Bedford Borough Council & GDPR: manage your data
Rightly is a free service that helps you have more control over your data. Find out whether Bedford Borough Council has your personal data, and tell them what to do with it.
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Bedford Borough Council provides the following services:
- Council tax
- Waste & recycling
- Roads, travel & Parking
- Schools & Learning
- Benefits & Support
- Births, Deaths & Ceremonies
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How sending requests can help
Locate your data
Send a Subject Access Request (SAR)
If you want to know whether Bedford Borough Council has your personal data, what they have, and what they’re doing with it, we can help. Send a request to Bedford Borough Council via Rightly and quickly find out.
Delete your data
Request to partially or fully delete your data
If you want Bedford Borough Council to delete all of your personal data, or only some of it, you can let Bedford Borough Council know via Rightly in a deletion request. Bedford Borough Council then has 30 days to reply, by law.
Adjust marketing
Change your Bedford Borough Council marketing preferences
Want to change how Bedford Borough Council communicates with you? You can easily alter your email marketing settings through Rightly, too. Just let Bedford Borough Council know in your request.
Rejected applications
Understand why decisions were made
Has Bedford Borough Council rejected an application of yours, or made an unfair decision? You can request all of the paperwork relating to how they made that decision through Rightly.
Employment disputes
Tackle an employment dispute with Bedford Borough Council
If you are, or have been, an employee of Bedford Borough Council, you can send a data access request to view all emails and documents that mention you, as well as your personal files.
Data breaches
Act if there’s a Bedford Borough Council data breach
If Bedford Borough Council has had a data breach, you can use requests to see if you’ve been affected, and to delete your data to prevent it happening again.
Pensions
Locate your Bedford Borough Council pension
Find out whether you have a pension with Bedford Borough Council, as well as its associated details, by sending a subject access request. Our support team is also here to help.
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Contact Bedford Borough Council
Making a subject access request without Rightly Alternatively you can send a subject access request to Bedford Borough Council in writing at the following address:
Freedom of Information - Riverside Building
Bedford Borough Council
Borough Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford
MK42 9AP
Please include your:
Full name
Any previous names
Your address
If you have moved whilst you have had the service we would recommend putting in all your previous addresses for the last 3 years.
Because requests must be in writing, you can’t make one over the phone. However, if you need to contact Bedford Borough Council for anything else, their contact number is 01234 267422.
You can also read more about how to send a subject access request in our blog.