Privacy statement

Who will we share your information with?

We are legally obliged to safeguard public funds so we are required to verify and check your details internally and across the council to prevent fraud. We may share this information with other public bodies for the same purpose.

Sharing your information as required by law

We are also legally obliged to share certain data with other public bodies, such as HMRC and will do so where the law requires this. In general, we will also comply with requests for specific information from other regulatory and law enforcement bodies where this is necessary and appropriate.

Policies and plans

Your information is also analysed internally to help us improve our services. This data sharing is in accordance with our Data Protection and Information Use Policy. It also forms part of our requirements in line with our Records Management Plan approved in terms of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011.

We will not sell your personal data to any third parties.

Download our Data Protection - code of practice Download our Information Governance policy Download our Records Management policy