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You have a right to know what information or records are kept on you and why, under data protection legislation.
We have a duty to handle personal data properly and confidentially at all times. How we do this is set our in our data protection policy.
Members of the public have the right to apply to access environmental information we hold under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 .
The publication scheme ensures information is available without the need for a request to promote openness.
Published information can be reused for a purpose other than its original purpose if we allow it to be, in accordance with the reuse regulations.
Data quality is an assessment of the fitness of data to serve a given purpose.
Open Data is information held by the Government and local councils which is freely available for use and reuse by the public.