Keyhomes East will only process the given personal data of all applicants for the purpose of processing your application for housing and will hold your information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

We may also share information for the same purposes with other organisations that handle public funds. The information may be used for statistical surveys, which means we may pass this information in confidence to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and agencies working on our and their behalf who may contact you.

All information you give us on this form (and information resulting from contact with your landlord and/or employer) may be shared with the same only in relation to this application

All information will be treated in the strictest confidence. We, other HomeBuy agents and partner housing associations, reserve the right to take up any references related to the applicants as we consider it necessary and may also search the files of any credit reference agency which will keep a record of any such request.

We must protect the public funds we handle and so may use the information you have provided on this web site to prevent and detect fraud. Under the section 29 (3) of the Data Protection 1998 the information may be disclosed for the purposes of crime prevention and detection. Sensitive personal data such as racial or ethnic origin, offences (including alleged offences) and physical and mental disabilities are required under the Equal Opportunities Monitoring statute.