Criminal Justice Privacy Notice

Purpose of processing personal information

Processing personal information about the provision of Criminal Justice services allows us to provide those services and fulfil our legal responsibilities, such as providing social work assessments of offenders and providing social work services to those convicted of having committed an offence.

On occasions, we may keep your personal information within the Council's archives for evidential and historical reasons, or use it for research and statistical purposes. 

It will sometimes be necessary to process personal information to protect individuals from harm or injury, to prevent and detect crime, to comply with legal orders, and to provide information in accordance with a person's rights.

The Council will only process your personal information when it is lawful to do so.

Reasons

Data processed by the Council about Criminal Justice Services provision is processed because:

  • It is required by law
  • It is necessary as part of a contract
  • It is necessary to protect someone's life
  • It is necessary to provide a Council service which is part of our public task.

Section 7 of the Council's Register of Processing sets out the Criminal Justice Service activities that involve the collection and use of personal information and the reason why we can process your information lawfully.

If we require your permission to process your personal information, we will ask you. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you can do so through contacting the Council's Information Rights Team.