

Access to Information Officer
Partnership Communication and Knowledge Group
Countryside Council for Wales
Maes y Ffynnon Penrhosgarnedd
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2DW.
Email: ATI@ccw.gov.uk
01248 387219