We provide these services to you as part of our statutory function as your local authority under the provisions of the:
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
- Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002
- Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013
- Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
- Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 and related legislation applying to community care services in Scotland
Processing personal information
Processing your personal information is necessary to comply with the law and for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest by the Council as set out in the legislation referred to above.
We may also require to process your personal data to protect the vital interests of you or another individual. If you do not provide us with the information we have asked for then we may not be able to provide these services to you.
We also need to process more sensitive personal information about you for the purposes of the provision of social care and the management of health and social care systems and services as set out in the Data Protection Act 2018.
The processing may also be necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, on the basis of Union or Member State law which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject.
It is necessary for us to process more sensitive data in order to provide such services to you and manage those services more widely.
Criminal convictions and offences data
We may also process data about any criminal convictions you may have or offences you may have committed. This is because we have responsibility for the protection of children and vulnerable adults as well as a responsibility to assess your needs.
Information about criminal offences or alleged offences will be processed by us where relevant to your support needs or the protection of vulnerable people.