Local Environmental Services Privacy Notice
Ceredigion County Council’s Local Environment Services carries out the following functions
- Waste Management - waste collection, waste disposal, household waste sites
- Street Scene - street and beach cleaning, fairs and events
- Grounds Maintenance - grounds maintenance, cemeteries and allotments
The purposes for which we use your personal data
The information we collect about you will be used for the purpose(s) of:
- Providing you with necessary and appropriate services
- Help us to develop and improve our services
- Complete statistical returns
- Prevent or detect a crime
The lawful basis for the processing of your information is to carry out a task in the public interest or the exercise of official authority as set out in the legislation below, as well as compliance with our legal obligations as set out in the legislation below:
- The Environmental Protection Act 1990
What if you do not provide personal data?
If you do not give us the information we need when we ask for it, this may result in:
- Our being unable to provide you with the services you require
- Our being unable to meet statutory recycling targets
- Our being unable to ensure that we can prevent or detect environmental crime
What type of information do we use?
We may collect the following types of personal data about you to deliver this service, depending on your circumstances:
- Address
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Unique reference number
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Your family composition
- Your housing type
- Images/photographs
- Your participation in waste collection services
- Criminal convictions and offences, etc.
Do we use information received from other sources?
To provide this service, we collect information directly from you but also receive information from the following sources:
- Ceredigion County Council Policy and performance team
- Customer Contact team
The following types of personal data may be obtained, depending on your circumstances:
- Name
- Address
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Unique reference number
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Bank/payment details
- Your family composition
- Images/photographs
- Vehicle registration number
- Information about your health
- Criminal convictions and offences, etc.
Transferring your information abroad
Your information will not be transferred outside the United Kingdom.
Who your information may be shared with (internally and externally)?
We may share your information with the following recipients depending on your circumstances:
Internally
- Ceredigion County Council Policy and performance team
- Customer Contact team
Externally
- Household Waste Site contractors
The personal data you provide us will not normally be shared with any other service within Ceredigion County Council, or with any third party outside the organisation.
However, there are specific situations where we may be required to disclose information about you, such as:
- Where the Council is required to provide the information by law
- Where disclosing the information is required to prevent or detect a crime
- Where disclosure is in the vital interests of the person concerned