Apprenticeship levy service privacy notice
Read our privacy notice for information on how we collect, store and process your data.
The council is the data controller for purposes of the Data Protection Act (2018) and EU General Data Protection Regulation (2018) and is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number Z5840053.
Brighton & Hove City Council are committed to protecting your personal information. As a data controller we have a responsibility to make sure you know why and how your personal information is being collected in accordance with relevant data protection law.
Why we are processing your data
- We are collecting your data for the purpose of processing your application for Levy transfer funds.
- We have a legal basis for collecting this data as it is considered necessary to enable us to carry out our tasks, functions, duties or powers or to perform a task carried out in the public interest.
- Your data may be shared with internal departments including City Development & Regeneration and, should you give consent, other Levy paying employers to explore other Levy transfer funding opportunities or other internal departments or organisations to promote apprenticeships to under-represented groups.
- We have a legal basis for sharing this data with other Levy paying employers under Explicit Consent and you will be required to provide Consent
- To make sure that it delivers its functions as efficiently as possible, this Council may share your information with one of its local authority partners, namely Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council etc, with whom it operates a shared service arrangement.
- We will hold your data for 6 years from the completion of any apprenticeship funded through this application or 6 years from the date of the outcome should no apprenticeship be funded.
Your information rights
Under GDPR you have certain rights concerning your information.
Check your rights in relation to your personal information.
How to get advice or make a complaint
Data Protection Officer
If you have a concern about how we collect or use your personal data you can contact the Council’s Data Protection Officer.
How to make a complaint
We aim to resolve all complaints about how we handle personal information. You also have the right to make a complaint about data protection to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Contact them by post: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or phone 0303 1231 113.
You can also make a complaint or find out more information on the Commissioner's Office website.
If your complaint is not about data protection, find details on how to make a complaint about a council service.