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Privacy
Chapters in this topic
- Introduction
- Why we use your personal information
- How the law allows us to use your personal information
- What you can do with your information
- Who we share your information with
- How long we keep your personal information
- How we protect your information
- Your rights
- More advice
- Cookies and how you use this website
- Coronavirus
- Prevention and Detection of Crime - Fraud
Prevention and Detection of Crime - Fraud
The Council reserves the right to share personal data with other agencies and organisations for the purposes of prevention or detection of fraud.
Our lawful basis to process your personal data is both legal obligation and task in the public interest. Our lawful basis for processing special category data is substantial public interest. Our substantial public interest conditions are statutory and government purposes, preventing or detecting unlawful acts and preventing fraud. This includes the National Fraud Initiative Exercises and referrals to fraud and compliance for investigation. Dependent on the investigation, our lawful basis is in accordance with the following legislation:
- Local Government Finance Act 1992 as amended
- Council Tax Administration and Enforcement Regulations 1992
- Local Government Finance Act 1988 as amended
- Non-Domestic Rates Regulations
- Non-Domestic Rates Act 2023
- Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
When necessary, the Council will share personal data with anti-fraud and law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime, and it will always be shared securely. We will only share your personal data if the law lets us, and we always aim to share the minimal data as is necessary. We share your personal data with:
- Kent Intelligence Network
- other local authorities
- Central Government, including Cabinet Office and Department of Work and Pensions
- law enforcement agencies, including the police
- National Anti-Fraud Network – NAFN
- Action Fraud
- HM Courts (where a case progresses to the courts)
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