Privacy Policy

1.   Introduction

This notice provides additional privacy information regarding South Tyneside Air.

We will keep our privacy notice under regular review and will advise you of any updates on our website.

This Notice was last reviewed in May 2025.

 

2.  Who we are

For the purposes of Data Protection legislation, South Tyneside Council is the Data controller.

 

3.  What type of personal information do we collect?

We may collect the following types of personal information:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Telephone number
  • Email address

 

4.  How do we collect personal information?

We may collect your personal information in a number of ways, for example:

Replace the list below with the methods you collect personal information

  • In person
  • In writing – for example letter or email
  • Website contact form

 

5.   Why do we collect your personal information?

We will require contact details to respond to each request placed through the ‘contact us’ section of the website, such as an email address.

After consent, contact details will be placed upon the mailing list for South Tyneside Air, to provide updates on the project.

 

6.   Who might we share your personal information with?

We will not share your personal information with any other third parties unless you have specifically asked us to, or if we have a legal obligation to do so.

 

7.   How long will we keep your personal information?

We will hold your personal information as long as you remain a volunteer or an interested party during the duration of the project. years.  At the end of this period, it will be deleted unless there is any special reason for keeping it.

 

8.   What is our legal basis for using your personal information?

To use your personal information there must be a lawful basis to do this, such as, through a contract, performing a public task or where there is a legal obligation. 

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting environmental.healthmailbox@southtyneside.gov.uk

 

9.   How do we keep your personal information secure?

Information provided to Environmental Health is held securely on our network.  Only officers working within Environmental Health and system administrators have access to these records.

 

10.  Is your personal information used overseas?

We will not process your personal information outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).

 

11.  What are your rights?

Your individual rights are set out in law.  Subject to some legal exemptions, you have the following rights:

  • Right to be informed
  • Right of access
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to erasure
  • Right to restrict processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object
  • Rights in relating to automated decision making and profiling

 

12.  Contact us

If you would like to exercise your rights in relation to your personal information, or you feel that something has gone wrong with your personal information, you can contact us in either of the following ways:

By email:  data.protection@southtyneside.gov.uk

By telephone:  0191 424 6539

In writing:

South Tyneside Council
Information Governance
Town Hall and Civic Offices
South Shields
NE33 2RL

If you feel that the Council has not handled your information correctly you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).  The ICO is the Government’s Independent Body responsible for overseeing data protection.  In most cases the ICO will only review cases that have exhausted the Council’s internal procedures.

The ICO’s contact details are as follows: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. More information can be found on the ICO’s website at www.ico.org.uk.