The Data Protection Act 1998 gives individuals a right to find out what information is held about them. It governs how we collect, use and process personal information. The Act gives you the right to ensure that the information held about you is correct and up to date, and have it amended accordingly if it isn’t.

Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioners Office. You can view our registration on the Information Commissioner's Office website. Our registration number is Z4849790.

Cambridgeshire County Council are required to comply with 8 rules to ensure we handle your information properly:

·  Processing must be fair and lawful;

·  The information we obtain must be for specific and lawful purposes;

· The information must be adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes;

· The information must be accurate and kept up to date;

· We must not hold the information for longer than is necessary;

· We must process your information in accordance with your rights;

· The information must be subject to the appropriate technical and organisational security measures;

· We must not transfer the information outside the EEA unless the country in question provides adequate security for that information