Access to Information

Data Protection & Privacy Statement

We need to collect, store, use, share and dispose of personal data in order to deliver services as a local authority.

Subject Access Request

Data Protection laws give you the right to request to see personal data that the Council holds about you. This is known as the right of "subject access".

Freedom of Information

FOI is about improving citizens' access to information about the organisations they deal with every day.

Register of Personal Data Processing

The Council must be transparent about how we process personal data

Records Management

Scottish public authorities how they manage their records

Pupil Records

The Pupils' Educational Records (Scotland) Regulations 2003 give parents a specific right of access to their child's educational records

Publication Scheme

The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOI) requires all Scottish public authorities to produce and maintain a publication scheme.

Open Data

Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose.

FOI Exemptions

Why some information might be withheld