Data protection act

Summary

Data protection actThe Data Protection Act 1998 is designed to cover the collecting, storing, processing and distribution of personal data. It gives rights to individuals about whom information is recorded. Blaby District Council is responsible for ensuring that it complies with the terms of the Act.

How to request information

  1. You must send in a written request. This must contain your name and address, and a form of personal identification.
  2. For those acting on another’s behalf, for example a parent acting on behalf of their child, the Council requires some form of evidence that they are acting on the data subjects behalf legally.
  3. This can be in the form of a jointly signed subject access request form, a letter from the data subject giving authority, or evidence showing parental responsibility.
  4. For those unable to make requests for themselves due to incapacity, authorisation may be given by a police officer, a doctor or another legal representative.
  5. The Council has a subject access request form for the public to use, which sets out the information the Council needs from you in order to action a request.

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Further information

If you want to know more about what information we have about you, or the way we use that information, please direct requests to the Legal and Information Management Officer on the address below.

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Contact us

Officer / Team Legal and Information Management Officer
Postal address Blaby District Council
Council Offices
Desford Road
Narborough
Leicester
LE19 2EP
E-mail address legal.services@blaby.gov.uk
Telephone 0116 272 7709
Fax 0116 272 7596

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This page was last updated on 10th December 2009

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