UTMC camera sensor privacy notice

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 UMTC service, we will process data on images of road user types.

Why we process your data

The council's Highways and Transportation service is using a sensor system that is designed to allow traffic signal optimisation based on minimising person delay, as opposed to the conventional method of minimising vehicle delay.

To achieve this, the system needs to be capable of recognising different types of road users and tracking their progress through a junction. This is enabled via the use of camera sensors that capture an image and then immediately process it to collect anonymised road user data (for example, a car, van, HGV, cyclist, or pedestrian).

The captured image is destroyed as soon as the image processing has taken place (after less than one second). Further information on these sensors, including a video demonstration of how this technology works, is available on VivaCityLabs' website.

All the data collected will be treated in strict confidence and in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The data provided by you will only be used for the purpose(s) 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)(e): We need it to perform a public task for the purposes of managing Leeds' road system and to ensure that traffic moves optimally. As laid out in the following Traffic Management Act 2004 legislation. 

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 for less than a second before being anonymised. 

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 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 following rights 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.

Please click on the individual rights page to exercise any of the above rights in relation to your personal data. 

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 Office 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.