Privacy Notice for recycling and waste collection (medical waste)
Why we are collecting your data
Chelmsford City Council is a data controller. This means we need to collect your personal data so that we can process your request for:
- the order for a new bin, or recycling receptacles
- request for an assisted collection
- request for an incontinence bin (yellow top bin)
- reporting a missed collection
- requesting a medical waste collection from your home address.
We will only collect the personal data from you that we need in order to provide these services to you.
Information collected
- Name
- Address
- Phone Number
- Email Address
The basis for the processing
We do this as the individual has given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific service.
Who we will share your information with
Your information will be collected by the Council’s Recycling and Waste Collection Service who may then contact you for further information. In respect of Medical Waste Collections your information will be shared with Medisort Limited for the purpose of carrying out their service.
We will never sell your data. However, we may share some of your personal information with third parties to:
- help prevent fraud. We may share your information with credit reference agencies and other companies for use in credit decisions. Credit agencies may record these searches, but that will not affect your credit standing.
- pursue people or companies who owe us money. We may share your information with debt collection agencies.
- help business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors to deliver any contract we enter with them or you.
- help us if we are need additional professional or legal advice on a matter relating to you.
- to improve and optimise the performance of our websites and social media accounts. Analytics and search engine providers that we use can collect your data when you interact with us online. However, they will aggregate and anonymise the information, meaning we can’t identify any individual personally.
- work out if a grant we have spent was successful in achieving its aims. This could be funding from a Government or a grant from a local, regional or national organisation such as Sport England and National/Heritage Lottery Fund. However, they will aggregate and anonymise the information, meaning we can’t identify any individual personally.
Providing accurate information
We need to hold accurate and up to date information about you so that we can deliver appropriate services. If any of your details change, you need to tell us as soon as possible so that we can update your records.
We will not:
- use your information for marketing or sales purposes without your prior explicit consent.
- send or store your data abroad unless it meets the requirements of the Data Protection regulations.
- make decisions about you based on automated processing.
How long we will hold your data for
We keep all records relating to waste and recycling collection services for a period of six years.
Your rights
You have the right to access personal information held about you by us. Any access requests are free of charge.
If the information we hold about you is inaccurate you have a right to have this corrected and you have the right to request completion of incomplete data.
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances (‘right to be forgotten’).
You have the right to request that we stop, or restrict the processing of your personal data, in certain circumstances. Where possible we will seek to comply with your request, but we may be required to hold or process information to comply with a legal requirement.
You can make any of these requests by:
- emailing ir@chelmsford.gov.uk
- Or sending a letter to:
Digital Services
Chelmsford City Council
Civic Centre
Duke Street
Chelmsford
CM1 1JE
If you are dissatisfied with how we have used your personal information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk
Identity of Data Protection Officer
Our designated Data Protection Officer is John Breen.
You can contact him by emailing ir@chelmsford.gov.uk
Contact details
Chelmsford City Council
Civic Centre
Duke Street
Chelmsford
CM1 1JE
Email: ir@chelmsford.gov.uk
Tel: 01245 606606