Leeds Youth Justice Service privacy notice

Who is the data controller for the information we collect

Leeds City Council is the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and other regulations including the UK General Data Protection Regulation, which means it determines what your data is used for and why it is collected.

The purpose of this privacy notice is to tell you about what information we collect about you when you use our service, how we use that information and who we may share it with. The contact details of the data controller are Leeds City Council, Merrion House, 110 Merrion Way, Leeds, LS2 8BB.

The data we will collect

To deliver the youth justice service we will process data on, but not limited to:

Personal data:

name
address
contact details
date of birth
family member details
employment information
referrals/assessments
details of other agencies involved
education information

Special category data:

ethnicity
gender

Criminal offence data

criminal offence data

How do we collect information about you

We collect information about you from you directly (for example, by asking you to complete one of our forms, via the telephone through our contact centre or face-to-face).

Why we process your data

All information collected will be used, shared, and held by Leeds Youth Justice Service to provide assessments, comply with court orders, to manage risk and to assist us to support you and your family. The information we collect from you is required to enable us to manage children and young people subject to involvement with the Youth Justice Service who undertake interventions as part of either a voluntary arrangement or statutory order.

All the data collected will be treated in strict confidence and in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The data provided by you will only be used for the purposes specified.

Lawful basis for processing

We will process your data in accordance with UK GDPR Article 6(1). The processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that the following applies:
Article 6(1)(c) - We have a legal obligation as laid out in the following legislation:

sections 10, 11 of the Children Act 2004
section 7 of the Young People’s Act 2008
section 37 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998
The Equality Act 2010

Article 6(1)(e) - we need it to perform a public task. With the underlying law being the same as above.

We will process your data in accordance with UK GDPR Article9(2).

The processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that the following applies:

Article 9(2)(b) - to carry out the obligations and specific functions in the field of employment and social security and social protection as laid out in law. With the underlying law being the same as given for Article 6 above
DPA 2018 Schedule 1, part 1(1) condition - employment, social security and social protection
substantial public interest laid out in law. With the underlying law being the same as given for Article 6 above
DPA 2018 Schedule 1, part 2(12) - regulatory requirements relating to unlawful acts and dishonesty

We will process criminal offence data in accordance with UK GDPR Article 10. The processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that the following applies:

under the control of official authority
authorised by domestic law. In the UK,

And this is supported by the appropriate policy document.

DPA 2018 Schedule 1, part 3(31) - processing by not-for-profit bodies.

Data retention, storage and destruction

Our data retention policies and procedures are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention. This means that your information will be kept securely, and for no longer than reasonably necessary after we cease to provide a service unless the law says that we need to hold it for longer or if there is a business requirement to do so. After this, your information will be deleted or archived.

Where appropriate and in order to provide services to you, the council will need to share some of your information with other services in the council and also with relevant organisation’s such as the police, health, courts, other youth justice teams, probation, and the secure estate. We will also provide information about you to relevant government departments, such as the Youth Justice Board, the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education, for reporting purposes and in order to make the services of Leeds Youth Justice Service better.

In addition, we will share your personal data:

where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject
in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person
for the purposes of security and prevention of fraud and other criminal activity
where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure

Automated decision making

Your data will not be used for any automated decision making, including profiling.

Your rights

The following rights under data protection law are applicable for this processing:

the right to access - you can ask for copies of your personal data
the right to rectification - you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data
the right to erasure - you can ask us to erase your personal data
the right to restrict processing - you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data
the right to object to processing - you can object to the processing of your personal data
the right to complain to a supervisory authority - you can complain about our processing of your personal data
the right to data portability - you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you

Where we process data under legal obligation the following will not apply:

the right to erasure - you can ask us to erase your personal data
the right to data portability - you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you
the right to object to processing - you can object to the processing of your personal data
the right to withdraw consent - to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent

Where we process data under public task the following will not apply:

the right to erasure - you can ask us to erase your personal data
the right to data portability - you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you
the right to withdraw consent - to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent

These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about your rights through the your individual rights page on the right, and the Information Commissioner's Office.

You may exercise any of the above rights in relation to your personal data by writing to us, using the contact details provided below.

Data Protection Officer

Aaron Linden
Head of Information Management and Governance - Data Protection Officer
Leeds City Council
Merrion House
110 Merrion Way
Leeds
LS2 8BB
DPO@leeds.gov.uk

The council privacy notice is available online.

If you are unhappy with the way in which your information has been handled, you should speak with the specific service in the first instance.

Any data protection complaints about how the council has processed your personal data, will be handled in accordance with the council’s complaints policy. You can find out how to submit a complaint online.

You can refer to the Information Commissioner if you consider that there has been an infringement of data protection legislation. Further details can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website.

Changes to this notice

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. We will notify you of significant changes to this notice by email or other means as appropriate. This privacy notice was last updated 4 November 2024.

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