We collect your information to:

  • prevent works at the pre-criminal stage, using early intervention to encourage and empower individuals and communities to challenge extremist and terrorist ideology and behaviour
  • Channel is a multi-agency safeguarding programme run in every local authority in England and Wales. It focuses on early intervention to protect vulnerable people from being radicalised and help them avoid being drawn into extremism
  • your data will be used to discuss the given circumstances and concerns with relevant services and make recommendations for support
  • to maintain records of the support and services we provide
  • to monitor the quality of the support we provide and check how our services are performing overall, for example by requesting your feedback
  • to monitor the number of people being referred to the service and the support they receive.

What type(s) of information do we use?

  • name
  • address
  • date of birth
  • gender
  • ethnicity
  • language
  • nationality
  • phone numbers and email addresses
  • police information
  • criminal history
  • council tax and benefit information (if relevant)
  • medical information (if relevant)
  • religious beliefs (if relevant)
  • political beliefs (if relevant)
  • information about engagement with social care or charity services (if relevant)
  • details of family members and associates (if relevant)

What is the legal basis for using your information?

The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller (Article 6(1)(e) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 and the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 for the purpose of carrying out our duties as defined by this legislation.

Processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest Article 9(g) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation

Where do we get your information?

  • yourself
  • care providers including family members
  • other Local Authorities
  • health services
  • police
  • central Government
  • relevant local schools and other educational institutions

Who do we share your information with?

  • care providers including family members
  • channel panel
  • central government
  • health services
  • police
  • probation
  • other Local Authorities
  • relevant local schools and other educational institutions

How long will we keep your information?

Personal information collected is subject to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council’s records management policies and procedures and will be held in accordance with the Council’s records retention schedule. We will usually keep your information for 6 years from when we close our file.

Transferring your information outside of the European Union (EU)

We will not transfer your information outside of the EU.

Automated decisions using your information?

For this service all the decisions we make about you involve human intervention.

Your rights

In our guide on exercising your rights you can find information about how to:

  • exercise your rights
  • contact our Data Protection Officer
  • raise a concern with us
  • make a complaint to the Information Commissioner

You can find out what information we hold about you, and ask us not to use any of the information we collect.

Further information

If you would like further information about this privacy notice, please email dpa.officer@stockport.gov.uk

Updates (notice)

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in our primary privacy notice.

We may update or revise this privacy notice at any time. If you are reading this as a printed copy please refer to www.stockport.gov.uk for the most up to date version.