Millom Town Council
Millom Town Council was formed in 1974 when the parish boundaries changed from Cumberland.
Millom Town Council is fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“the Act”), which came into force on the 1st March 2000.
The council will therefore follow procedures that aim to ensure that the Clerk, elected members, contractors, agents, consultants, partners or other servants of the council who have access to any personal data held by or on behalf of the council, are fully aware of and abide by their duties and responsibilities under the Act.
In order to operate efficiently, The Town Council has to collect and use information about people with whom it works. These may include members of the public, current, past and prospective employees, clients and customers, and suppliers. In addition, it may be required by law to collect and use information in order to comply with the requirements of central government. This personal information must be handled and dealt with properly, however it is collected, recorded and used, and whether it be on paper, in computer records or recorded by any other means there are safeguards within the Act to ensure this.
The Town Council regards the lawful and correct treatment of personal information as very important to its successful operations and to maintaining confidence between the council and those with whom it carries out business. The council will ensure that it treats personal information lawfully and correctly. To this end the council fully endorses and adheres to the Principles of Data Protection as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998.
The Act stipulates that anyone processing personal data must comply with Eight Principles of good practice. These Principles are legally enforceable.
The Principles require that personal information:
The Act provides conditions for the processing of any personal data. It also makes a distinction between personal data and “sensitive” personal data.
Personal data is defined as, data relating to a living individual who can be identified from:
Sensitive personal data is defined as personal data consisting of information as to:
The Town Council will, through appropriate management and the use of criteria and controls:-
The Clerk of Millom Town Council is responsible for ensuring adherence with the Data Protection Act.
The Information Commissioner maintains a public register of data controllers. The Town Council is registered as such.
The Data Protection Act 1998 requires every data controller who is processing personal data, to notify and renew their notification, on an annual basis. Failure to do so is a criminal offence.
The Data Controller will review the Data Protection Register annually, prior to notification to the Information Commissioner.
Any changes to the register must be notified to the Information Commissioner, within 28 days.
To this end, any changes made between reviews will be brought to the attention of the Data Controller immediately.
Signed: …………………….. (Chair)
Dated: 31st January 2024
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