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

We collect the following information: applicant's contact details including name, postal address and phone numbers. We collect payment details to allow processing of payment for the service provided. We also keep copies of your communications with us and our responses.

The information is being collected for the following purpose:

1. To deal with your application for an Access Protection Marking.

The legal basis for each purpose is set out below:

Access Protection Markings are provided to those persons who apply and meet the necessary criteria. Markings are provided in accordance with the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, at an access satisfying the identified criteria.

We collect information from you through the submission of a completed paper based application form.

You do not have to provide information to us, but we may then not be able to provide you with a service.

Your data will only be accessible by those employees inputting your data or those taking decisions on your application to provide the service.

The Council has a duty to protect 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 keep your information as long as required by law or by our business requirements. We have a Business Classification Scheme in place which sets out the types of records we hold, and how long we hold them - you can access the relevant part of the scheme below.

This notice was last updated in May 2018.