How we use your information
Aberdeen City Licensing Board, collects and records the personal information you provide in this form, along with supporting documentation, in order to process your licence application.
In processing and determining your application, the Licensing Board will share the information you have provided with (1) the Chief Constable, Police Scotland (2) the local Licensing Standards Officer and (3) the members of the Licensing Board when they require to determine your application.
The Licensing Board will keep a licensing register, which is available for public inspection, this will include a record of your application. The record will show your name, and details of the final decision and / or licence granted.
The Licensing Board doesn’t share the information you’ve provided with any other third parties, unless we’re authorised or required to do so by law.
How long we keep your information for
If your application for an occasional licence is granted, the application and related documents will be retained by the Licensing Board for a period of 5 years, from the date the licence expires.
If your application is withdrawn or refused the application form and related documents will be retained for a period of 5 years from the date of withdrawal or refusal.
Your rights
You have rights in relation to your data, including the right to ask for a copy. See more information about all the rights you have, as well as 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
Wherever the Licensing Board processes personal data, we need to make sure we have a legal basis for doing so in data protection law. The Licensing Board understands our basis for processing personal data in relation to your application for a licence is Article 6(e), Article 9(g) and Article 10 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in that the Licensing Board is exercising its official authority and function under Sections 56 to 61 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and as such requires to process some information which is classified as special category under GPDR for reasons of substantial public interest.