Westmorland and Furness Council privacy notice - Armed Forces Referrals

The Armed Forces Referrals is a facility specifically set up to refer or signpost members of the Armed Forces community and their families to approved partner organisations who provide relevant community-based support services.

What information we collect

We need some personal data from you. This includes your:

  • name
  • contact details
  • Armed Forces status
  • basic non sensitive description of the support required

We need some special category from you. This includes any essential risk or safety information.

We do not need any criminal or law enforcement data from you.

How we collect your data

We collect this data from you:

  • in person during any face to face interaction with us
  • over the phone

Why we collect your data

We collect data so we can provide relevant support services to:

  • serving Armed Forces personnel
  • veterans
  • reservists
  • the families of the above

Who we share your personal data with

Where there is a lawful reason to do so, we may share your data with approved Armed Forces community based organisations. These organisation must sign an Information Sharing Agreement with the Council. 

We may receive personal, special category personal or criminal and law enforcement data about you from the third parties mentioned above and other public bodies and organisations. In this case, we will tell you the source of the information unless we are unable to do so by law. 

We process personal data under at least one legal basis from the list below:

  • UKGDPR Article 6(1) (a) Consent
  • UKGDPR Article 6(1) (d) Vital Interests

We process special category personal data under the condition of UKGDPR Article 9(2) (a) Explicit consent.

Relevant legislation

The relevant legislation includes:

  • Data Protection Act 2018
  • UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)