Privacy Notice Press Releases

Spelthorne Borough Council publishes a number of press releases which are shared via email to news agencies and residents. Spelthorne Borough Council is the body exercising control over the purpose and the manner in which personal data is processed. We are process press releases data under article 6 (e) public task lawfulness of processing according to the UK GDPR.

The source of the personal data

The Council will be acquiring your data from responses to requests for information, publicly available information, and face to face contact

The data is provided to the council by collecting publicly available email addresses of news agencies and by those who have indicated their wishes to subscribe to receiving press releases.

You will continue to receive the press releases until such a time you wish to no longer receive them. You have the option to opt out by email if you no longer wish to receive them and your email address will be removed from the system.

The information will not be passed on to any other third parties or transferred out of the EU.

You can also email news@spelthorne.gov.uk to unsubscribe to receiving press release,

Automated Decision-Making

The personal data provided by you will not be used for any automated decisions.

Further information

If you have any concerns or queries about how we collect your data please contact Spelthorne Borough Council's Data Protection Officer at data.protection@spelthorne.gov.uk

For further information about how the Council uses your personal data, including your rights as a data subject, please see exercising your data protection rights on the Council's website. 

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.

More information about data protection and how it applies to you can be found on the Information Commissioner's Office website