Privacy Notice - Business Engagement (Chorley Apprenticeship Grant)

Your Personal Data

Who we are

We are Chorley Council and your privacy is important to us. We aim for full transparency on how we gather, use, and share your personal information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

If you have any concerns about how we are handling your personal data, these can be raised with the Council's Data Protection Officer by writing to:

Chorley Council
Town Hall
Market Street
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 1DP
Email: contact@chorley.gov.uk

We keep our privacy notice under regular review and we will publish updates on this page. This will help ensure that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.

What we need

We will only collect relevant personal data about you which includes your name, telephone number, email etc. together with any business related details you have given us. We will also collect details relating to the apprenticeship position being created and relevant personal data relating to the apprentice you hire including their name, date of birth, employment start date, etc.

Why we need it

We use your personal information to process the Chorley Apprenticeship Grant. We need to ensure applicants meet the eligibility criteria.

What we do with it

Your personal information will be treated as confidential but it may be shared with other council services in order to ensure our records are accurate and up-to-date, and to improve the standard of the services we deliver. We will only use your information in ways which are permitted by the General Data Protection Regulation and the current UK Data Protection law.

We have a Data Protection regime in place to oversee the effective and secure processing of your personal data. View more information on data protection

This authority has a duty to protect the public funds it administers and may use information held about you for all lawful purposes, including but not limited to the prevention and detection of crime including fraud and money laundering. The council may also use your information for the purpose of performing any of its statutory enforcement duties. It will make any disclosures required by law and may also share your information with other bodies responsible for detecting or preventing crime including fraud or auditing or administering public funds.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Chorley Council. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by Chorley Council for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Chorley Council website.

We may share your data with South Ribble Borough Council as part of the shared services arrangements.

We will not disclose your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

What are your rights

You have the right to:

• request a copy of your information (known as a subject access request)
• request rectification or erasure of your information,
• request a restriction on the processing of your information, and,
• object to processing of your information,
• complain to the Information Commissioner's Office about the way the Council processes your information.
• set your browser to remove or reject cookies before using Chorley Council website

If you require further information about the use of your data or would like to exercise any of the above rights, please contact: Data Protection Officer, Chorley Council, Town Hall, Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1DP

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO's address is:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

Transferring information overseas

Your information will not be shared outside the UK.

How long we keep your information

We will keep your information for as long as it is required by us or other regulatory bodies in order to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or for other operational reasons. For the Chorley Apprenticeship Grant this will be 7 years.

Website information

Chorley Council encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Chorley Council so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Chorley Council is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Chorley Council family of websites.

Use of Cookies

The Chorley Council website uses "cookies" to help you personalise your online experience. View more information on the use of cookies on chorley.gov.uk

Updated: February 2024