Details
- Name of service - Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
- Directorate - Community Protection and Emergencies
- Date of issue - 5 November 2019
- Date of current version - 9 July 2024
- Review date - 9 July 2026
Notice
The reasons why we use your personal data
This privacy notice applies to the functions of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service service that carries out the Fire and Rescue functions within Surrey County Council.
What processing of personal data is undertaken by the service?
Your personal data is collated for the purposes of emergency response, community safety and business fire safety in order to carry out our statutory responsibilities under the different legislative frameworks, provide services and establish good business practices. In addition, we collect your personal data for the following:
- Service delivery
- Prevention – Community Safety
- Protection – Business Fire Safety
- Detection of crime and fraud
- Service improvement and planning
- Research
- Statistical analysis and reporting
- Safeguarding
- Vital Interests
- Education - Firewise Scheme, Youth Engagement Scheme, Fire cadets, Adult Fire Setting Education
- Referrals to support agencies, when appropriate
What information do we collect?
We collect information on the following, only when relevant:
- Name
- Address
- Age
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Contact details
- Health and medical details
- Biometric (CCTV and photographic images)
- Criminal history
- Religious beliefs
- Premises access codes - residential and business
- Information and risks relating to occupants and premises
How we are allowed to use your personal data
Legal obligation or public task under various UK legislation including but not limited to:
- Local Government Act
- Fire and Rescue Act 2004
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Civil Contingency Act 2004
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Criminal Justice act 2003,
- Police and Criminal Evidence act 1984
- Care Act 2015
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Mental Health Act 1983, 2007
- Local Safeguarding Children and Adults Boards Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/90)
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (and subsequent amendments in 2019)
- Serious Crime Act 2015
- Modern Slavery Act 2015
- Children and Social Work Act 2017
- Domestic Abuse Act 2020
- Criminal Damage Act 1971
Consent
To process your personal data, we will explain to you what we are asking you to agree to and why. If we have consent to use your personal data, you may have the right to remove it at any time. If you want to remove your consent, please contact us at the following email address contactfire@surreycc.gov.uk and we will deal with your request.
Please note: we may not be able to remove your data due to the requirements of other relevant regulations.
Who we share your personal data with
We share information with the following, only when relevant:
- Our Staff
- All Civil Contingency Act 2004 Category 1 and 2 responders
- Other SCC departments for example Adult Social Care and Children's Social Care
- Districts and Boroughs
- Judicial Agencies like courts and the Police
- Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
- NHS
- Central Government like the Home Office
- National Crime Agency
- Research institutions
- Probation Service
Automated decision making (when computers make any decisions about you)
We do not use automated decision making
Personal data being sent or processed outside of the UK and European Union (EU)
We do not send or process data outside of the UK and EU, other than as part of our "Safe Drive Stay Alive" (SDSA) initiative. This initiative has now ceased, although they may still retain data which has been shared previously. With Safe Drive Stay Alive we used the Road Safety GB Connect data collection platform, coordinated by a UK company, called First Car. They used a United States (US) based data company called Campaign Monitor.
We collected email addresses only that were used to send information about road safety and learning to drive, to those that attended SDSA and opted-in to receive the information via monthly emails.
Please refer to Road Safety GB Connects Privacy Notice for further information.
Retention of data
Data will be retained in accordance with the Surrey Fire and Rescue Service specific data retention schedule.
Other information
For further information on our privacy notices, please see information and privacy.
