- Privacy notice name
- Prevent and Channel privacy notice
- Last updated
- Thursday, 6 June 2024
- Introduction
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The Prevent Duty was created by the Home Office as part of the government's counter-terrorism strategy. It lays out guidance for local councils to follow to prevent people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The prevent duty safeguards vulnerable people from harm.
The Channel Programme is a key element of the Prevent strategy. It is a multi-agency safeguarding approach to identify and provide support to individuals who are susceptible and at risk of being drawn into terrorism.
- What personal information we collect
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We collect personal information to make sure that we can carry out our work. The personal information we collect includes:
- Name and date of birth
- Address and contact details, including email address
- Marital status
- Gender and data revealing racial or ethnic origin
- Religion
- Health or medical records, including disabilities
- Educational or employment data
- Sexual orientation
- Crime or offending information
- Memberships of organisations
- Political opinions
- Who we collect personal information about
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When we collect personal information it may be about:
- Individuals
- Family, parents and siblings
- Friends and other contacts
- How we use personal information
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We use your personal information to:
- Provide support and guidance
- Safeguard the welfare of adults, children and young people
- Prevention and intervention initiatives
- Maintain records of the support and services we provide
- Managing complaints and allegations
- Monitor the quality of the support we provide and check how our services are performing overall, for example by requesting your feedback
- Monitor the number of people being referred into the service they receive
- Evaluate and analyse initiatives and schemes
- Why we use your personal information
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We're required by law to reduce the threat from terrorism by safeguarding and protecting vulnerable people from becoming radicalised or supporting terrorism. This is detailed in legislation and guidance including:
- Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
- Channel and Prevent Duty Guidance 2023
- Equality Act 2010
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
- Where there is substantial public interest
- For the management of health or social care systems or services
- Where it is necessary to protect someone's life
- 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:
- Council departments
- Other public bodies or authorities, for example the Probation Service, Home Office and Immigration
- Schools and higher education providers
- Law enforcement and prosecuting agents, for example the police
- Health and healthcare organisations
- Housing 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
- We keep personal information collected as part of this process for a minimum of 6 years from the date of collection, or for an additional length of time if necessary.
- 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.
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