Data protection
What is data protection?
The data protection act (1998) governs how personal data should be processed by public and private sector organisations.
The definition of the term ‘data processing’ is very wide and includes:
- Obtaining / collecting
- Holding / storing
- Reading / viewing
- Amending
- Disclosing
- Deleting / destroying
Everything the council does with your personal data will be classed as a processing activity.
Walsall Council is committed to the compliance with the data protection legislation to ensure any personal information we hold about you is processed appropriately following the eight principles contained in the act.
When processing your personal information, we will ensure that:
- processing is fair and lawful
- processing is for a limited specific purpose only
- data is adequate, relevant and not excessive
- data is accurate
- not kept for longer than necessary
- processed in line with your rights
- kept secure
- not transferred to other countries without adequate protection
For further details on the council's commitments to data protection, please see Walsall Council Data Protection Protocol.
Contact us
Data Protection Officer
Corporate Performance Management
Council House
Lichfield Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TW
Telephone 01922 653219
Email dataprotection@walsall.gov.uk