Privacy notice

This privacy notice contains important information about who we are, what personal information we collect about you; how, when and why we collect your information, the legal basis we rely on for collecting the information and how we use the information and when we might share your personal data; how we keep your personal data secure; your rights in relation to your personal data; and how to contact us, or the relevant supervisory authorities, should you have a complaint.

Who are we?

The LGA is the national membership body for local authorities and we work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government. More information on who we are and what we do can be found here: local.gov.uk. Our head office address is 18 Smith Square, Westminster, London, SW1P 3HZ.

We are registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller under the name “Local Government Association”, and our registration number is Z5871320.

What information do we collect about you on this site?

  • Identity data - specifically your work email address.
  • Website usage data such as IP address and cookie information - see below for more information.

Why do we collect this information and what do we do with it?

We request your work email address from you if you want to download the employer toolkit. We ask for this information, so we can keep a record of the number of organisations and individuals using the toolkit and for no other reason. We will not share this information with anyone else. We may contact you to talk about your use of the toolkit.

Cookies

A cookie is a small parcel of text sent backwards and forwards between a web browser and a website. It is used in a number of ways and there are different types - you can read more about cookies on the following sites: aboutcookies.org and allaboutcookies.org.

We do not use cookies to identify you personally. We use them to improve your experience using this site, including gathering usage statistics for management reporting purposes. We also use marketing cookies, so we can understand how you found out about this site.

More information about how we use cookies is available in our cookie statement.

Legal basis

The law on data protection sets out a number of different reasons for which a company may collect and process your personal data. Sometimes there may be more than one legal basis.

Consent

In specific situations, we can collect and process your data with your consent. You consent to our processing your personal data when you submit your email address to download the employer toolkit. As stated above, this is purely to keep track of who is using the toolkit. We do not share your data with anyone else.

Protecting your personal information

We take the confidentiality of personal information very seriously and use recognised security and access controls to protect the information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or corruption. We have procedures and processes in place to ensure that your personal information is managed appropriately.

Your rights

Under data protection law, you have the right to:

  • be informed about the collection and use of your personal data
  • access information we hold about you
  • have any inaccurate or incomplete data held about you rectified
  • have data held about you erased.

A full list of your rights are available on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website.

To make a request in relation to your rights, please contact ITandbusinessmanagement@local.gov.uk.

Raising a concern

Should you wish to raise a concern about our use of your information, please contact ITandbusinessmanagement@local.gov.uk.

You can also raise a concern with the ICO.

Privacy notice updated 24/10/24.