This section provides a summary of personal data processing activities undertaken by the Council.

Record of Processing Activity

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2. Purposes of Processing

We process personal information so we can provide a range of government services to local people and businesses.  This includes the following functions:

  • Air quality
  • Arts and events
  • Building control
  • Business continuity
  • Cemeteries
  • City centre and business engagement
  • Commercial property
  • Communications and publicity
  • Community grants
  • Community safety and anti social behaviour
  • Complaints and compliments
  • Consultations
  • Control Room (CCTV) and Homecall
  • Council owned car parks
  • Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates collection
  • Customer service centre
  • Data protection and access to information
  • Democratic services
  • Development delivery
  • Development management
  • Disabled facilities grants
  • Elected members
  • Elections and electoral registration
  • Emergency planning
  • Empty homes strategy
  • Engineering
  • Environmental health
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion and safeguarding
  • Events and exhibitions
  • Facilities management
  • Finance
  • Fleet
  • Food safety and food hygiene rating scheme
  • Harbour and waterways
  • Health and safety
  • Housing benefits
  • Housing needs and homelessness
  • Human resources
  • Issuing Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)
  • Land charges
  • Legal services
  • Leisure services
  • Licensing, including taxis, gambling premises, alcohol and entertainment, temporary events, animal activities, skin piercing and scrap metal dealers.
  • Markets
  • Mayoralty
  • Net zero
  • Parks and grounds maintenance
  • Partnerships
  • Performance
  • Planning policy
  • Policy and research
  • Private sector housing 
  • Procurement
  • Public health
  • Public toilets
  • RAMM, historical Guildhall, Underground Passages, Custom House, Corn Exchange
  • Risk
  • Street cleansing
  • Tenancy services and rent
  • Tourism/Visit Exeter and Red Coats
  • Waste management

The processing of the above functions is carried out by Exeter City Council services.