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List of all privacy notices for Council tax and benefits.
The single person discount review is a review of selected single person discount reductions on council tax accounts at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. This review will be carried out by the Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit (CEFU) who work in partnership with a number of local authorities.
Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit
C/O Cheltenham Borough Council
Municipal Offices
Promenade
Cheltenham
GL50 9SA
Email : cfeu@rbwm.gov.uk
General Data Protection Regulation Article 6(1)(e) – processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
The legislation governing Council Tax is the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
Personal data for the Single Personal Discount Review is collected from you by e-mail to the CFEU RBWM e-mail address, or in writing to the CFEU address in Cheltenham.
The type of information collected relates to the occupants of properties over the age of 18 or persons who use the property as a correspondence address. The information is: name(s); address; date of occupation of the property; date of birth; telephone number and email address; correspondence address; details of any circumstances leading to a disregard discount.
All information held by Revenues & Benefits is used to:
Information is shared with the following departments within the council:
Under statutory duties or as required by law information is shared with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Police, the Serious Fraud Office, HM Customs & Excise and the Valuation Office Agency. Information is also shared with the Audit Commission as part of the National Fraud Initiative.
We engage the services of our Counter Fraud and Enforcement Team (CEFU), to help us carry out our reviews of single person discounts. CEFU will review the data matches presented by the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), operated by the Cabinet office to select accounts for review. This is done on our behalf, before CEFU then write to those residents selected for review and ask you to confirm your current single person status.
Information is stored for seven years.
Does your service utilise automated decision making? – No.