Privacy Policy

PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION

Data Protection

With the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) in force from 25th May 2018, we are confirming our data protection. The GDPR has replaced the Data Protection Act 1998.

The Safeguarding Partnerships are Data Processors. We are hosted by Brent Council, which is our Data Controller and we use their training, guidance and policies.

All who receive our newsletter, promotional emails and learning and development information will have opted in with their consent. To be removed from our mailing list please email brent.safeguardingpartnerships@brent.gov.uk at any time.

Statutory organisations have their own policies for data protection and processing. Contact your own safeguarding lead.

Privacy Notice

The Safeguarding Partnerships are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Through this privacy notice we have sought to be as transparent as possible to fully explain how your personal information is held and processed. This notice explains how we collect, use and share your information and how we keep it and how we keep it secure.

This privacy notice also explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage or come into contact with us, whether via our learning and development offer, those whose children have been subject to partnership reviews, through our learning and improvement case reviews..

Information collected about you

We only collect personal data that is absolutely necessary for our training function as you enrol on a course, and any information we collect about you will be in accordance with data protection laws and other statutory obligations we are bound to follow, such as around learning and improvement case reviews.

Why we need your information

We need your personal data in order to provide you with learning and development or our newsletter. We will only collect data that is absolutely necessary and any information we collect about you will be strictly in accordance with the data protection law and other statutory obligations which we are bound by.

For the purposes of Serious Case Reviews / Local Learning Reviews, we have strict data protection and retention practices in line with the council who host us. We are bound by statutory guidance in the information we obtain for case reviews.