Privacy Notice: garage rental services

About us: Great Yarmouth Borough Council (the Council), Town Hall, Hall Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2QF, 01493 856100, is the data controller for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

How we use your data: We will use your personal information for the purposes of the provision of a rented garage. The processing of this information is necessary for the Council to undertake actions within a contract as defined under Article 6(1)(b) of the Act, i.e. the processing is necessary for the Council to perform a task in relation to the contract we have with you.

Your data will be used for this specific purpose although your details may be shared between Council departments where there is lawful authority to do so. If repairs are necessary to the garage you are renting, your details will be shared with GY Norse to enable them to carry out the repairs on behalf of the Council.

Your information will be kept strictly confidential. It will be stored in a secure, password-protected database/spreadsheet on the Council's computer system.

How long we hold your data: Your personal information will be kept for six months after date of termination of your licence, after which time it will be securely destroyed. We will only use your data within the terms of data protection laws. We will review dates for keeping personal data in the future and if necessary update these privacy notices.

Your rights: You have a number or rights available to you, including the potential right to see copies of all the data held about you, to ask for it to be corrected or deleted, to request the Council to restrict what it does with your data in certain circumstances, to object to what the Council may do with your data, and to data portability.

Please note that these rights are not absolute and there are circumstances where they do not apply or the Council may override these rights, however, if this is the case you will be informed of this.

Further information: If you want more information you may contact the Council's Data Protection Officer at gdpr@great-yarmouth.gov.uk or telephone the Council on 01493 846325. If you are unhappy with the way your personal information is being handled you can contact the independent Information Commissioner at: https://ico.org.uk/.