Privacy notices - BID Payments

Personal data is processed for the purpose of collecting and recovering Business Improvement District (BID) Levy payments. Owners of non domestic property and/or land are required to provide The Highland Council with information regarding the ownership and/or letting of their property and/or land under the terms of Section 235 of the Local Govt (Scotland) Act 1947. This information is then used for the billing and collection of the BID levy under the terms of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Business Improvement Districts Levy) Order 2007.

Failure to provide this information within seven days may result in a penalty of £50. Any owner who knowingly provides false information may be liable for a fine of £100.

Legal obligation. We are legally obliged to process this data. [A6(1)(c) of GDPR].

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Information is shared with the relevant BID company, the Sheriff Officers who deal with recovery of unpaid BID levy and the Assessor who deals with property valuation.

Information is kept for the current year ie. the year in which the information was requested plus five years.

Your personal information is not subject to automated decision making or profiling.

The data controller is the Highland Council.

Data Protection Officer
Highland Council Headquarters
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
01463 702029   

dpo@highland.gov.uk

If you are unhappy with the way we have processed your personal information you can contact the Information Commissioner:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/