We have a firm commitment to privacy. This is a summary of our privacy statement. See the full statement.
The Data Protection Act 1998
Under the Data Protection Act, the Zero Emissions Network has a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. The Zero Emissions Network uses leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data, and keeps strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it.
Your rights under the act
The act gives you as an individual, rights on how personal information about you is obtained, processed, stored and disclosed to others.
You're entitled to know:
what type of information is being held
what purpose the information is being used for
who has access to the information and who it may be disclosed to
Information we collect
Hackney Council is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner's Office. This registration is renewed annually and describes in general terms the reasons and purposes for processing information, the type of information processed, who information is processed about and who it may be shared with. The Council's registration
All local authorities have a duty to improve the health of the population they serve. To help with this, we use data and information from a range of sources including hospitals to understand more about the nature and causes of disease and ill-health in the area. To this end, we will share information with health and social care organisations for child protection purposes and also where this provides an episode of care for our citizens.
The Council will only disclose your information if it is lawful to do so in accordance with the principles under the Data Protection Act 1998.
If you have concerns about how your data is being processed or shared please contact informationmanagement@hackney.gov.uk
You can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office for advice or to make a complaint.
Information collected via the Council's website
Our website collects the following kinds of information from visitors:
feedback (through visitors emailing hackney.gov.uk)
queries and customer satisfaction survey results
site usage information, using cookies and page tagging techniques including JavaScript
We collect web statistics automatically about your visit to our site. This information is used to help us follow browsing preferences so that we can improve our website. These statistics do not contain personal data and cannot be traced back to an individual.
We do not use cookies to store personal data or link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals. For more information about cookies please see the full statement.
