Information sharing
To provide you with good quality services and to meet our legal obligations, we will sometimes share your personal information between teams within the Council, and with external partners and agencies involved in delivering services on our behalf.
The Council may also provide personal information to third parties, but only where it is necessary, either to comply with the law or where permitted under data protection legislation.
Organisations who we may share your information with include
- Police Scotland
- NHS Lothian
- voluntary organisations and private sector service providers.
We will only share your information with partners or suppliers who have sufficient measures and procedures in place to protect your information and can meet their legal obligations under data protection legislation. These requirements will be set out in contracts or information sharing agreements.
We will not share your information for marketing purposes, unless you have specifically given us with permission to do so.
Details of transfers to third country and safeguards
Your information will normally be stored and processed on servers based within the European Economic Area. While it may sometimes be necessary to transfer personal info overseas, any transfers will be in full compliance with data protection legislation.