Neighbourhood Enforcement privacy notice

Personal data has been collected in order to safeguard Neighbourhood Enforcement Officers and members of the public during environmental/enforcement operations and to provide good evidence for all parties in the event of complaints or investigations lodged with the Council or any other investigation into incidents, accidents or alleged assaults. Should any of these incidents occur, your personal data may be collected, processed, shared and retained in order to carry out the performance of a public task and fulfil our legal obligations in the following ways:

  • Shared with third parties for appeals and enforcement.
  • Shared with the police or security organisations to prevent or detect crime.

Your data rights

In relation to the personal data which we may hold about you, you have the right to:

  1. Ask for information we hold about you
  2. Ask us to change the information held about you if it is wrong
  3. Ask us to delete the information we hold about you
  4. Ask us to limit the way we use your information

How long your information is kept for

Under normal circumstances, the video footage will be retained for a maximum of 30 days.

If however, the information will be used as evidence as part of an on-going investigation, the information will be kept for as long as the investigation is ‘live’ / on-going which can be up to 3 years.

Complaints are kept for a minimum of two years until they are reviewed.

Contact and further information

If you would like more information about how we use your data, please read our privacy notice.

You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office