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Privacy Policy


This Privacy Notice explains how the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), which includes:

  • Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS),
  • Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC)
  • GM Waste and Resources (GMWR)

deals with the personal information we collect about you, or that you provide to us. It covers how we will use your personal information when we provide our services to you and in carrying out our functions under the GMCA.

This Privacy Notice also includes details of how you can exercise your rights under the data protection laws (UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018) and any other governing legislation.

GMCA is a statutory body and a data controller for any personal information where we are managing and determining how we process your personal information.

We are committed to ensuring that personal information is processed fairly, lawfully and securely in accordance with data protection laws.

How to use our Privacy Notice

To provide you with a service, we will collect and process various types of personal information.

This Privacy Notice is going to take what is known as a ‘layered approach’ which means this page will provide you with the key pieces of information you need to know in a brief format and if you wish to read in more depth then a link to further information is provided.

More details about the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018), the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and what they mean for you can be found on the Information Commissioner’s Website (external website)