- How we use your data
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We are a data controller for the personal information we hold about you in relation to the Talented Athlete Support Programme.
We will use the information you give us during assessment and during the life of your Talented Athlete Support Programme (if awarded) to administer and analyse the Talented Athlete Support Programme and for our own research purposes.
We may give copies of all or some of this information to individuals and organisations we consult when assessing applications, administering the programme, monitoring the Talented Athlete Support Programme and evaluating the programme’s processes and impacts.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012, Section 12, gives local authorities the power to perform public health functions. This means the council can work to improve the health of people in the area.
Data protection legislation allows us to handle personal data where we are carrying out a task in the public interest or exercising our official authority, such as administering this programme.
We may share information with organisations and individuals with a legitimate interest in the Talented Athlete Support Programme. We have a duty to protect public funds and for that reason we may also share information with government departments, organisations providing matched funding or for the prevention and detection of crime.
If you provide false or inaccurate information in your application or at any point in the life of any investment we award to you and fraud is identified, we will provide details to the police and fraud prevention agencies, to prevent fraud and money laundering.
We may use the data you provide for research purposes. We recognise the need to maintain the confidentiality of vulnerable groups and their details will not be made public in any way, except as required by law.
Data protection law provides you with certain rights, but not all of these rights will be available to you in all situations. Where we are under a legal duty to use data for a particular purpose you will not have the right to prevent it being used in that way.
- you can ask to see the information we hold about you
- you can ask what is being done with the information that we hold about you
- you can ask to have some data that we hold about you deleted
- you can ask us to review a decision made about you by a computer, and ask for a new decision to be made without a computer
- you can ask us to stop processing data that we hold about you, but only in limited circumstances, such as processing for research, historical or direct marketing reasons
- you can ask us to make changes to inaccurate data
- you can ask us to move your information somewhere else
- you can ask us to restrict or limit what we do with your data, for example if you believe that data we hold is inaccurate, or you believe the processing in unlawful
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives members of the public the right to request any information that we hold. This includes information received from third parties, such as, although not limited to, Talented Athlete Support Programme. If information is requested under the Freedom of Information Act we will release it, subject to exemptions, although we may consult with you first. If you think information you are providing may be exempt from release if requested, you should let us know when you apply.
- Who to contact if you have questions
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If you wish to contact us in relation to any of your information rights, email foi@stoke.gov.uk or write to Information Rights Team, Floor 2, Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH.
Complete the online form
If you wish to complain about how your personal information has been handled by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, contact the information rights team in the first instance using the details above. If you are not satisfied you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, or call 03031231113