Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice explains how we use the information that we collect about you.
As Councillors of Fife, we will use the information provided by you in order to represent your views and opinions and to help with any difficulties that we can help to resolve. Under Data Protection Legislation, Councillors are known as a data controller. This means, we have to handle and process your personal information appropriately in order for us to fulfil our duties.
The personal information that we gather and use may include your name, contact details and any information relating to your query or consultation with us. We will keep your information for as long as necessary to resolve your enquiry; and may retain this for our term of office, in case you need to contact us again during that time.
We may need to share your information with Services within Fife Council and their Arms Lengths Organisations (ALEOs) to ensure you are provided with help, advice or services that you are entitled to. We may also record your information on a case recording system and with the team who provide support to us.
In order to carry out the functions above, we may also receive information about you from Services within Fife Council.
If you have concerns about the use of your personal data, please contact your Councillor direct in the first instance. If you remain dissatisfied, you may wish to contact the Information Commissioner's Office to raise your concern or complaint. The ICO can be contacted in writing at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or telephone: 0303 123 1113 or online: https://ico.org.uk/.
