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Find the privacy notice for the Integrated Recovery Service - Change, Grow, Live here.
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (KMBC) and Change Grow Live Services Ltd (CGL)
KMBC has responsibility for improving the health of the local population under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which requires them to commission services to deliver on a number of statutory duties and recommended services for adults and young people.
Responsibility for commissioning drug treatment services became the responsibility of Local Authority Directors of Public Health (DPH) from April 2013 following enactment of the Heath & Social Care Act 2012.
KMBC has a contract with (CGL) to provide the Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service. We jointly created this privacy notice in August 2024 and will regularly review it.
For the purposes of data protection legislation, KMBC and CGL are both independent Data Controllers and are separately responsible to you under the law for the processing of your information.
KMBC and CGL are both committed to ensuring that your information is handled in accordance with the principles set out in data protection legislation and guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
In order to effectively deliver the Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service and ensure the best outcomes for service users are met we may get your information from one or more of the following sources:
We ask that you:
We will only ask for the information that is necessary for the service that we are providing to you.
The types of personal data processed include, but not are limited to the following:
Personal information may also be processed regarding staff at KMBC and CGL. This personal information includes, but is not necessarily restricted to, the following:
KMBC is authorised to process criminal offence data as the council is an official authority.
CGL processes criminal data in line with Article 10 of the UK GDPR and is authorised by domestic law to process criminal offence personal data through the use of a lawful condition under Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act, for example paragraph 10, preventing or detecting unlawful acts.
Personal data will be used for the following purposes:
Additionally, Knowsley Council are required under the Public Records Act 1958 (as amended) to transfer records to the City or National Archives (TNA) for permanent preservation. Full consideration will be given to Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation when making decisions about whether such records should be open to the public.
KMBC’s Public Health Service has responsibility for improving the health of the local population under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which requires them to commission services to deliver on a number of statutory duties and recommendations for children and adults.
The conditions used to process the personal data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 vary depending on purpose of the data share.
The relevant lawful bases for KMBC’s processing of personal data and special category personal data are as follows:
The relevant lawful conditions under the Data Protection Act 2018 are as follows:
The legislation underpinning this processing is: Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
The lawful bases for CGL processing of personal, and special category personal data are as follows:
The relevant lawful conditions under the Data Protection Act 2018 are as follows:
If appropriate data may be shared with other organisations and services these include, but are not restricted to:
KMBC has a statutory duty to commission public health services. Engaging with the service provided by CGL is voluntary however failure to provide information may result in a delay in treatment, recovery, prescribing and appropriate referrals.
In some instances such as Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR’s) and Drug Rehabilitation requirements (DRR) set by the Probation Services, data is required to be shared.
KMBC will only store your information for as long as is legally required or in situations where there is no legal retention period they will follow established best practice.
The retention of information, for legal or statutory purposes, is in line with The Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2016, namely this is 8 years for adults and 25 to 26 years for children services.
CGL will retain service user records for 8 years from last engagement. CGL have an automated process in place to delete records once the retention period has ended.
KMBC and CGL will process (store, share etc.) personal data using secure software and systems. Staff at both organisations complete mandatory data protection training on an annual basis.
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Under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018/ UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you have the following rights with regards to your personal data: -
To find out more about your rights under the DPA 2018/UK GDPR, please visit the Information Commissioner’s website.
To request a copy of your data or ask questions about how it is used, please write to: -
Data Protection Officer
Knowsley Council
Nutgrove Villa
Westmorland Road
Huyton
L36 6GA
Or email: Inforights@knowsley.gov.uk
You can complain directly to the Council’s Data Protection Team by writing to: -
Data Protection Officer
Knowsley Council
Nutgrove Villa
Westmorland Road
Huyton
L36 6GA
Or email: data.protection.officer@knowsley.gov.uk
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office using the following details:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
Website: www.ico.org.uk