Road safety training privacy notice - Privacy notices

To provide road safety refresher training for you, it is necessary for us to collect and hold personal information about you. This information will include basic details about you such as address, telephone number, and email address.

All personal data held, is processed in accordance with data protection law. The data controller for the information outlined in this privacy notice is Herefordshire Council.

Instructors, working under contract with the council, may be the data processors who will process your information on behalf of the council where appropriate to the service.

We will collect information about you to provide you with road safety refresher training. Information on your application is anonymised and used for statistical analysis to assist with planning services.

The legal basis for processing the data is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by notifying us.

We will share your information with the driving instructor providing the service only.

We will not normally share your information with organisations without your consent. However, there may be certain circumstances where we would share without consent such as where we are required to do so by law, to safeguard public safety, and in risk of harm or emergency situations. We will only share the minimum information for the purpose, on a need to know basis and with appropriate individuals.

We will only keep your information for the minimum period necessary. The information outlined in this privacy notice will be kept for one year or until the course begins. Once your session is finished, your records are destroyed. All information will be held securely and destroyed under confidential conditions.

You have a number of rights under data protection law, including the right to request your information and to request that the information is amended or erased if incorrect.

To request your records, you will need to provide proof of identification and write to the Information Governance Team, Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE or email informationgovernance@herefordshire.gov.uk

You also have the right to make a complaint about our handling of your personal data to the Information Commissioner's Office.

If you have any questions or concerns about how your information is used, please contact the road safety team in the first instance.

You can also contact the Data Protection Officer, Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE, email informationgovernance@herefordshire.gov.uk

You can find more information about data protection and how it applies to you on the Information Commissioner's Office website.

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