GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in the UK from the 25th May 2018. This replaces the existing law on data protection and gives individuals more rights and protection regarding how their personal data is use by the Town Council.

What is GDPR?
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) is a whole system of regulations, systems, rights and principles that aims to protect the personal data of every EU citizen. It came into effect on the 25th May. The GDPR legislation documents are huge and set out to give a person more rights over the data that an organisation holds on them, but in a nutshell the main points are as follows: 

• A person can request to see all the details that you hold on them both in human and machine readable format – TEEC is your single point of contact to achieve this. 
• A person can request that you delete all the personal data that is held by an organisation – TEEC handles this on behalf of Parish Councils with respect to the website. 
• You need to state a valid reason for gathering and processing their data. The provided privacy policy example includes all the normal reasons a Parish council would do this. 
• You need to ask for consent when you gather data. The example cookie policy and cookie banner take care of this for you. 
• You need to provide people with a way of withdrawing that consent at any time. The example cookie policy and cookie banner take care of this for you. 
• You need to take precautions to protect personal data that you have gathered. That’s why all our sites use SSL on your domain and all databases are 256 bit encrypted.

Great Dawley Town Council
The Town Council have been working to ensure that the we are in a positive place for compliance to this new regulation and are following guidance on an ongoing basis.

There has been some campaigning from NALC, National Association of Local Councils since the GDPR took effect, and there may be some amendments to the regulation in the future that will affect the Town Council. Any changes will be displayed on this page.

As part of the on-going work to ensure compliance for the Town Council, please find links on documentation that the Town Council has approved.

How can I contact the Town Council about GDPR ?
If you have any GDPR queries or require further information on how the council handles your data, please feel free to contact the Clerk of Great Dawley Town Council, c/o Dawley Town Hall, New Street, Dawley, Telford TF4 3JR or by email clerk@greatdawley.com

​Last Updated: 10th May 2022