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Data Protection Policy

At OOSC we respect the privacy of the children attending the Club and the privacy of their parents or carers, as well as the privacy of our staff. Our aim is to ensure that all those using and working at OOSC can do so with confidence that their personal data is being kept secure.

Our lead person for data protection is Cath Purchase. The lead person ensures that the Club meets the requirements of the GDPR, liaises with statutory bodies when necessary, and responds to any subject access requests.

Confidentiality

Within the Club we respect confidentiality in the following ways:

Information that we keep

The items of personal data that we keep about individuals are documented on our personal data matrix stored by Cath Purchase. This is reviewed annually to ensure that any new data types are included. Further details of information held by OOSC may be found in the Documentation and information Policy.

Children and parents:

We are unable to continue to care for a child if we do not have sufficient information about them.

We hold only the information necessary to provide a childcare service for each child. This includes child registration information, medical information, parent contact information, attendance records, incident and accident records and so forth. Once a child leaves our care we retain only the data required by statutory legislation and industry best practice, and for the prescribed periods of time. Electronic data that is no longer required is deleted and paper records are disposed of securely

Staff:

We keep information about employees in order to meet HMRC requirements, and to comply with all other areas of employment legislation. We retain the information after a member of staff has left our employment for the recommended period of time, then it is deleted or destroyed as necessary.

Sharing information with third parties

We will only share child information with outside agencies on a need-to-know basis and with consent from parents, except in cases relating to safeguarding children, criminal activity, or if required by legally authorised bodies (eg Police, HMRC, etc). If we decide to share information without parental consent, we will record this in the child’s file, clearly stating our reasons. 

We will only share relevant information that is accurate and up to date. Our primary commitment is to the safety and well-being of the children in our care.  

Some limited personal information is disclosed to authorised third parties we have engaged to process it, as part of the normal running of our business, for example in order to take online bookings (OOSC website), and to manage our payroll and accounts. Any such third parties comply with the strict data protection regulations of the GDPR. 

Subject access requests

GDPR

We comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), regarding obtaining, storing and using personal data.

Updated April 2020

Written in accordance with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (2017): Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements: Information and records [3.68 -3.71].