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Public Consultations and Surveys Privacy Notice

Public Consultations and Surveys Privacy Notice

We keep this privacy notice under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This Notice was last updated on 4 March 2025.

This privacy notice applies to the collection and processing of your personal data when you respond to public consultations and surveys run by º£½Ç»»ÆÞ County Council. This should be read in addition to º£½Ç»»ÆÞ County Council's Full Privacy Notice and the relevant service privacy notice.

Purpose for processing

º£½Ç»»ÆÞ County Council will process personal data to change or improve our services and ensure that these services are accessible to all. 

This may include:

  • the collection and analysis of personal and special category data assists us in meeting and complying with our Public Sector Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010
  • to contact you regarding your response or related matters
  • to produce anonymous statistical data
  • to allow us to take positive action in increasing and understanding engagement and participation levels to our consultations

Personal data collected and lawful basis

The service processes personal data which is relevant to our Public Sector Equality Duty, including, but is not limited to, the following personal data:

  • name
  • email address
  • IP address
  • location/postcode/ward area
  • age
  • marital status
  • gender
  • sex
  • caring responsibilities
  • whether a care leaver

Personal data you disclose to us in free-text answers to consultation questions
We may also process some special category (sensitive) data, which is relevant to individual cases and may include some of the following but is not limited to:

  • disability status
  • ethnic group
  • sexual orientation
  • pregnancy status
  • religion

The legal bases for processing this personal data are:

  • Legal Obligation (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(c) – processing is necessary to comply with the law, specifically:
    • Equality Act 2010
  • Public task (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(e)) – processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of our official