What personal information we collect from you

The information we may need to collect from you will depend on what service you are using. Some of the information we collect is ‘Personal Data’ and some is classed as ‘Special Category Data’.

Some examples of Personal Data are:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Date of birth
  • Email address
  • Bank details
  • Telephone number

Some examples of Special Category Data are:

  • Race
  • Religion
  • Trade Union membership
  • Ethnic origin
  • Politics
  • Health

Minimum Data Set 

In order for us to monitor how we are meeting our Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and to assess how we are meeting the needs of our communities, we are asking service users to provide the following information:  

  • Age 
  • Disability 
  • Ethnicity 
  • Sex 
  • Armed Forces
  • Whether they are Care Experienced People 
  • Postcode 
  • Migration status 

Where we are using this data for research or analysis it will be pseudonymised. Pseudonymisation is the process of processing personal data without names attached to it.  

If we require your name for research or analysis, we will seek your consent to do this.