In order to provide services to you, it is necessary for us to collect and hold personal information about you. This information will be used to:

• deliver and manage services we provide to you
• process and make decisions on applications you have sent us
• help investigate complaints or concerns you have raised about the service provided
• process financial transactions including payments for licences, registrations and other services issued or supplied to you by the council, and goods or services provided by you to the council
• help detect and prevent fraud and corruption in the use of public funds and where necessary for law enforcement functions
• maintain our own accounts and records
• help us build up a picture of how we are performing
• provide statistical analysis
• help with research and planning new services
• protecting or improving public health
• producing statutory public registers

We hold several registers of environmental information for public viewing as required by law. Your personal information will be included in a public register in accordance with our statutory responsibility. To view these registers please contact the Environmental Control team at envc@teignbridge.gov.uk