This Act primarily deals with personal information that is held about you by the Council. It places a responsibility on us to manage the way we obtain, process, hold, use, disclose and dispose of personal data, and are outlined in the 8 principles of the Act.

TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
This is called a SUBJECT ACCESS REQUEST (SAR). You are required to complete the SAR form, click HERE for a copy to print out. We are entitled to a charge a fee not exceeding £10 for processing this request, this fee may be waived under certain circumstances. Please read the form carefully and enclose with this form appropriate identity to ensure the security of your personal information.

Once we are satisfied that the information supplied by you is sufficient and verification of your identity is proven we will conduct a search of our systems for your personal information. We are required to provide you the information subject to any exemptions within 40 calendar days of verification.

For further enquires you can either write to:

The Corporate Information Security Manager
Tamworth Borough Council
Marmion House
Lichfield Street
Tamworth
B79 7BZ

Or email foimailbox@tamworth.gov.uk