How we use your information
Aberdeen City Libraries is undertaking a consultation about the digital services and spaces available to young people (U16s) to support the development of services based on need and demand. The Service will use the information to inform the development, design and evaluation of digital services for young people in the city.
During the consultation Aberdeen City Libraries will ask parents/carers of U13s to complete the online survey on behalf and/or with their young person; with young people aged 13-15s able to answer the online survey directly. The survey will be shared with partners, the public and schools.
This presents an opportunity for all to reflect, share ideas and shape the future of digital services for young people. It is vital we capture the voice of library customers as well as capturing input from those who don’t currently access the library service or have yet to access services.
Where you have provided your name and contact information, Aberdeen City Libraries collects this contact information about you to keep you up to date with the consultation progress and other Aberdeen City Libraries related activities and information. Young people can leave their email address at the end of the survey to be entered into a prize draw. The information collected through this question will only be used for the intended purpose.
Every update you receive from us will give you the option to withdraw from receiving updates or you can email us at libraryevents@aberdeencity.gov.uk at any time and we will remove your contact information.
The consultation also asks questions about you. This information is voluntary. By providing this information you help us to monitor the statistical data to ensure the Council is interacting in a balanced way with groups of people with protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. This information will be stored separately from your consultation response.
How long we keep your information for
Responses to the consultation survey will be kept to enable the analysis that will inform the development and planning of digital services and spaces for young people in the city. The resulting report will be published on the Council website until it is superseded and then retained indefinitely. This report will not contain any data that can identify you as an individual. If you have provided contact information in order to be kept up to date about Aberdeen City library this will be kept until you notify us you longer wish to receive updates. If you have provided your email address in order to participate in the prize draw this will be deleted once the prize draw has taken place.
Your rights
You have rights in relation to your data, including the right to ask for a copy of it. See more information about the rights you have, as well as the contact details for the Council’s Data Protection Officer.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you think we haven’t handled your data properly.
Our legal basis
Aberdeen City Council is the Data Controller for this data. Wherever we process personal data we must have a legal basis in data protection law and tell you what it is. The Council’s legal basis for this processing to be public task.
In doing so, we may also process special categories of personal data, should you choose to provide equality and diversity information. The Council’s legal basis for doing so is that it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, for the purpose of equality monitoring.
The Council’s legal basis for processing your contact information is consent. You can withdraw this consent at any time, as explained above.