Education Services Privacy Notice

As the 'data controller' for the personal information - or data - we hold about you, South Ayrshire Council decides how your personal information is used/processed, and what it is used for.

This statement provides more details about this and provides information on how to get in touch with us if you need to know more.

Your personal data - what is it?

Personal data is information relating to a living person who can be identified from that data. Identification can be based on the information alone, or in conjunction with any other information. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR).

What Personal Data will we collect from you?

We will only collect the personal information we need to provide you with relevant information, services and support. The personal data we will collect includes:

Name	Language
Date of birth	Religion
Address	Asylum status
Email	Parents in armed forces
Gender	Disability
Ethnicity	Health conditions

How will we use your information?

Your information will be used in a number of ways:

for teaching, registration and assessment
to ensure all aspects of a child/young person's education is managed and monitored appropriately
to ensure that a child/young person's health and well-being is managed.
to ensure that a child/young person is transported to school safely and is able to fully take part in school activities.
to ensure that appropriate education benefits can be processed
to ensure the rights of pupils in schools

What is the legal basis for using/sharing your information?

Processing is necessary in the performance of a task carried out in the public interest namely for the council's Education authority to provide an efficient and effective school pupil education service which is a statutory obligation for the council.

Who will we share your information with?

Where necessary your information will be shared with:

Social Work and Community Learning and Development
NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Transport Contractors
Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board (Electoral Register)
CRB - online school payments
Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA)
Skills Development Scotland
Wilson Webware (Curriculum for Excellence Machine)
Glow - schools intranet
Groupcall - text messaging
Scottish Government
National Entitlement Cards
Gateway - Early Years Pastoral Notes, WorkIT, PlanIT

How long do we keep hold of your information?

We keep your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary. Our retention periods are as follows:

Type of Records	Retention Period
Pupil Progress Record	Current plus 5 years
Child Protection	Date of birth + 75 years
Looked after	Date of birth + 100 years, or for 25 years from date of death if child dies before attaining age of 18 years
Additional Support Needs including any Child's Plan (Co-ordinated Support Plan)	Date of birth + 25 years Note that the Co-ordinated Support Plan should be destroyed when the school/centre is notified by central administration. The centrally held plan will be retained for 5 years after the plan is closed.
Educational Psychological Service	Date of birth + 25 years

What are your rights?

The lawful basis for your processing/using your personal data directly impacts which rights are available to you. For example, some rights will not apply, in this case we are not required to:

erase your personal information.
enable the right to data portability

However, you do have the following rights and can ask us to:

correct your personal information if it is inaccurate;
complete your personal information if it is incomplete;
restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances

You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information.

Do you require this statement in a different format?

Please contact us if you require this information in an alternative format.

How can you get in touch with us?

If you wish to obtain any records held by us relating to you, or if you have any general data protection queries, please contact the Data Protection Service at:

Data Protection Officer
South Ayrshire Council
County Buildings
Wellington Square
Ayr
KA7 1DR

Email: DataProtection@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 01292 612 223

Are you dissatisfied with the way your Personal Information has been handled?

If you are unhappy with the way we have dealt with your personal information, you can complain to the Data Protection Officer using the contact details noted above.

If you remain dissatisfied after contacting us, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner:

Information Commissioner's Office - Scotland
Queen Elizabeth House
Sibbald Walk
Edinburgh
EH8 8FT

Email: scotland@ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1115