Data Protection
From 25 May 2018, the rules around data protection are changing. The 'General Data Protection Regulation' (GDPR) changes how we can use your personal data and keep it safe, and will also strengthen your rights over your own data. All you need to know is in the documents below. If you have any questions about how the GDPR affects you, or how our school complies, you can contact Heather Avey, Data Protection Officer on DPO@huxlow.northants.sch.uk
Letter to current parents / carers re. changes to Data Protection Law
Privacy notice for Parents / Carers
Consent information for Parents / Carers
Parents and pupils’ rights regarding personal data
Individuals have a right to make a ‘subject access request’ to gain access to personal information that the school holds about them.
Parents/carers can make a request with respect to their child’s data where the child is not considered mature enough to understand their rights over their own data (usually under the age of 12), or where the child has provided consent.
Parents also have the right to make a subject access request with respect to any personal data the school holds about them.
If you make a subject access request, and if we do hold information about you or your child, we will:
• Give you a description of it
• Tell you why we are holding and processing it, and how long we will keep it for
• Explain where we got it from, if not from you or your child
• Tell you who it has been, or will be, shared with
• Let you know whether any automated decision-making is being applied to the data, and
any consequences of this
• Give you a copy of the information in an intelligible form
Individuals also have the right for their personal information to be transmitted electronically to another organisation in certain circumstances.
If you would like to make a subject access request please contact Data Protection Officer.
Parents/carers also have a legal right to access to their child’s educational record. To request access, please contact Mrs Gauvrit, Assistant Headteacher.
Complaints
We take any complaints about our collection and use of personal information very seriously.
If you think that our collection or use of personal information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate, or have any other concern about our data processing, please raise this with us in the first instance.
To make a complaint, please contact our data protection officer.
Alternatively, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:
• Report a concern online at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
• Call 0303 123 1113
• Or write to: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF