Ukraine Family Visa Scheme, Ukraine Extension Scheme And Homes For Ukraine Scheme Privacy Notice For Guests.
The council provides services for local communities and the people who live in them. Undertaking this work means that we must collect and use information about the people we provide services to and keep a record of those services. Because we collect and use personal information about individuals, we must make sure that they know what we intend to do with their information and who it may be shared with.
This privacy notice covers the schemes as enacted by the UK Government:
Purpose Of The Data Processing
This scheme will support Ukrainian people with housing, education, health, and integration into the community. As well as supporting the people who volunteer to sponsor Ukrainian people and their families.
It must be noted that during this time councils have to quickly change the way in which they are working to continue to provide you with the support and services you need. We will always follow advice and guidance from the UK Government when making any changes to the way in which we provide you with the support you need.
Information Held About You
To enable Rotherham Council to co-ordinate and deliver appropriate and suitable housing and accommodation offers provided by vetted sponsors, to visa-cleared applicants to the scheme fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, we will process the following information.
"Guest" or "guests" refers to an individual or household previously resident in Ukraine, before 1 January 2022, who have secured a visa under one of the following schemes:
- The Homes for Ukraine scheme, which enables them to be housed by a sponsor
- The Family Visa scheme, which enables them to live with family members already settled in UK
- The Ukraine Extension scheme, which enables them to remain in the UK if they have a valid UK visa on or before 18 March 2022
Information types:
- Name
- Address
- Contact details including telephone number, email address
- Date of birth
- Visa / passport information
- Family members information, including any children
- Pets arriving in the UK
- Disability and health information
- Ethnicity
- Information relating to any safeguarding concerns
- Religion
We receive most of this information from you, but we may also get some of this data from:
- The Home Office (central government)
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (central government)
- Other central government agencies
- Disclosure and Baring Service provider
Who Is Processing Your Data
All personal data held, is processed in accordance with data protection law. The data controller for the information outlined in this privacy notice is Rotherham Council.
How We Will Use The Information We Hold About You
We will use the information you provide to:
- Facilitate the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme within Rotherham
- Undertake assessments to establish what support we can put in place for you and your family, as well as assessing the sponsor household
- Keep a record of the support that we will be providing to you
- Undertake regular reviews to establish whether the programme is working for you, or whether we need to change anything to help you
This will include:
- Developing post arrival support plans involving organisations such as health and support services
We also use this information to assess the quality of our services and evaluate and improve our policies and procedures.
We may also use information in other ways compatible with the above.
How The Law Allows Us To Use Your Information
We have legal grounds under the GDPR to process this information because it 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 (Immigration and Asylum Act 1999)
- To exercise a function of the Crown, a Minister of the Crown or a government department
We have legal grounds to process (including share) special category data and criminal convictions data because it 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 (Immigration and Asylum Act 1999)
- To exercise a function of the Crown, a Minister of the Crown or a government department
Who We Will Share Your Information With
We may need to share your information with:
- The Home Office
- The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Other Rotherham Council departments
- Other local authorities
- Other central government agencies
- Charities and other voluntary organisations who may be able to provide services to you
Any information which is shared will only be shared on a need-to-know basis, with appropriate individuals. Only the minimum information for the purpose will be shared.
Your personal information may also be given to third parties contracted by the council to provide a service to the council. These service providers are known as data processors and have a legal obligation under GDPR and to the council to look after your personal information and only use it for providing that service.
How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
Your personal information will be securely deleted and destroyed within two years from the closure of the 3 Ukraine schemes, unless the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and/or the Home Office identifies that information should be securely deleted and destroyed before then.
If we need to use your information for research or reports, your information will be anonymised and any information taken from notes (handwritten or typed) during any consultation sessions will be securely destroyed. The information will continue to be used in a summarised and anonymised form in any research reports or papers that are published. The anonymised information in the papers may be of historic interest and may be held in public archives indefinitely.
Information Security
We recognise that the information we are processing is sensitive and we will store and process your information securely. We will ensure access to the data is managed, auditable and restricted to those needing to process the data.
For more information regarding your data rights and how the Council will process your information please view the full privacy notice.
If you are unhappy about how your data is used, you can complain directly to the Council directly to the Council’s Data Protection Officer at DPO@rotherham.gov.uk
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Last Updated Date
May 2022