Hackforth Combined Parish Council will publish all relevant administrative documents on the website.

Please contact the Parish Clerk for further information regarding the availability of documents in  other formats, a disbursement may be charged to recover the actual costs of providing hard copy.

Data Protection Act

The Parish Council is bound by law to

 abide by the provisions of the Data

Protection Act 1998.

The Council will not gather or publish any personal data unless the purpose of the data is made clear to, and written permission has been obtained from, the data owner.

Any personal data gathered as above will not be used for any purpose other than that stated when it was obtained. For example, if the Council gathers personal data for a paper publication it may not subsequently publish that data on the internet, and vice versa.

The Council will ensure the safe keeping of any electronic files containing personal data and will not release those files to any external party except for the purpose of printing or publication. The Council will require that any files thus released are deleted after use.

The Data Protection Act 1998

For full information see: Information Commissioner's Office

The following are the eight principles of the Act reproduced from UK Government web site above:

• Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless: 
  (a) at least one of the conditions in Schedule 2 is met, and 
  (b) in the case of sensitive personal data, at least one of the conditions in Schedule 3 is also met.
• Personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes.
• Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed.
• Personal data shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
• Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
• Personal data shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Act.
• Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.
• Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data

Governance Statement

The Parish Council should conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of its system of internal control. Once complete the council must report its findings in its Annual Governance Statement.

2017 click to view

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2021 click to view