We have to keep your personal information confidential and process it fairly. This means being clear about what information we hold, who we share it with and how you can see it.

 Data Protection policy [143kb]

Accessing your data

Complete our subject access request form if you want to see the information we hold about you. This includes access to social care records.

 Subject Access Requests - Information pack [104kb]

Sharing your data

We share information between council services, external organisations like the Home Office and with the Audit Commission. This is to prevent crime - we never disclose data unless it is lawful to do so.

Use and protection of data

Different Council departments use different systems to manage and monitor their services and have produced Data Privacy Notices to set out how they use and protect your personal information: 

Adult care

•  Adult Care Forums: Data Privacy Notice [35kb]
•  Adult Social Care: Financial Assessment and Benefits Data Privacy Notice [262kb]
•  Adult Social Care: Privacy Notice [72kb]
•  Adult Social Care retention schedule [17kb]
•  Adult Social Care Surveys: Data Privacy Notice [60kb]
•  Charles Clore Court Data Privacy Notice [70kb]
•  Community Reablement Team Data Privacy Notice [69kb]
•  Drug and Alcohol Team: Data Privacy Notice [69kb]
•  Learning Disability Day Service Data Privacy Notice [29kb]
•  Oracle Fusion Data Privacy Notice [59kb]
•  Reading Homelessness Support Service - Data Privacy Notice [58kb]
•  Respite Data Privacy Notice [30kb]
•  Shared Lives Data Privacy Notice [30kb]
•  Short Term Team - Adult Social Care - Data Privacy Notice [98kb]
•  The Maples Data Privacy Notice [29kb]

Business

•  Food Safety and Health and Safety Data Privacy Notice [174kb]
•  Licensing Authority Data Privacy Notice [224kb]

Council

•  Access and Disabilities Working Group - Data Privacy Notice [137kb]
•  Channel - Data Privacy Notice [86kb]
•  Citizen's Panel data privacy notice [71kb]
•  Committee Services – Data Privacy Notice [53kb]
•  Consultations - Data Privacy Notice [25kb]
•  Electoral Registration: Data Privacy Notice [100kb]
•  Employees - Data Privacy Notice [67kb]
•  Funding for voluntary organisations - Data Privacy Notice [21kb]
•  Insurance Data Privacy Notice [32kb]
•  Job Applicants - Data Privacy Notice [36kb]
•  Mayoralty Data Privacy Notice [43kb]
•  Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme - Data Privacy Notice [22kb]
•  Reading Play - Privacy Policy [34kb]
•  Web Team Data Privacy Notice [23kb]

Environment

•  re3 Fair Processing Notice - Commercial and commercial-type vehicle permits [33kb]
•  re3 Fair Processing Notice - Trade Waste Trial [86kb]

Housing

•  Anti-Social Behaviour Team Data Privacy Notice [64kb]
•  Corporate Lettings: Data Privacy Notice [65kb]
•  Council Tax Data Privacy Notice [49kb]
•  Housing Building Maintenance Functions Data Privacy Notice [31kb]
•  Neighbourhood Initiatives Data Privacy Notice [63kb]
•  Property Development Team - Data Privacy Notice [143kb]
•  Rent Guarantee Scheme - Landlords: Data Privacy Notice [66kb]
•  Sheltered housing - Data Privacy Notice [59kb]
•  Tenant Participation Unit - Data Privacy Notice [40kb]
•  Tenant Services - Data Privacy Notice [66kb]
•  Tenant Services -rent recovery, housing management, garages, debt advice, universal support, housing revenues, right to buy and leasehold, welfare reform - Data Privacy Notice [49kb]
•  Tenant Services surveys and consultations - Data Privacy Notice [65kb]
•  Winter Watch - Data Privacy Notice [32kb]

Leisure

•  Events Data Privacy Notice [42kb]
•  Libraries Data Privacy Notice [52kb]

Life events

•  Berkshire Coroner's Office Data Privacy Notice [47kb]
•  Cemetery and Crematorium Data Privacy Notice [108kb]
•  GRO Privacy Notice [36kb]
•  Registration service enquiries - Data Privacy Notice [94kb]

Neighbourhood transportation and streetcare services

•  Abandoned vehicles - Data Privacy Notice [48kb]
•  Allotments - Data Privacy Notice [49kb]
•  Flyposting - Data Privacy Notice [47kb]
•  Household collection assisted and bins - Data Privacy Notice [48kb]
•  Skip permit - Data Privacy Notice [46kb]​​​​​​​

Planning

•  Emergency Planning - Data Privacy Notice [71kb]
•  Emergency Response - Data Privacy Notice [75kb]
•  Planning - Data Privacy Notice [193kb]
•  Regulatory Services Data Privacy Notice [72kb]

Transport

•  CCTV Surveillance including Bus Lane Enforcement - Data Privacy Notice [25kb]
•  Network Management (Transport and Street Care) Data Privacy Notice [58kb]
•  Parking Services - Permit/Concessionary Bus Pass Privacy Notice [316kb]
•  Parking Services - Car Park On & Off Street Data Privacy Notice [238kb]
•  Parking Services - PCN Data Privacy Notice [170kb]

​FOI Fair Processing Notice

Some of our departments produce notices explaining how they use and protect your data.