Privacy Notice - Spelthorne Jobs and Skills Hub

Spelthorne Borough Council is the data controller under the definitions provided by the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation. The lawful basis that the council is processing your data on is public task.  Our public task is to work with the Department of Works & Pensions (DWP), the Government's Levelling Up Fund and Surrey County Council to support residents in the borough into education, employment, or training.

As part of this work, Spelthorne Borough Council will be collecting the following types of information, either via our website or directly from you or from Job Centres; -

If you are a business - your company name, address, email address and/or telephone number and information on the type of skills you are looking for.

If you are a resident - your name, address, email address and/or telephone number and information on the type of opportunities you are looking for.  As part of the support we may take other information about you, from you, to enable us to understand your needs.    

As part of this work, Spelthorne Borough Council may share your personal information with third party organisations; -

If you are a business - your information will be shared with residents deemed to fit your skills criteria.

If you are a resident - your information may be shared with our volunteers and with businesses who may be able to provide job/training opportunities. 

If you are a resident - you may be invited to a face to face meeting at various venues within the borough. 

Spelthorne Borough Council will keep your information for 7 years after your last contact with the Jobs and Skills Hub. 

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to Spelthorne Borough Council.  However, if you do not provide the information, the Council may not be able to provide the support you need.

For further information about how the Council uses your personal data, including your rights as a data subject, please see the below. 

If you have any direct enquiries, Spelthorne Borough Council's Data Protection Officer can be contacted at data.protection@spelthorne.gov.uk

Further information

You have the following rights:

• you have the right to be informed via Privacy Notices such as this
• you have the right to request access to and to receive a copy of any information we hold about you (including in an electronic format) - to request a copy of this information you must make a subject access request in writing
• if you find that the information Spelthorne Borough Council holds about you is no longer accurate, you have the right to ask to have this corrected
• you have the right - under certain conditions - to ask us to erase your personal data
• you may request that Spelthorne Borough Council stops processing your personal data in relation to the competition (this will result in an automatic exclusion)

To exercise any of these rights contact the Data Protection Officer at data.protection@spelthorne.gov.uk.

You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). This is an independent body responsible for making sure that organisations comply with Data Protection legislation.

The ICO will always expect you to have raised your concerns with us before submitting a complaint.