Community Safety privacy policy

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Our Community Safety Team tackles incidents of:

Anti Social Behaviour that occur in public spaces within the Borough, or that are linked with private dwellings. We work to both reduce incidents of ASB, and to minimise the harm caused by these incidents.

Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) are intended to deal with a particular nuisance or problem in a particular area that is detrimental to the local community’s quality of life

ASB Environmental crime

  • Littering: General Waste Litter is everything from food packaging to cigarette butts and chewing gum. It can also include feeding birds, spitting and urinating.
  • Fly-posting: displaying advertising material on buildings and street furniture without the consent of the owner.
  • Fly-tipping: the illegal dumping of waste. It can vary in scale significantly, from a bin bag of rubbish to larger bulky waste items dumped, such as mattresses or white goods.
  • Duty of Care (Business Waste): Graffiti, littering, dog fouling vandalism and fly-tipping do damage to the neighbourhood. These are environmental offences.

Personal information collected

  • Address
  • Contact details
  • DOB
  • Financial information
  • Equalities Information
  • Property information
  • Criminal/Prosecution Information 
  • Health/Medical Information  
  • Social Services Records 
  • Human Resources Records
  • Other Agencies Involved 
  • Education Information 
  • Housing Information  
  • Employment information
  • Information from the Local Authority from where you live and previously lived
  • Family/Relationship Information
  • NHS Number
  • Support Network
  • Referees
  • Referral/Assessment Information
  • Images in photographs or film/CCTV

Who we share the information with:

  • DWP 
  • Police 
  • Judicial Agencies eg Courts 
  • Health Agencies 
  • Legal representatives 
  • Expert Witnesses 
  • Council services – such as Counter Fraud, Adult or Childrens Safeguarding and Mental Health Services
  • HMRC
  • Government departments such as HMRC, Homeland Security
  • Professional regulatory bodies
  • Probation/Prison Services
  • UK Border Agency
  • Council legal service
  • Insurance companies
  • Other local authorities
  • Ofsted
  • Voluntary Agencies /Third Sector – such as contracted substance misuse service providers
  • Housing providers
  • Specialist Organisations – such as the National Crime Agency, Environment Agency
  • Home Office
  • Credit Reference Agencies

Legislation that applies

  • Anti-Social behaviour – nuisance, personal environmental
  • Public Space Protection Order PSPO - ASB

The processing and use of your personal data are underpinned by our compliance with our legal and statutory obligations, primarily under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 in order to tackle antisocial behaviour and to reduce crime and disorder.

We have a number Multi-agency panel meetings that are currently in operation across our service including Community Safety Multi Risk Assessment Conference to provide support to individuals affected by anti-social behaviour.

Environmental Crime is covered under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. The personal data provided is used to enable the council to process and investigate the incident being reported or situation brought to our attention.  

How long we keep your information

All other information 10 years from file closure