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Access your Personal Data
As an individual you have rights regarding your own personal information. You have the right to:
- Be informed about the use of your personal data
- Gain access to, and receive a copy of your personal data
- Be told by whether we, or someone else on our behalf, is processing your personal data.
- Request a copy of your personal information. (If the copy is not clear without an explanation, you should be given an explanation of the information, e.g. an explanation of codes used).
- Have inaccurate data corrected.
- In instances where there may a difference of opinion about interpretation, sequence of events etc. Wiltshire County Council is normally happy to insert your version alongside the practitioners.
You may also receive details of:
- The source of the personal data, unless this would identify the source as an individual (see third party guidelines).
- Why your personal data is being used
- Other organisations whom the information is or may be shared with
Where information comes from or where it is sent can often be seen in the information itself, for example letters will indicate who they were sent to and where they came from.
You should also be told at the time we first start working with you the reasons why your information is being used, if you are ever in any doubt please ask.
Who to Contact about Data Protection
If you have a query about data protection within Wiltshire County Council please contact the Corporate Standards Team:
By Post
Data Protection
The Corporate Standards Team
Corporate and Library Services
Wiltshire County Council
County Hall
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JN
By Email
dataprotection@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
01225 713643 or 01225 713078
By Fax
01225 757572
If you have a query about how you should be complying with data protection please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office:
By Post
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
By Email
By Telephone
01625 545 745
If you require help about how to notify your business or whether you should be notifying please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office by:
By Email
