Emergency Planning privacy notice

Please read the our general privacy notice as well as this notice.

What services are being provided

Department/ Directorate: Emergency Planning, Financial Services

The Emergency Planning and Resilience Team delivers the Local Authority’s statutory responsibilities and duties as a Category 1 Emergency Responder as set out by the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004. THE CCA 2004 relates to civil protection and contingency (emergency) planning.

The local authority must plan and prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies.

The statutory duties placed on the local authority as a Category 1 responder includes the anticipation and assessment of risks, production of plans for controlling or mitigating the impact of emergency incidents and business disruptions as well as effectively responding to, and recovering from, an emergency.

View the full list of statutory duties for Category 1 and 2 responders.

What your information will be used for and the lawful basis for requesting and using it

Your information will be used for:

The purposes of delivering effective emergency response, protecting the citizens of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole from harm.

Note: If we cannot use your data, we may not be able to provide you with these services, etc.

Our lawful or legal basis for using your information can be found here.

Article 6.1(e) of the GDPR: "Public Task" "processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller", or

Article 6.1(d) of the GDPR: "Vital interests" "processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person", and;

Authorised by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

What personal data we need from you

The Emergency Planning and Resilience Team holds and maintains the contact details of organisations and individuals who can help provide emergency relief services which may be called upon in the event of an emergency, for example the contact details of key holders of pre-designated reception centres.

The Emergency Planning and Resilience Team commits to use anonymised data wherever possible during the risk assessment and planning process. However, during an emergency, to protect individuals from harm and to fulfil our statutory duties, we may collect and use, but not limited to the following personal data:

telephone numbers
address
postcode
emergency contact details
date of birth
common identifier number/NHS Number/Social Care Reference Number.

Special category (sensitive) data

In order that we may deliver emergency response services appropriate to your needs we may also ask for the following ‘special category’ (sensitive) information about you which may include, but not limited to:

health
gender.

We may also receive personal information about you from others.

The CCA and accompanying regulations (Regulations 45 to 54 of The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005) places a duty on Category 1 and 2 responders to share information upon request which relates to the performance of their duties or functions relating to the preparedness, response and recovery stages of an emergency. Personal data can be requested and the responder receiving the request must comply unless an exemption applies.

To help us provide emergency response services appropriate to your needs we may receive personal information about from others including, but not limited to, Category 1 and Category 2 responders, such as:

other Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council (BCP) departments/directorates e.g. Social Care family members
community members
care providers
emergency services
NHS agencies
utility companies
other local authorities.

Who will be using your personal information

To help us provide effective emergency response and to ensure we provide the services appropriate to your needs both during an incident and throughout the longer-term recovery period the following organisations or departments may use the information you provide:

BCP Adult’s and Children’s Social Care
BCP Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the instances of vulnerability mapping
Health providers

Other organisations we may share your data with

In some cases, we may have to share your personal information with other agencies such as:

To help us provide emergency response services appropriate to your needs the following organisations or departments, but not limited to, may use the information you provide:

emergency services
NHS agencies
other local authorities
social care
voluntary organisations.

We may also share information with emergency services in other areas of the Country in the event of a major incident where a person is considered to be at risk of harm.

How long we keep your data

We review personal data held for the purposes of emergency response activation at a minimum, every three years and will destroy the personal data if it has been superseded. If your personal data was acquired during an emergency incident, we will endeavour to delete your data as soon as our use has concluded.

For legal and operational reasons BCP Council will retain all data/relating to emergencies for 3 years at which point retention will be reviewed.

Our use of your data will be subject to your legal rights as described at the ICO.

Visit the following links for more information about privacy law, our obligations and your rights.

If you still have concerns following our response you have the right to raise the matter with the Information Commissioners Office.