Privacy notice for Belfast Learning Festival Events
- registration for the 2025 Belfast Learning Festival Launch Event
- mailing list for the Belfast Learning City initiative
- To enable the Council to administer and manage your registration for the Belfast Learning Festival Launch Event,
- To ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Your privacy and how we will use your data
Belfast City Council is the Data Controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, for the personal data gathered for the purposes of administering and managing the:
The Council must have a valid lawful basis under UK GDPR to process your personal data and accepts that you are providing your personal data based on consent and are positively agreeing for the council to hold and further use it. Additionally, the Council’s lawful basis for processing is for a Public Task for the exercise of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority found in the UK GDPR Article 6 (e).
Why are you processing my personal information?
The launch event and registration form is primarily for business and organisations, but members of the public may also register and attend.
What categories of personal data are you processing?
Personal Information: name, email address, organisation name and any communication, access or dietary requirements that may be applicable.
Where do you get my personal data from?
We get personal data from you when you complete and submit this registration form.
Do you share my personal data with anyone else?
Information may be shared internally among officers who are involved in the project and where necessary between internal council departments with the purpose of supporting a safe and effective delivery of service.
Your personal data will not be shared or disclosed to any other organisation without your consent or unless the law permits or places an obligation on us to do so and no information or comments will be published in the public domain.
How long will you keep my personal data for?
Your personal data is held by the Council(s) in a safe and secure manner and in line with their Council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule.
Please note, that if you do provide a name and email address, you can ask for it to be removed at any time by contacting BCC and all reasonable steps will be taken to remove it.
If you have any queries regarding the processing of your personal data or wish to withdraw your consent to the processing of it, please contact the Strategy, Policy and Partnership unit at Belfast City Council policy@belfastcity.gov.uk. If you wish to contact the Council’s Information Governance Officer, please write to Belfast City Council, City Hall Belfast, BT1 5GS or send an email to dataprotection@belfastcity.gov.uk.