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Local Drug Information System (LDIS) privacy notice

The purpose of processing

The purpose of collecting personal information through the LDIS model is to validate reports and to make contact with yourself should additional information be required about the report that has been made. We will process your data in order to gather intelligence about emerging, dangerous practices or substances in Bath and North East Somerset, so to enhance the local response and inform professionals who work with individuals who use drugs, of the immediate risk.

Data subjects

Data subjects are individuals who fill out the LDIS form.

Personal data

We will collect the following information: Reportee name; organisation the reportee works for; job title of the reportee; email address of the reportee; telephone number of the reportee.

How is it used?

We will use your telephone number and/or email address to contact you regarding the report you have made, and to validate the report and ask for further information if required. We may also use the email address you provide to share meeting invites with you regarding the report.

Profiling and automated decision making

Not applicable

GDPR condition relied upon for processing personal data:

Article 6.1 a - Consent

GDPR condition relied upon for processing special category data

Not applicable

Sharing of personal data with external recipients

The reportee organisation and job role will be shared with individuals on the LDIS panel, so that they are aware of where the alert has been raised from and who the services may cater to.

How long is the personal data retained by the Council?

We will retain your personal data for no longer than five years.

Questions or concerns?

Please email data_protection@bathnes.gov.uk 

Appeals to the Information Commissioner’s Office

If you are unhappy about the way we have treated your personal data, or feel we have not properly respected your data subject rights, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and tell them about this.

You can also contact the ICO by phone on 0303 1231113.