Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out your rights and the Town Council’s obligations to you in detail. The Council is a public authority and has certain powers and duties. Most of your personal data is processed for compliance with a legal obligation which includes the discharge of the Council’s statutory functions and powers.  We may use your personal data for some or all of the following purposes:

  • To deliver public services including to understand your needs to provide the services that you request and to understand what we can do for you and inform you of other relevant services;
  • To confirm your identity to provide some services
  • To contact you by post, email, telephone or using social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp)
  • To help us to build up a picture of how we are performing
  • To prevent and detect fraud and corruption in the use of public funds and where necessary for the law enforcement functions
  • To enable us to meet all legal and statutory obligations and powers including any delegated functions
  • To carry out comprehensive safeguarding procedures
  • To promote the interests of the council
  • To maintain our own accounts and records
  • To seek your views, opinions or comments
  • To notify you of changes to our facilities, services, events and staff, councillors and role holders
  • To send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about campaigns, appeals, other new projects or initiatives
  • To process relevant financial transactions including grants and payments for goods and services supplied to the council
  • To allow the statistical analysis of data so we can plan the provision of services

For more information please see our full privacy documents below: