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Windrush Compensation Scheme: privacy information notice

This notice only applies to those contacted about the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
23 August 2019
Last updated
31 August 2023 — See all updates

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Windrush compensation scheme: privacy information notice

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Personal information supplied or collected for the purposes of making a compensation claim will be held and processed by The Home Office, which is based at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.

The Home Office is the controller for this information. This includes when the information is collected or processed by third parties on our behalf.

Updates to this page

Published 23 August 2019
Last updated 31 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. Email address for requesting your personal information updated.

  2. Additional detail added to bullet point on seeking to verify documents, information or identity.

  3. 'How we gather and use your personal information': added examples of the ways we may gather, process and hold your personal information. 'Other organisations that we share data with': added HMRC and DWP, who we share data with to establish and rectify National Insurance records. 'How long we keep your information for': clarified the circumstances in which the Home Office would keep your data for longer than 6 years. 'How to get a copy of your personal information': updated the contact email address.

  4. Updated 'GDPR' to 'UK GDPR'.

  5. Updated to explain that we cannot process postal applications for personal data at present because of coronavirus (COVID-19).

  6. Privacy information notice replaced.

  7. First published.

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