- Privacy notice name
- Disabled Parking Permit Privacy Notice
- Last updated
- Friday, 23 December 2022
- Introduction
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The Blue Badge Scheme provides a disabled parking permit for drivers or passengers who are disabled or have a health condition that affects their mobility.
Where possible it allows Blue Badge holders to park close to where they need to go.
- What personal information we collect
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We collect personal information to make sure we can carry out our work. The personal information we collect includes:
- Name
- Date of birth.
- Address
- Email address
- Gender
- Telephone number
- Marital status
- National Insurance number
- Photograph
- Medical records
- Health
- Who we collect personal information about
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When we collect personal information it may be about:
- Individuals
- Applicants
- How we use personal information
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We use your personal information to:
- Maintain accounts and records
- Undertake regulatory activities
- Commission services
- Process applications, requests and appeals
- Undertake investigations and audits
- Why we use your personal information
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We're required by law to provide services for the disabled. This is detailed in legislation and guidance including:
- Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
We're allowed to process personal and sensitive data for the following reasons under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles and the Data Protection Act:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- For public tasks or statutory functions
- For legal proceedings such as obtaining advice or defending legal rights
- Substantial public interest
- Who we share your personal information with
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We collect information from and disclose information to individuals and organisations that can support our work including:
- Affected parties
- Council departments
- Courts and tribunals
- Law enforcement and prosecuting agencies
- Ombudsman and regulatory bodies
- Other public bodies or authorities
- Partner agencies
- Service providers
- Automated decision about your personal information
- This service doesn't make any decisions using computers or programmes that don't involve a human being when using your personal information.
- How long we keep your personal information
- There is no minimum legal time limit for how long this service needs to store your information so we will only keep your information for as long as is necessary to provide the service you have asked us for.
- Transferring personal information beyond the EEA
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This service doesn't transfer your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
We do not routinely share data with any organisation outside the UK, but our website is available across the internet and we communicate with applicants and stakeholders wherever they are. - Related content
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