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Torbay Council is a large organisation providing a range of services to the community. To administer the services efficiently it is necessary to process personal data. Some of this information is held in manual files and some on computer and is only used by authorised staff to provide and administer services. Sometimes the Council is required to disclose some of this data to other parties.
As an 'audited body' Torbay Council is legally obliged to provide relevant data to the Audit Commission under Section 6 of the Audit Commission Act, 1998. This data is used in the National Fraud Initiative's (NFI) data matching exercise. This year's exercise includes data collected for Council Tax purposes. Torbay Council therefore draws your attention to the fact we will use the information you have provided in connection with the administration of Council Tax in the following ways:
To lawfully disclose information to other public sector agencies to:
To lawfully disclose information to other public sector agencies to:
- prevent or detect benefit fraud and any other crime
- to support local and national fraud initiatives (such as the NFI exercise)
- to protect public funds
We may also use basic Council Tax information about you, e.g. name and address, in other areas of service provision if this:
- helps you to access our services more easily
- promotes the more efficient and cost-effective delivery of services
- helps us to recover monies that you owe us
Torbay Council processes personal data in line with its obligations and responsibilities under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998, and undertakes not to use your personal information in a way that may cause you unwarranted detriment at any time. Further information about the processing of personal data by Torbay Council can be found on our Data Protection pages.
Contact Council Tax
- Tel: 01803 207201
- Email: council.tax@torbay.gov.uk
- Fax: 01803 207234
