1. Purpose of our privacy statement

1.1           Under the Data Protection Act 2008 and the General Data Protection Regulation, we are required to explain to you why we are asking for this information about you, how we intend to use the information you provide and whether we will share this with anyone else.

2. Who are we?

2.1           Avenue Services (NW) Limited is a company limited by guarantee and is a joint venture between Sanctuary Group (one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services) and Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWaC). Our address is Parade Enterprise Centre, 14 The Parade, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5HN.

3. Our data protection officer

3.1           Our Data Protection Officer is responsible for overseeing what we do with your information and monitoring our compliance with data protection laws.

3.2           If you have any concerns or questions about our use of your personal data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer by writing to The Data Protection Officer, Sanctuary House, Chamber Court, Castle Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 3ZQ or emailing dataprotection@sanctuary.co.uk.

4. Why are we collecting your information?

4.1           The information that you provide to us via our website enquiry, feedback or sign-up forms is completely voluntary and is not required by Avenue Services, Sanctuary or Cheshire West and Chester Council in order to provide services to you. Our aim is that by further understanding your individual needs, we will be able to provide an improved service and/or provide useful information about events, meetings or notices relating to the Blacon electoral Ward of Chester.

5. What information are we collecting?

5.1           We are collecting information about you which you provide to us on the forms completed including your name, email address and telephone number.

5.2           Some of the information which we collect may be special categories of personal data (also called sensitive personal data), which includes information about your health and racial or ethnic origin.

6. What we are going to do with your information

6.1           The information you provide to us will be used for the following purposes:

6.1.1      It will be stored and used by us in accordance with this privacy statement and also in accordance with your rights under the Data Protection Act 2008 and the General Data Protection Regulation;

6.1.2      It will be collected and used by us fairly and openly for the purpose of providing information about events, meetings and notices relating to the ward of Blacon. AND / OR

6.1.3      It will be used to obtain your views about the services we provide and information on opportunities to get involved. This includes obtaining your feedback about the website AND / OR

6.1.4      It will be used to provide information on opportunities to get involved in your area, including starting up a local group and / or grant funding that may be available AND / OR

6.1.5      It will allow us to contact you in the most appropriate way. For example, we can provide literature in large print if you have difficulty reading smaller print; or provide documents in an alternative language if English is not your first language.

6.2           An understanding of your personal situation and individual needs will allow us to provide a tailored service that meets any physical, cultural or financial needs that you may have.

7. What is the legal basis for using your information?

7.1           In accordance with the data protection laws, we need a “legal basis” for collecting and using information about you. There are a variety of different legal basis for processing personal data which are set out in the data protection laws.

7.2           The lawful basis on which we rely in order to use the information which we collect about you for the purposes set out in this notice will be:

7.2.1      you have provided consent to our use of your information.

8. Sharing your information

Members of Sanctuary Group

8.1           Sanctuary Group is made up of a number of related companies. We will share your information with other members of Sanctuary Group where necessary in order to best provide the services to you.

8.2           Your information will only be accessed by other companies in the Group where it is necessary to do so in order to provide services to you in accordance with our contract. The obligations which are set out in this notice shall apply to the other members of the Group to the same extent that they apply to us.

8.3           For more information on which companies make up Sanctuary Group, please go to www.sanctuary.co.uk/about-sanctuary.

Other organisations

8.4           We may from time to time share your information with other organisations, including, but not limited to:

8.4.1      Community groups with whom Avenue Services liaise to organise events which benefit the local community

9. Transferring your information abroad

9.1           We will not transfer the information you provide to us outside of the European Economic Area.

10. Security of your information

10.1        The information that you provide will be stored securely on our systems. Our security measures and procedures reflect the seriousness with which we approach security and the value we attach to your information.

10.2        Only relevant members of staff will access the information you provide to us.

11. Can we use your information for any other purpose?

11.1        In limited circumstances we may use your information for a purpose other than those set out in this policy. If we intend to do so, we will provide you with information relating to that other purpose before using it for the new purpose.

12. Storing your information and deleting it

12.1        We will store the personal data which you provide to us via a webform for as long as we have relevant information on our services in the Blacon area (if you have signed up to receive the newsletter), or for as long as it takes to resolve your query. Once the identified purpose comes to an end, unless there is another identifiable purpose for which it is necessary to hold on to your information, we will delete your information.

13. Your rights

13.1        In relation to the information which we hold about you, you are entitled to:

13.1.1   Ask us for access to the information;

13.1.2   Ask us to rectify the information where it is inaccurate or is incomplete;

13.1.3   Ask us to erase the information and take steps to ask others with whom we have shared your information to erase it;

13.1.4   Ask us to limit what we do with your information;

13.1.5   Object to our use of your information and ask us to stop that use;

13.1.6   Instruct us to provide you with the information we hold about you in a structured and commonly used format or transmit that information directly to another organisation (for example, if you want the information to be sent to another housing provider).

13.2        Our obligations to comply with the above rights are subject to certain exemptions.

13.3        Where we are using your information because you have provided your consent to that use, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time. The lawfulness of our use of your information before consent was withdrawn is not affected.

13.4        To exercise any of the rights referred to above, you should contact our Data Protection Officer by writing to The Data Protection Officer, Sanctuary House, Chamber Court, Castle Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 3ZQ or emailing dataprotection@sanctuary.co.uk.

13.5        You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) if you are not satisfied with the way we use your information. You can contact the ICO by writing to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

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