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County Council. You may not make alterations or additions to the material on 
this site. Material may be downloaded or copied for personal use. Appropriate 
acknowledgement of the copyright owner is required if material is re-published 
in any format. For further information please contact the copyright controller: 
copyrightcontrol@essex.gov.uk. 
Disclaimer
It is not possible to guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information 
contained on the Essex County Council website. We therefore accept no liability 
for any inaccuracies or any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance 
on, information obtained from this website. The Essex County Council website 
links you to many other websites. We are not responsible for the content or 
availability of these sites.
Maps
The map image(s) on this website contains Ordnance Survey data and is protected 
by Crown copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Ordnance 
Survey reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution and/or 
civil proceedings.
You are authorised to make one screen dump of the map image appearing on each 
page and make not more than one printed hard copy for your personal use. You 
must not use it for the benefit of or make it available to any other person or 
business.
You must obtain prior written permission from Ordnance Survey and pay a royalty 
for all other uses and/or copies made. Please write to Ordnance Survey, 
Copyright Licensing, Romsey Road, Southampton, SO16 4GU, Fax: 023 8079 2535.
National Fraud Initiative – Fair Processing Notice
This authority is required by law to protect the public funds it administers. It 
may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for; 
auditing, or administering public funds, or where undertaking a public function, 
in order to prevent and detect fraud.
The Cabinet Office is responsible for carrying out data matching exercises.
Data matching involves comparing computer records held by one body against other 
computer records held by the same or another body to see how far they match. 
This is usually personal information. Computerised data matching allows 
potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be identified. Where a match is 
found it may indicate that there is an inconsistency which requires further 
investigation. No assumption can be made as to whether there is fraud, error or 
other explanation until an investigation is carried out.
We participate in the Cabinet Office’s 
National Fraud Initiative: a data 
matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are 
required to provide particular sets of data to the Minister for the Cabinet 
Office for matching for each exercise.
The use of data by the Cabinet Office in a data matching exercise is carried out 
with statutory authority under Part 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 
2014. It does not require the consent of the individuals concerned under the 
Data Protection Act 1998.
Data matching by the Cabinet Office is subject to a Code of Practice. 
 
View further information on the Cabinet Office’s legal powers and the reasons 
why it matches particular information.  
For further information on data matching at this authority contact the Counter 
Fraud Team, 
counterfraud.team@essex.gov.uk, 03330 138917.