1. Introduction

This notice provides additional information regarding the Stronger Shores Project.

We will keep our privacy notice under regular review and will advise you of any updates on our website.

This notice was last reviewed in October 2023.

2. Who we are

For the purposes of Data Protection legislation, South Tyneside Council is the Data Controller.

3. What type of personal information do we collect?

We may collect the following types of personal information:

• Name
• Email address

4. How do we collect personal information?

We may collect your personal information in a number of ways, for example:

• In writing via email
• Online forms

5. Why do we collect your personal information?

Stronger Shores collect personal information in order to keep you informed about the project or to contact you about an event / activity. We will only do this if you have expressed an interested about the project.

6. Who might we share your personal information with?

Personal data will only be shared with the Stronger Shores team (including Delivery Partners) and with our website designer, Studio 14, as well as Campaign Monitor.

7. How long will we keep your personal information?

We will hold your personal information until the project end date, which is currently March 2027, unless you contact us to ask that you are removed from the database.

8. What is our legal basis for using your personal information?

To use your personal information there must be a lawful basis to do this, such as, through a contract, performing a public task or where there is a legal obligation.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Strongershores@southtyneside.gov.uk. Note – if you are processing special category data or criminal offence data you will need to include additional conditions for processing data.

9. How do we keep your personal information secure?

Information provided to Stronger Shores is held securely on our network. Only officers working within system administrators have access to these records.

10. Is your personal information used overseas?

We will not process your personal information outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).

11. What are your rights?

Your individual rights are set out in law. Subject to some legal exemptions, you have the following rights:

• Right to be informed
• Right of access
• Right to rectification
• Right to erasure
• Right to restrict processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object
• Rights in relating to automated decision making and profiling

12. Contact us

If you would like to exercise your rights in relation to your personal information, or you feel that something has gone wrong with your personal information, you can contact us in either of the following ways:

By email: data.protection@southtyneside.gov.uk

By telephone: 0191 424 6539

In writing: South Tyneside Council Information Governance Town Hall and Civic Offices South Shields NE33 2RL.

If you feel that the Council has not handled your information correctly you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO is the Government’s Independent Body responsible for overseeing data protection. In most cases the ICO will only review cases that have exhausted the Council’s internal procedures.

The ICO’s contact details are as follows: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. More information can be found on the ICO’s website at www.ico.org.uk