Privacy Policy - Early Years Forum
Your Data
We have created this policy which covers how we:
- Collect
- Use
- Share
- Transfer
- Look after
….your data. The policy also gives you information on how to contact us, and lets you know your rights as a data subject.
Why we collect data
We collect data to allow us to monitor the support that is in place for your child, their rate of progress and what services may be able to support them.
As Data Controller our contact details are:
Staffordshire County Council
County Buildings
Martin Street
Stafford
ST16 2DH
How we collect data
We request information from you, your child’s setting(s) and Staffordshire health, education and social care services as appropriate.
How we use your personal data
We will use the information you provide in order to contact you as part of the running of the Forum and to allow us to identify your child on health and education databases.
How we share your data
We will share information with health, education and social services represented at the Forums, which might include paediatricians, educational psychologists, speech therapist and specialist teachers in order to monitor the support that your child is receiving and ensuring that they have the right support at the right time.
If the information we intend to share is of a sensitive and/or personal nature we will only share it with partner organisations if we have obtained your consent or unless we are legally required to share it. We have an information sharing protocol with local partners under which our partners agree to similar commitments toward privacy, security and transparency.
Personal information about you may also be provided to other local authorities, for example, if you have moved from one local authority to another and the new authority requires confirmation of the services you were receiving.
At no time will your information be passed to organisations external to Staffordshire County Council or our partners for marketing or sales purposes, or for any commercial use.
How we look after your data
Under the General Data Protection Regulations, we have a legal duty to protect any information that we hold about you. We take measures to safeguard your data and apply security standards and controls to prevent any unauthorised access to it. Information which you have provided the council will be stored securely. It will only be used for the purpose(s) stated when the information was collected.
The amount of time data is kept before being disposed of will vary depending on why it was collected, how it is used, and various UK laws. Our retention and disposal schedules give details about how long we keep data.
What are your rights?
You have the right at any time to withdraw your consent for your child to be discussed at the Early Years Forums.
Under the General Data Protection Regulations you, as the Data Subject, have the right to:
- access the information we hold about you. This information is usually provided free of charge, but we may charge depending on the administrative costs of providing the information. You have the right to request this in machine-readable form so that it can, if required, be transferred to a third party
- request that we rectify any information about you that is incorrect. Simple inaccuracies, such as address changes will be made. Depending on the purpose for processing, records (including statements and opinions) may not be changed. However, there may be the option for you to provide a supplementary statement which will be added to the file
- request that records we hold about you are erased
- restrict processing of the information we hold about you if you have an objection to that processing, whilst your objection is investigated
- request that any information that you have provided to us is given back to you in a format that you can give to another service provider if required
- object to processing of your personal information including automated decision making and profiling
- Make a complaint to a supervisory authority if you are not satisfied with how the information held about you has been handled
How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you, or if you have a complaint about privacy or misuse of data.
Chair of the Early Years Forum: Sarah Edgerton
Staffordshire County Council
Ground Floor - Staffordshire Place 2
Stafford
ST16 2LP
Email: sarah.edgerton@staffordshire.gov.uk
Data Protection Officer: Information Governance Unit, Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Place 1
Stafford
ST16 2LP
Email: dpo@staffordrshire.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).