What service is being provided?
The Essex Addiction Recovery System is made up of several services commissioned by Essex County Council in order to support individuals to recover from addiction and other needs. Your data will be processed as described below in order to provide you with this support.
What personal data do we need from you?
Each commissioned provider will collect data in order to provide each service. The data is likely to be:
- Forename, Surname, Date of Birth, Gender and Title
- Address, Phone Number, Email Address
What ‘special categories’ of personal data do we need from you?
- Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion, Sexuality
- Disability
- Personal history
- Social circumstances
- Physical and mental health information
- Prescribing information
- Safeguarding information
- Disclosed criminal activity
- Identified risks and/or vulnerabilities
- Previous treatment
Who will be using your personal data?
The Data Controller is Essex County Council
The following are Data Processors supporting this purpose by providing services:
- Cybermedia
- Essex Partnership University NHS Trust (EPUT)
- Forward Trust
- Open Road
- Phoenix Futures
- The Childrens Society
What will your data be used for and what gives us the right to ask for it and use it?
Providing public health services to you, including:
- All Age Recovery Coordination Service
- Community Rehabilitation & Psycho Social Intervention Service (SHARP)
- Health and Criminal Justice Pathways (Health & Justice)
- Integrated Support, Advice, Recovery and Mentoring Service (Futures in Mind)
- Offenders with Complex and Additional Needs (Full Circle)
- Specialist Treatment & Recovery Service (STaRS)
- Structured Alcohol Interventions (ARC)
Planning and improving services
Preventing or detecting of fraud or crime
Research using anonymised personal data. If we wish to use your identifiable personal data we will seek your permission.
If we cannot use your data, commissioned providers could not provide you with Public Health services on behalf of Essex County Council
Our legal basis for using your personal data is:
Necessary to meet a legal obligation or for a task in the public interest in line with the following legislation:
Section 12 ‘Duties as to improvement of public health’ – Health and Social Care Act 2012
Our legal basis for using your special personal data is substantial public interest on the basis of the above legislation.
Who else might we share your data with?
- GP (For prescribing services)
- Pharmacies (For dispensing prescribed medication)
- Your Next of Kin (where appropriate; in an emergency or to confirm wellbeing if we are not able to contact you)
We might also share with other organisations in order to provide you with a service. You will be advised of this and asked for your consent.
Your information may be disclosed or shared without your consent in the following circumstances:
- When it is required by law or the order of a court
- When it is necessary or expedient to protect the welfare of any person (for example, safeguarding)
- When it is necessary or expedient to enable another public body to carry out its statutory functions
- When it helps us to carry out any of our functions
- When it is in connection with the investigation of a criminal offence or criminal proceedings
Will your data be stored in or accessible from countries with no UK-equivalent Privacy Law protections?
No
How long will your data be kept?
Data will be kept in line with Essex County Council’s corporate retention policy
Our use of your data based on a task in the public interest will be subject to the following legal rights:
- Your Right to be Informed
- Your Right to Access your personal data
- Your Right for us to Rectify your personal data
- Your Right to Restrict our processing of your personal data
- Your Right to Object to our use of your personal data
Our use of your data to meet our legal obligation will be subject to the following legal rights:
- Your Right to be Informed
- Your Right to Access your personal data
- Your Right for us to Rectify your personal data
- Your Right to Restrict our processing of your personal data
Visit the following links for more information about Privacy Law, our obligations and your Rights:
The ICO Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation 2016
The General Data Protection Regulation 2016
If you have concerns over the way we are asking for or using your personal data, please raise the matter with our Data Protection Officer by the following means:
| Postal Address | Data Protection Officer, Information Governance Team, Essex County Council, County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM11QH |
| dpo@essex.gov.uk | |
| Phone Number | 0333 013 9824 |
If you still have concerns following our response you have the right to raise the matter with the Information Commissioner’s Office:
| Postal Address | Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF |
| Online Form | https://ico.org.uk/concerns/handling/ |
| Phone Number | 0303 123 1113 |
Privacy Notice
Open Road is committed to protecting and respecting all personal data that we hold. The Privacy Notice explains why we collect and use personal data, how we keep it safe and provides information about individuals’ rights.
Please visit our website https://www.openroad.org.uk/privacy-notice/ for further details.
