Pensions Privacy Notice

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government or working for other employers participating in the scheme.

We collect personal information to make sure that we can carry out our work. The personal information we collect includes:

• Name.
• Address and contact details including email address.
• Age and date of birth.
• Marital status.
• Identifiers such as National Insurance number, passport number, driving licence number, vehicle registration number.
• Employment data.
• Financial information such as bank details.
• Health or medical records including disabilities.

When we collect personal information it may be about:

• Employees.

We use your personal information to:

• Maintain accounts and records.
• Support and manage employees and volunteers.
• Administer the collection or payment of taxes, benefits and other revenues.
• Undertake investigations and audits.

We're required by law to provide a pension scheme. This is detailed in legislation and guidance including:

• Sections 7, 9, 11 and 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972

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 a public task or statutory function.
• For performance of a contract.
• To comply with employment, social security or social protection law.

We collect information from and disclose information to individuals and organisations that can support our work including:

• Affected parties.
• Council departments.
• Other public bodies or authorities such as Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employers.

• Financial regulations

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