Fraud privacy notice 2024
National fraud initiative - data matching exercise privacy notice
Under Part 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, we are legally required to provide data to the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) for the purposes of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI).
The information submitted will be used by the PSFA to perform data matching exercises to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. The use of data in this way does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under data protection legislation or the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The information submitted by the council will be compared against data supplied from other sources and matches found will be referred back to the originating organisation to investigate further.
The main NFI exercise takes place every 2 years. The next data required will be supplied during October 2024 and will include personal details of individuals held by the council for the following purposes:-
- issuing of taxi driver licences
- administering trade creditor payments
- administering insurance claims made against the Council
- processing payroll (including council staff and councillors)
- administering Local Authority Housing (including tenants, former tenants, housing waiting list and completed “right to buy” applications)
- council tax reduction scheme administration.
Information regarding Arun residents will also be supplied to the PSFA for this exercise by other participating bodies, including Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Student Loan Company (SLC), Pension Schemes, Housing Associations and Disclosure of Death Registration Information (DDRI).
On an annual basis, the PSFA also now undertakes data matching in respect of Council Tax single person discount entitlement with the council supplying council tax and electoral register data (next due in December 2024).
If you have any questions, queries or concerns, please visit National Fraud Initiative or e-mail Internal.Audit@arun.gov.uk