Your Privacy
The Data Protection Act
The Data Protection Act 1998 was created to ensure that information about individuals is processed in accordance with the rights provided in the Data Protection Act 1998 together with providing them with safeguards to prohibit any non-compliant or unauthorised processing.
The Act works in two ways. Firstly, it states that anyone who processes personal information must comply with eight principles, which make sure that personal information is:
- Fairly and lawfully processed,
- Processed for limited purposes,
- Adequate, relevant and not excessive,
- Accurate and up to date,
- Not kept for longer than is necessary,
- Processed in line with your rights,
- Secure,
- Not transferred to other countries without adequate protection.
The second area covered by the Act provides individuals with important rights, including the right to find out what personal information is held on computer and most paper records.
West Devon Homes
West Devon Homes Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner as a data controller of personal data that it collects and processes about its tenants in order to manage tenancies and improve services.
West Devon Homes Ltd holds such data securely. If required it may disclose information to third parties on a strictly need to know basis, or as required by law. You have a right to access the personal data held about you by applying in writing to the Director of Resources at West Devon Homes Ltd and upon payment of a £10 fee.
Our Website
Under the Data Protection Act, we have a legal duty to protect any personal information we collect from you. If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, the West Devon Homes Ltd website does not store or capture personal information.
West Devon Homes Ltd only collects personal information from you, the user, when you voluntarily supply that information to us. For example you may choose to give us personal details via email or by using an electronic form or by requesting information from us about our services. In these circumstances the personal information you supply will only be used to provide the information or the service you have requested.
Personal information you have given us is not disclosed to third parties unless this is stated on the web page at the point of data collection or as required by law.
This privacy statement only covers West Devon Homes Ltd website at www.wdh.org.uk This statement does not cover links within this site to other websites, and West Devon Homes Ltd is not responsible for the protection of information which users provide to other websites. The Company recommends that you read the privacy policy of the linked website.
We automatically collect statistical data about usage patterns on our website. This information does not relate to an individual and is collected to provide us with an understanding of the areas of interest on our site.
Any changes to this privacy policy will be placed on this page.
