(How we use pupil information)
In accordance with data protection legislation, this notice gives you information about the data we hold about you/your child, how we use it, your rights in relation to it and the safeguards that are in place to protect it.
The right to privacy is very important to us and we appreciate that you trust us to act in a responsible manner when you give us personal information. Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.
The school is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Full details of the registration are available via the ICO register of data controllers. The school as the data controller is responsible for the personal data of pupils.
We also have a ‘Privacy Notice- Schools- Children and Young People’ version that is designed specifically for children and young people to read.
The personal data collected is essential in order for the school to fulfil our official functions and meet legal requirements.
The information will not be used for purposes that are not compatible with why it is gathered in the first instance, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. Please note that we may process personal data without your knowledge or consent, where this is required or permitted by law.
Where you have provided us with consent to use personal data, you may withdraw this consent at any time.
We are required to share information under specific legislation and regulations.
Some of the reasons listed above for collecting and using personal information overlap, and there may be several grounds which justify the school’s use of your data.
If we process any special category data, in addition to one of the legal bases above, processing will be necessary because one of the conditions under Article 9 (GDPR) applies. We may collect and use the following special category information that reveals information regarding:
We collect pupil information via admission forms, registration forms and consent forms usually completed at the start of each academic year, but we may also collect information at other times during the school year. In addition, when a pupil joins us from another school, we are sent a secure file containing relevant information.
We may also collect, store and share personal information including photographs, images and audio recordings via technologies that are used for on-line learning purposes and for communicating with pupils, parents and the wider community. This could be via technologies, apps and social media accounts (such as Microsoft Teams, SeeSaw, ClassDojo, Facebook ).
We have CCTV systems in key locations for the purposes of safety and the prevention and detection of crime. Signs are prominently displayed notifying that CCTV is in operation and providing you with details of who to contact for further information about them. We will only disclose CCTV images to third parties for the purposes of public safety and the prevention and detection of crime.
Pupil data is essential for the schools’ operational use. Whilst the majority of pupil information you provide to us is mandatory, some of it is provided to us on a voluntary basis. In order to comply with data protection legislation, we will inform you at the point of collection, whether you are required to provide certain pupil information to us (and if so, what the possible consequences are of not complying), or whether you have a choice.
We want to make sure that personal information is accurate and up to date. We ask that parents and carers take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal data that we hold about you and your child/those in your care, is accurate and that you update us of any changes. We will regularly confirm with you that the information held is correct, in particular addresses and contact details. We will update the information as soon as possible both in paper and in electronic records.
Personal data is stored in line with our Schools Data Protection Policy.
How long we keep the information before it is securely disposed of varies depending on the type of information, legal requirements and school need. We will process pupil data securely for the above purposes for no longer than necessary and in accordance to the set amount of time contained in our Schools Data Retention Schedule. This document can be obtained by contacting the Headteacher.
We are also required by law to protect the public funds we administer and may share information provided to us with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds in order to prevent and detect fraud and irregularity.
We do not share information about our pupils with anyone without consent unless the law and our policies allow us to do so.
Where appropriate, we will commit to develop and implement formal data sharing agreements based on the common set of principles and standards in accordance with the Wales Accord on the Sharing of Personal Information (WASPI).
We are required to share information about our pupils with the Welsh Government either directly or via our local authority, the Isle of Anglesey County Council, for the purpose of data collections, under the Pupil Information (Wales) Regulations 2011.
In addition to the data collected as part of PLASC, the Welsh Government and local authorities also receive information regarding National Curriculum assessments, public examination results, and attendance data at individual pupil level, which comes from schools and/or awarding bodies (e.g. WJEC).
The local authority also uses the personal information collected via PLASC to do research. It uses the results of this research to make decisions on policy and the funding of schools to calculate the performance of schools and help them to set targets. The research is carried out in such a way that ensures individual pupils cannot be identified.
To find out more about the data collection requirements placed on us by the Welsh Government, including the data that we share with them, go to https://gov.wales/data-collection-and-information-management-for-schools
All data is transferred securely and held by the Welsh Government under a combination of software and hardware controls, including HWB (digital platform for learning and teaching in Wales).
Test, Trace and Protect Service (Public Health Wales)
We may be required to share your personal information with the Test, Trace and Protect Service, and in some cases with the Isle of Anglesey County Council, in order to protect pupils, school staff and the wider community against the spread of Covid-19.
To find our more about the Test, Trace and Protect Service, go to https://gov.wales/test-trace-protect
Under data protection legislation, we must protect any information that we collect from you. We have put in place appropriate security measures and applied security standards and controls to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.
Information which you have provided will be stored securely. In addition, we limit access to personal data to those employees, contractors and other third parties who need to have access to it. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Your right to obtain confirmation that information about you is being used
Your right of access - you have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information (please see ‘requesting access to your personal data’ below for more details).
Your right to rectification - you have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - you have the the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. You have the right to object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress.
Your right to data portability - you have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
Under data protection legislation, parents and pupils have the right to request access to information about them that we hold. This is commonly known as a “data subject access request”. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are processing it lawfully.
To make a request for your personal information, or be given access to your child’s educational record, contact the school office directly.
You will be provided with copies of your personal data within the statutory period of one month (or if providing your personal data is a complex matter, this will be done as soon as is reasonable within 3 months).
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
Your personal data will be provided to you free of charge, however, if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive, a reasonable fee will be charged. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
The following are details of the school as the data controller:
Name of School : Ysgol Rhyd y Llan
E-mail: 6602227_pennaeth.rhydyllan@hwbcymru.net
Telephone: 01407 887922
Address: Llanfaethlu, HOLYHEAD, Anglesey LL65 4PQ
We have also appointed a Schools Data Protection Officer through the Local Authority. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the Schools Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:
E-mail: dpoysgolionmon@ynysmon.gov.wales
Telephone: 01248 751833
Address: Learning Service, Isle of Anglesey County Council, Council Offices, Llangefni, Anglesey, LL77 7TW
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) who is the independent regulator for data protection. If you have a concern or complaint about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, you should raise your concern with us in the first instance, so that we can try to resolve any issues.
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):
E-mail: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Advice and guidance is available via their website www.ico.org.uk
We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review and will share any revisions.
Ysgol Rhyd y Llan
Llanfaethlu
Caergybi
Ynys Môn
LL65 4PQ
Phone: 01407 887922
Email: 6602227_pennaeth.rhydyllan@hwbcymru.net
Headteacher: Mrs Nia Lloyd Thomas, B.Add. Anrhydedd