Privacy Notice - Mayor's Awards

The Council takes your privacy and personal data seriously.

This notice sets out what we will do with your personal information and who we may share it with.


What information about you do we collect?

  • Personal data - such as your name, address, email and telephone number
  • Your nomination for a Mayoral Award

No data will be published which can identify an individual.


How do we collect information about you?

Relevant personal data will be collected:

  • Directly from you (e.g. from asking you to complete an online or printed form, or speaking to you on the phone or face to face, or from emails sent to South Hams or West Devon members).

How will your personal data be used?

Your personal data will be used to assess your nomination for a Mayoral Award.


Sharing your information

Your information may be shared with Elected Members of West Devon Borough Council.

The council will never sell your data to anyone else


Retention and Transferring of data outside the EU

Your data will not be transferred outside the EU. It will be securely stored electronically within the UK only, unless it was necessary for safeguarding or for the prevention and detection of crime.


Individual rights

You have a number of rights under the General Data Protection Regulations. These can be found on the ICO Website.


The Data Controller for your information

The Data Controller for information you provide for this service is:

West Devon Borough Council
Kilworthy Park
Drake Road
Tavistock
PL19 0BZ


The Data Processors for your information

Your information may be provided to other organisations for processing in relation to this service. The Council has strict agreements in place with all Data Processors to ensure your information is protected.


Data Protection Officer

The Council has a duty to appoint a Data Protection Officer. The Council's nominated Data Protection Officer is Drew Powell.

West Devon Borough Council
Kilworthy Park
Drake Road
Tavistock
PL19 0BZ

If you have any queries, would like to exercise your rights or make a complaint, contact the Data Protection Officer by

  • email to dataprotection@swdevon.gov.uk
  • telephone 01803 861234 or
  • write to them at:

West Devon Borough Council
Kilworthy Park
Drake Road
Tavistock
PL19 0BZ

If you are not happy with how we have handled your complaint, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner's Office to make a complaint about what we do with your information:

  • Telephone them on 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a national rate number
  • Visit their website 
  • Write to them at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF