This notice provides details of what information we collect from you, what we do with it, and who it might be shared with.

We will keep your information safe and secure. We have systems, processes and training designed to achieve this.

The information is being collected for the following purpose:

1. The assessment of your Community Choices application
2. If successful, the administration of your Community Choices funding

The legal basis for each purpose is set out below:

Section 20 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 gives the Council power to advance wellbeing. This includes power to promote economic development. Economic support may be given by way of grant, or contributions in cash or kind.

We need to gather your personal data along with data about the organisation to allow us to assess your application.

We collect the following information about you (the applicant) which is personal data:

• Your name
• Address
• Contact details – telephone number and email address
• Position within the organisation

We also collect non-personal data, which is included here for the sake of completeness.

We collect the following information about the project:

• The purpose of the project, and what it seeks to achieve
• Who will benefit from the project
• How will the project meet the Community Choices criteria
• What activities you will doing, and within what timeframe
• The delivery partners you will work with
• The challenges and difficulties the project might face
• How you will know the project has been successful

We collect the following information about the project's finances:

• Project cost and the amount being requested
• Other sources of funding

We also keep copies of your communications with us, and our responses.

We collect the information we need to assess your application directly from you when you complete the application form. To verify the information you give us, we also check other information held by Falkirk Council about previous awards and applications.

We are legally obliged to safeguard public funds. We may check your information within the Council for verification purposes and/or for the prevention of fraud. We may share your information with other organisations where we are required to do so for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime.

We do not transfer your information outwith the UK. If we were to make such transfers, it would only be with appropriate safeguards.

We keep your information for 6 years.

You do not have to provide information to us, but we may then not be able to process your application.

Do you use any automated processes to make decisions about me?

We do not use automated decision making processes.

This notice was last updated in May 2021.