Estate management services privacy notice

The council provides an estates management service for land and property in the borough.

Estates Management Services include:

• Sales, lettings, and acquisitions
• Property management
•  Asset valuations
• Insurance valuations
• Professional property advice

Property and Asset Management Directorate

This privacy notice only relates to the Property and Asset Management Directorate.

To assess applications to lease one of our commercial properties and to execute the lease by collecting rent, carrying out appraisals and reviews, we collect the name of individual tenants and potential tenants or business name, personal addresses, any other relevant addresses, bank details, business plans, accounts and references. We also collect identification documents such as passports and utilities as required under money laundering regulations.

We collect contact details including phone numbers and email addresses for the purpose of communicating directly with you by phone, email or text.

We require the information to grant and administer the lease such as collecting rent, carrying out renewals and reviews and inspections.

To award reliefs and exemptions we require details such as trading accounts, proof of registration for charities etc.

We execute commercial leases within statutory and regulatory guidelines as well as in accordance with industry guidelines. These include:

• The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• RICS Service Charge Guidance Note
• Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

We use your information for administering the lease such as collecting rent, carrying out renewals and reviews and inspections.

In accordance with the data protection act 2018, we need a "lawful basis" for collecting and using information about you. There are a variety of different lawful bases for processing personal data which are set out in the data protection act.

The lawful basis on which we rely in order to use the information which we collect about you for the purposes set out in this notice will be: 

• Public Task
• Contract
• Consent

We will use your information for the purpose of performing all statutory duties related to leasing commercial properties. We will make any disclosures required by law and may also share this information with other bodies responsible for administering public funds.

 We will share information with a third party where you have given us permission to do so.

We will share information with Elected Members of the London Borough of Waltham Forest where they are pursuing their legitimate functions and with members of Parliament for the same reason.

We will share information with contracted external companies who process the data on our behalf.

Tenants’ information will be held for the duration of the lease contract. Your information will be held for 12 months, after which it will be destroyed. For unsuccessful applicants, personal information will be deleted immediately.

Our Data Protection Officer

Our Data Protection Officer is Mark Hynes, you contact him by email at data.protectionofficer@walthamforest.gov.uk

Protecting your information

Please see the relevant section of the Corporate Privacy Notice.

Your information choice and rights

Please see the relevant section of the Corporate Privacy Notice.

Complaints and contact details

These are included in the relevant section of the Corporate Privacy Notice.

Information Commissioner’s Office

If we’re unable to resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)