Business support grants privacy notice

What information do we need?

In order to assess your application for a COVID-19 Business Support Grant, we need to collect information such as your name and contact details, bank account details, the name of any person applying on your behalf, the nature of your business along with information about your limited company or sole trader status.

Why we need it – our lawful basis

We need to collect this information so we can assess your eligibility for the COVID-19 Business Support Grant, conduction mandatory antifraud checks and so we can make these payments to those who are eligible.

Our lawful basis for the processing of your personal data and in making the payment to is:

GDPR Article 6(1)(e) that it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of our official authority.

Do we share your information?

We do not trade personal data for any commercial or marketing purposes.

We will share your information with the Government Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy. Local Authorities provide information to the department for the purposes of:

• Monitoring the performance of the schemes
• Ensuring grants have been paid out in line with the eligibility criteria and subsidy allowance conditions for the scheme
• Evaluating and reviewing the impact, performance, and costs of the scheme
• Researching the effectiveness of the schemes and supporting future policy development
• Preventing and detecting payments in error and fraud and taking action to mitigate the risk of loss in relation to fraud against a public authority.

We will share your information with the National Fraud Initiative as part of the antifraud checks.

Your data may be shared with other enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime.

How long do we keep your information?

We will hold your information on a secure database that we own and will not hold your personal data for longer than 10 years as prescribed by the Covid-19 Business Grant Funding Schemes Assurance Guidance for Local Authorities.