Sunflowers Day Nursery

Pateley Bridge

Privacy Policy

Sunflowers Day Nursery Policies and Procedure Document

Privacy Notice.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT?

Warnes Nurseries Limited, Trading as Sunflowers Day Nursery, is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about You. We are required under data protection legislation to notify You of the information contained in this privacy notice.

This notice applies to Children and Parents. This notice does not form part of any contract to provide services. We may update this notice at any time but if we do so, we will provide You with an updated copy of this notice as soon as reasonably practical.

It is important that Parents read this notice, together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about You, so that You are aware of how and why we are using such information and what Your rights are under the data protection legislation.

DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES

We will comply with data protection law. This says that the personal information we hold about You must be:

1. Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way.

2. Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to You and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes.

3. Relevant to the purposes we have told You about and limited only to those purposes.

4. Accurate and kept up to date.

5. Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told You about.

6. Kept securely.

 

THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE HOLD ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

There are “special categories” of more sensitive personal data which require a higher level of protection, such as information about a person’s health or sexual orientation.

 

Children:

We will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about Children:

  • Name
  • Date of birth
  • Home address
  • Dietary requirements
  • Attendance information
  • Photographs of the Child to signpost Children to where their belongings are stored at the Nursery that they attend, and also for general display purposes
  • Emergency contact should Parents be unavailable and the emergency contact’s contact details
  • Record book for each Child containing the work of the Child whilst at the Nursery, observations about the Child’s development whilst at the Nursery from Employees of the Nursery, specific examples of the Child’s progress, photographs demonstrating the Child’s development whilst at the Nursery, and personal details of the Child.
  • Records relating to individual Children e.g. care plans, common assessment frameworks, speech and language referral forms
  • Accidents and pre-existing injuries forms
  • Medication Forms and medical information / care plans/ relevant medical professionals details
  • Records of any reportable death, injury, disease or dangerous occurrence
  • Observation, planning and assessment records of Children
  • Record of previous & other settings which the child attends.

We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information:

  • Information about a Child’s race or ethnicity, religion, spoken language and nationality
  • Information about a Child’s health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records
  • Information about a Child’s accident or incident reports including reports of pre-existing injuries

Information gathered in relation to any safeguarding concerns about a child.

  • Information about a Child’s incident forms / safeguarding referral forms / safeguarding case details / reports

Parents:

We will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about Parents:

  • Name
  • Home address
  • Telephone numbers, and personal email addresses.
  • Contact numbers and records of places of work
  • National Insurance number. (where extended funding is applied for)
  • Date of Birth (where extended funding is applied for)

We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information:

  • Information about a Parent’s race or ethnicity, spoken language and nationality.
  • Photographs of Parents and other family members in the children’s files, on laptops and on Family Displays within the nursery
  • Family and personal details in connection with Safeguarding Procedures.
  • Family Information and records of conversations with family members to support to support each child’s learning and development
  • Attendance at nursery events such as parents evenings, family days etc.
  • Conversations with Parents where Employees of the Nursery deem it relevant to the prevention of radicalisation or other aspects of the governments Prevent strategy.

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED?

Children and Parents:

We collect personal information about Children and Parents from when the initial enquiry is made by the Parents, through the enrolment process and until the Children stop using the Nursery’s services. This is done verbally, electronically and via paper based information gathering.

HOW WE WILL USE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

We will only use Your personal information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use Your personal information in the following circumstances:

1. Where we need to provide early years care and education as agreed with you.

2. Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

3. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and Your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

4. In order to provide a professional and caring environment and experience for your child.

We may also use Your personal information in the following situations, which are likely to be rare:

1. Where we need to protect Your interests (or someone else’s interests).

2. Where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.

Situations in which the Nursery will use personal information of Children

We need all the categories of information in the list above (see Children section within the Paragraph entitled ‘The Kind of Information We Hold About You’) primarily to allow us to perform our obligations (including our legal obligations to Children). The situations in which we will process personal information of Children are listed below.

 

  • Upon consent from the Parents, Personal Data of Children will be shared with schools for progression into the next stage of their education.
  • Personal information of Children will be shared with local authorities without the consent of Parents where there is a situation where child protection is necessary.
  • The personal information of Children will be shared with local authorities without the consent of Parents for funding purposes.
  • Ofsted will be allowed access to the Nursery’s systems as part of the inspection process and in relation to any complaints that are made about the nursery which are investigated by them.
  • To ensure we meet the needs of the Children
  • Report on a Child’s progress whilst with the Nursery
  • To check safeguarding records
  • To check complaint records
  • To check attendance patterns are recorded
  • When a Child’s Progress Report is given to its Parent in order for that Parent to pass the same Progress Report to a school for application or enrolment purposes

Situations in which the Nursery will use personal information of Parents

We need all the categories of information in the list above (see the section within the Paragraph entitled ‘The Kind of Information we Hold About You’) primarily to allow us to provide early years care and education as agreed with Parents and to enable us to comply with legal obligations. The situations in which we will process personal information of Parents are listed below.

  • The personal information of Parents will be shared with local authorities without the consent of Parents for funding purposes.
  • To report on a Child’s attendance
  • To be able to contact a Parent or a Child’s emergency contact about their Child
  • To ensure nursery fees are paid
  • To be able to meet the needs of the children in our care effectively.

If Parents fail to provide personal information

If Parents fail to provide certain information when requested, we may not be able to provide early years care and education as agreed with you. we have entered into with Parents, or we may be prevented from complying with our respective legal obligations to Children and Parents and statutory bodies.

Change of purpose

We will only use Your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use Your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify the Child or Parent, as is appropriate in the circumstances, and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process a Child’s or a Parent’s personal information without their respective knowledge or consent, as relevant to the circumstances, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

HOW WE USE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

”Special categories” of particularly sensitive personal information require higher levels of protection. We need to have further justification for collecting, storing and using this type of personal information. We have in place an appropriate policy document and safeguards which we are required by law to maintain when processing such data. We may process special categories of personal information in the following circumstances:

1. In limited circumstances, with Parent explicit written consent.

2. Where it is needed in the public interest, such as for equal opportunities monitoring.

Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect a Child or a Parents’ interests (or someone else’s interests) and the Child or Parent as is appropriate is not capable of giving consent, or where the Parent has already made the information public.

 

DATA SHARING

We may have to share Child or Parent data with third parties, including third-party service providers.

We require third parties to respect the security of Your data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

 

Why might the Nursery Child or Parent personal information with third parties?

We will share Your personal information with third parties where required by law, where it is necessary to administer the working relationship with You or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so

Which third-party service providers process my personal information?

”Third parties” includes third-party service providers (including contractors and designated agents), local authorities, regulatory bodies, schools and other entities within our group. The following third-party service providers process personal information about you for the following purposes:

  • Local Authorities – for funding and monitoring reasons (e.g. equal opportunities and uptake of funded hours)
  • Regulatory bodies – for ensuring compliance and the safeguarding, safety and welfare of the children and other legal requirements.
  • Schools and other early years providers – to provide a successful transition by ensuring information about the child’s progress and current level of development and interests are shared

How secure is my information with third-party service providers and other entities in our group?

All our third-party service providers and other entities in the group are required to take appropriate security measures to protect Your personal information in line with our policies. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use Your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process Your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

What about other third parties?

We may share Your personal information with other third parties, for example in the context of the possible sale or restructuring of the business. In this situation we will, so far as possible, share anonymised data with the other parties before the transaction completes. Once the transaction is completed, we will share Your personal data with the other parties if and to the extent required under the terms of the transaction.

We may also need to share Your personal information with a regulator or to otherwise comply with the law.

DATA RETENTION

How long will you use my information for?

We will only retain Your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal information are available in our retention policy which is available from the manager. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of Your personal data, the purposes for which we process Your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances we may anonymise Your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with You, in which case we may use such information without further notice to You. Once you are no longer a Child benefiting from the Nursery’s services or a Parent, as is appropriate, we will retain and securely destroy your personal information in accordance with our data retention policy.

RIGHTS OF ACCESS, CORRECTION, ERASURE, AND RESTRICTION

Your duty to inform us of changes

It is important that the personal information we hold about You is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if Your personal information changes during your working relationship with us.

Your rights in connection with personal information

Under certain circumstances, by law You have the right to:

  • Request access to Your personal information (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables You to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about You and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Request correction of the personal information that we hold about You. This enables You to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about You corrected.
  • Request erasure of your personal information. This enables Parents to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove Your personal information where You have exercised Your right to object to processing (see below).
  • Object to processing of Your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about Your particular situation which makes You want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing Your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request the restriction of processing of Your personal information. This enables or Parents, as is appropriate, to ask us to suspend the processing of personal information about You for example if You want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your personal information to another party.

If You want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of Your personal information, object to the processing of Your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of Your personal information to another party, please contact the manager in writing.

No fee usually required

You will not have to pay a fee to access Your personal information (or to exercise any of the other rights).

What we may need from You

We may need to request specific information from You to help us confirm your identity and ensure Your right to access the information (or to exercise any of Your other rights). This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT

In the limited circumstances where You may have provided Your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of Your personal information for a specific purpose, You have the right to withdraw Your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw Your consent, please contact [the manager]. Once we have received notification that You have withdrawn Your consent, we will no longer process Your information for the purpose or purposes You originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time, access to the most recent copy will be available on our website and from the Nursery Office. We may also notify You in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal information.