Data Protection and Privacy Notice

Consent

If we are using personal your data based upon your ‘consent’ alone we must be able to show this was obtained correctly. This means we must provide you with clear information as to what you are consenting to at that time. Your consent needs to be confirmed by you taking an action such as signing a form, ticking a box or clicking on an icon online. Your consent can not be obtained by you failing to read something or by not opting out.

As we are a public authority, we usually have an alternative legal reason to process your personal data as part of our public task. There are however some services where consent maybe required and if so, we will request this from you. For example, we would always obtain your consent first to send you direct marketing.

If we are using your data on the basis of your ‘consent’ alone, you can withdraw your consent at any time and will be provided with contact details to do this by the particular service or you can contact our Data Protection Officer to withdraw your consent at dpo@lincoln.gov.uk.

Data Protection Policy

The Council is a data controller and must comply with its legal obligations under the Data Protection Legislation at all times, when handling Personal data.

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Special category, criminal offence and law enforcement processing policy

This is the council's appropriate policy document explaining the legal reasons for use of sensitive personal data such as special category data, for example health data, personal data about criminal offences and law enforcement.

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Privacy Notices for Services

Read our privacy notices for City of Lincoln Council services

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Data Subject Access Request Form

Make a request to access your personal data held by the City of Lincoln Council

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