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Privacy notices

Information about when and how we process personal information about you and for what purposes.​

Gateshead Council is a data controller under the Data Protection Act. We collect personal information to provide services and to meet our statutory obligations. This could be when you apply for or receive our services, living in or visiting the borough or using our website. Our corporate privacy notice gives a general overview of our responsibilities and processes regarding personal data as well as explaining your personal data rights.

Each service that we provide or you engage with also has its own privacy notice. These explain in detail how services use your information and the legal basis for this use. They are collected below and can be searched using the search bar.

    There are 25 results.
    • Allotments Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24375/Allotments-Privacy-Notice

      Read more within our privacy notice about why allotment services need your information and how they use it.

    • Business Rates privacy notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/10455/Business-Rates-privacy-notice

      Read more about how and why we use your information for business rates.

    • Business, Employment and Skills Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24389/Business-Employment-and-Skills-Privacy-Notice

      Read more within our privacy notice about why Business, Employment and Skills need your information and how they use it.

    • CCTV
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/8454/CCTV-Privacy-Notice

      See information on CCTV installed across the borough and how we use it.

    • Commissioning Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/25529/Commissioning-Privacy-Notice

      Find out how Commissioning collect and use your information.

    • Construction Services Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24358/Construction-Services-Privacy-Notice

      Read more within our privacy notice about why construction need your information and how they use it.

    • Council Housing - Housing Solutions Service
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/29869/Council-Housing-Housing-Solutions-Service

      Read more within our privacy notice about Council Housing - Housing Solutions Service.

    • Council Tax
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/10235/Council-Tax-Privacy-Notice

      Read more about why Council Tax need your information and how they use it.

    • Discretionary Housing Payments
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/22208/Discretionary-Housing-Payments-Privacy-Notice

      Find out how and why we use your information for Discretionary Housing Payments

    • Energy Services Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24504/Energy-Services-Privacy-Notice

      Read more within the Energy Services privacy notice about why they need your information and how they use it.

    • Financial Management Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24391/Financial-Management-Privacy-Notice

      See information on Financial management, what we do, what information we collect and how we use it.

    • Free school transport
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/9426/Free-Home-to-School-Transport-Privacy-Notice

      Find out how and why we use your information for free school transport.

    • Free school meals
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/9424/Free-school-meals-privacy-notice

      Find out how and why we use your information for free school meals.

    • Gateshead Home Choice (choice-based lettings)
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/22429/Gateshead-Home-Choice-choice-based-lettings-privacy-notice

      Learn more about how our council housing team use data.

    • Gateshead Music Service Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24666/Gateshead-Music-Service-Privacy-Notice

      Read more about Gateshead Music Service the Hub Lead Organisation for Gateshead and South Tyneside Music Education Hub, how they use your data and why it is col...

    • Gateshead Sport and Leisure Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/8572/Gateshead-Sport-and-Leisure-Privacy-Notice

      Read more about why Gateshead Sport and Leisure need your information and how they use it.

    • Gateshead Trading Company - New Enterprise Allowance Scheme, Phase 2 Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/25575/Gateshead-Trading-Company-New-Enterprise-Allowance-Scheme-Phase-2-Privacy-Notice

      Read about how Gateshead Trading Company use your information for the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme

    • Housing Benefit and Council Tax
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/9423/Housing-Benefit-and-Local-Council-Tax-Support-privacy-notice

      Find out how and why we use your information for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support.

    • Libraries Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/12169/Libraries-Privacy-Notice

      What information Gateshead libraries collect about you and how we use it

    • Libraries Room Bookings Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24376/Libraries-Room-Bookings-Privacy-Notice

      Read more within our privacy notice about why Libraries room bookings need your information and how they use it.

    • Local discretionary payments
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/9425/Local-Discretionary-Payments-Privacy-Notice

      Find out how and why we use your information for local discretionary payments.

    • Locality Team Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/29868/Locality-Team-Privacy-Notice

      Read more within our privacy notice about Gateshead Council's Locality Team.

    • Management and Maintenance Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/22428/Management-and-Maintenance-Privacy-Notice

      Learn more about how our Council housing team use data.

    • Neighbourhood Management Privacy Notice
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/24359/Neighbourhood-Management-Privacy-Notice

      Learn more about how our Neighbourhood Management use data.

    • Private Sector Housing
      https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/8463/Private-Sector-Housing-and-Housing-Growth-Teams-Privacy-Notice

      Learn more about how our Private Sector Housing and Housing Growth Teams Privacy Notice team use data.