Data protection and freedom of information
The Data Protection Act 1998 is designed to cover the collecting, storing, processing and distribution of personal data.
It gives people rights over information about them. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a general right of access to recorded information held by public authorities in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
To read more about both acts and how they affect you, click the links below.
National Fraud Initiative Notification
The Council is taking part in the biennial National Fraud Initiative data matching exercise again this year.
For further information on the data matching exercise 
click here.
