The Customer Services Centre at New Forest District Council is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. For the purpose of the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Controller is New Forest District Council, Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7PA (data.controller@nfdc.gov.uk )
When you contact the Customer Services Centre we will ask you for certain personal information in order to be able to assist with your enquiry. Some of this information will need to be recorded and stored on our systems. This Privacy Notice aims to explain:
The different kinds of personal data we process
When you contact the Customer Services Centre we will collect certain personal information from you, for example: your name, your phone numbers, your email address, your date of birth, marital status, gender, vehicle information, information on family members, medical, health or details on vulnerabilities, financial information.
The type of information we collect will depend on the service you are requesting.
We use your information in a variety of ways:
The information we collect is recorded and then stored on our secure Customer Record Management (CRM) system. If we are gathering information for other services, such as Housing and Health & Leisure, then we will gather and enter the data directly onto their secure systems.
The information on our CRM system is retained for 6.5 years before being deleted; recordings of our phone calls, original emails and web chats are stored for up to 16 months before being deleted.
We need to process your data in order to provide you with the services that you are requesting, or to provide services that we have a legal responsibility to provide or are in the public interest. Examples of these might include:
Sometimes, in order to process your enquiry we need to share the information that you give us; either with other departments within New Forest District Council (for example Pest Control, Dog Warden services), or with other external 'partner' organisations (for example Local Town & Parish Councils, Hampshire County Council). Some examples of how and why we share your data are:
Below is a list of the most common teams or departments that we share information with; this is not an exclusive list, and information may need to be shared with other teams or services within NFDC (that are not listed below) in order to process your enquiry.
We may need to pass on your contact details to our Dog Warden service so they can make contact with you for more information on issues concerning dogs, e.g. lost or found dogs that you may have reported.
Information that we collect from you, when you contact us with an Environmental Health or Protection related issue may be used by our Environmental Health team to make contact with you concerning a related issue.
Information that we collect from you (or that is gathered from you online) when you join our Garden Waste service can be accessed and used by our teams at Marsh Lane Depot. This information is used to organise their collection rounds and ensure the service is delivered smoothly. It may also be used to remind you of when the service is ending and how to renew your service if you wish to.
Contact details that we take from you and store in our Health & Leisure IT system (for example when you are booking a class), can be accessed by staff at our centres, in case they need to contact you for cancellations or class updates etc.
Contact details that we take from you and store in our Housing IT systems can be accessed and may be used by members of our Estate Management team, if they need to contact you about managing your tenancy or other estate related issues.
Contact details that we take from you when booking a repair can be accessed and used by staff in our Housing Maintenance team, as they may need to get in touch if your appointment changes or to arrange follow on repair works. Sometimes this information may need to be passed on to an external contractor, but you will be told about this if it is needed.
Contact details that we take from you and store in our Housing IT system can be accessed and may be used by staff in our Rent & Arrears team if they need to make contact with you for any rent queries.
Information that we collect from you when you book a Pest Control appointment may be shared with or accessed by our Pest Control Officers, as they may need to make contact with you directly about appointments or treatments.
Information that we collect from you when you book a Special Collection with us is shared with our collection crew, as they may need to make contact with you when out on visits with a query about your collection.
Information that we collect from you when you report issues such as fly tipping, abandoned vehicles, street cleaning etc., can be accessed by staff at our Marsh Lane Depot; as they may need to contact you for further information or to give you an update on your query.
Information that we collect from you when you report an issue concerning trees, is shared with our Tree team and they may use it to contact you for more information on trees or to arrange a visit.
Information that we collect when you report Waste & Recycling related issues to us (e.g. refuse, glass, missed bins etc.) can be accessed by staff at our Marsh Lane Depot, and may be used by Supervisors to get in touch with you in order to resolve a complaint
a. Where it is in the public interest to do so; for example clearing litter or fly tipping from public land, removing an abandoned vehicle from public land
b. In order to comply with a legal obligation; for example when processing enquiries relating to elections, such as postal vote applications
c. Where it is in the legitimate interest of NFDC to do so; for example where there may be a risk to public health and safety
d. With your consent or explicit consent. For example when dealing with sensitive issues, such as health related or if you are a vulnerable resident
If you wish to withdraw this consent, you can do so by contacting us at the address above or on: customer.services@nfdc.gov.uk
We work hard to ensure that we only gather information that we need to process your enquiry and deliver the services that you are entitled to in the best way possible. However, if you have any concerns relating to this or your Privacy in general, please speak to (or contact) one of our Customer Services team (customer.services@nfdc.gov.uk ) or email our Data Protection Officer on data.protection@nfdc.gov.uk .
For further information, plus information on access, portability, withdrawal of consent, correction etc. please see:
Information Rights Policy [266.05KB]
For more information on Data Protection in general, or if you wish to make a complaint relating to how your personal data has been used, please contact the Information Commissioner Office:
Website: https://ico.org.uk/
Phone helpline: 0303 123 1113
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