Northamptonshire County Council collects information to ensure our services are as effective and efficient as possible to a wide range of people.
Cookies and logging of IP addresses are used to enable NCC to monitor site traffic and repeat visitor statistics. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual. Such information is anonymous and held on a temporary basis (for more information about cookies, see Related Sections below).
Who sees my information?
Employees and agents of the county council or third parties who help provide the service to you.
Why do they need it?
Generally your information is needed to ensure the service is appropriate for you, to help fulfil statutory duties, and to enable us to carry out day to day operations, for example keeping in contact with you. Services will usually give you more details when they collect your information.
What will they do with it?
Your information will be used to:
- provide the service to you
- draw up statistical reports on the service to inform both the county council and government agencies
- fulfil statutory duties
- help us improve our service to you.
When will they delete it?
Your information will be kept only for as long as necessary to provide the service to you and ensure reports can be issued for government or county council purposes.
How do you safeguard my information?
All employees have to abide by Data Protection law and there is strict control over access to personal data, eg. a secure computer server.
How can I check my information or get help?
Contact the Data Protection Officer using the contact details on the right hand side of this page.
To see what personal information the County Council is registered for under the Data Protection Act please click here:
If you have a query or a problem getting your information, you can contact the county council's data protection officer using the contact details on the right.
What if I'm still not happy?
If you are still unhappy you can contact the:
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
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