North Somerset Council is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office for the purposes of processing personal data. Applications for waste containers are administrated on our behalf by our partner Agilisys.
Privacy notice – ordering a new bin
The information you provide will be held and used in accordance with the requirements of UK and European data protection law. The information will form part of your Agilisys Digital account, and held for six months from the closure of your request.
Unless otherwise agreed with you, we will only collect the minimum personal data required to deliver the service, which includes your name and address. It does not include any special category personal information, or information relating to criminal convictions or offences. Failure to provide the information could result in us being unable to deliver your requested waste container.
The information will be used to deliver our waste service, a task we carry out in the public interest under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, in accordance with Article 6(1)(e) of GDPR.
The information provided will be shared with North Somerset Environment Company Ltd (NSEC), in order for them to deliver the container(s). We will not use your personal information in a way that may cause you unwarranted nuisance, and your data is never shared or processed outside of the UK.
We may lawfully disclose information to public sector agencies to prevent or detect fraud or other crime, or to support the national fraud initiatives and protect public funds under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Under the conditions of the Digital Economy Act 2017, we may also share personal data provided to us with other public authorities as defined in the Act, for the purposes of fraud or crime detection or prevention, to recover monies owed to us, to improve public service delivery, or for statistical research. We do not share the information with other organisations for commercial purposes.
You have the right to see the personal data we process about you, as well as the right of objection, rectification and restriction (to destruction of records only).
If you have any questions or concerns about the way we process your personal data, contact our Data Protection Officer at DPO@n-somerset.gov.uk