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 application.
In processing and determining your application, the Licensing Board will share the information you have provided with (1) the Local Authority, (2) the Chief Constable, Police Scotland, and (3) the members of the Licensing Board who may require to determine your application.
If your application requires to be considered at a meeting of the Licensing Board, an agenda will be prepared for the hearing of your application. In order to publish the agenda for the meeting the relevant information provided on your application is uploaded to an electronic committee management system.
If your application is granted the Licensing Board will notify (1) the Chief Constable, Police Scotland, (2) the Gambling Commission, and (3) HMRC with the details of your licence.
The Licensing Board will keep a record of your application in a register which is available for public inspection. The record will show your name and date of receipt of your application, and the final decision.
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 a Provisional Statement is granted, the application for and related documents will be retained by the Licensing Board for the duration of the premises licence. If subsequently your premises licence is revoked, the premises licence lapses, or the licence is surrendered, the licence application and related documents will be retained by the Licensing Board for a period of 2 years from this date. If your application is withdrawn or refused the application form and related documents will be retained for a period of two years from the date of withdrawal or refusal.
If your application is considered by the Licensing Board, the Board meeting agenda, minutes and accompanying papers, including limited details of your application, are published on Aberdeen City Council’s website indefinitely.
Your rights
You have rights in relation to your data, including the right to ask for a copy of it. See the Your data page for more information about all the rights you have, as well as the 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) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in that the Licensing Board is exercising its official authority under Sections 204 of the Gambling Act 2005.