Privacy notice - mailing list

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 creating and administering a mailing list of individuals and organisations interested in interested in receiving updates about the Belfast Town and Cities Project.  

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? 

We will use your personal information to create a mailing list so that we can contact you with updates regarding 

What categories of personal data are you processing? 

Personal Information: name, email address or organisation name and email address.  

Where do you get my personal data from? 

We get personal data from you when you complete and submit this expression of interest form.

Do you share my personal data with anyone else? 

Information may be shared internally among officers who are involved in the alleyway transformation and related clean and green improvement 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 for the duration of this project and in line with their Council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule. Please note, you can ask for it to be removed at any time by contacting NTC@belfastcity.gov.uk.

If you wish to contact the Council’s Data Protection Officer, please write to Belfast City Council, City Hall Belfast, BT1 5GS or send an email to dataprotection@belfastcity.gov.uk