GDPR and Oakdin Montessori Kindergarten

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GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation and replaces the previous Data Protection Directives that were in place. It was approved by the EU Parliament in 2016 and came into effect on 25th May 2018.

 

GDPR states that personal data should be ‘processed fairly & lawfully’ and ‘collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes’ and that individuals data is not processed without their knowledge and are only processed with their ‘explicit’ consent. GDPR covers personal data relating to individuals.

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Oakdin Montessori is committed to protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals with respect to the processing of children’s, parents, visitors and staff’s personal data. The Data Protection Act gives individuals the right to know what information is held about them. It provides a framework to ensure that personal information is handled properly.

GDPR includes 7 rights for individuals:

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1) The right to be informed

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Oakdin Montessori is a registered Childcare provider with Ofsted, therefore, it is required to collect and manage certain data. We need to know parents’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, date of birth and National Insurance numbers. We need to know children’s full names, addresses, date of birth and Birth Certificate number. For parents claiming the free nursery entitlement we are required to provide this data to Essex County Council.

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This information is sent to the Local Authority via a secure electronic file transfer system. We are required to collect certain details of visitors to our nursery. We need to know visitors’ names, telephone numbers, and addresses and, where appropriate, company name. This is in respect of our Health and Safety and Safeguarding Policies.

 

Oakdin Montessori collects a large amount of personal data every year including; names and addresses of those on the viewing list. These records are shredded if the child does not attend or added to the child’s file and stored appropriately.

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As an employer Oakdin Montessori is required to hold data on its employees; names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, date of birth, National Insurance numbers, photographic ID such as passport and driver’s license, bank details. This information is also required for Disclosure and Barring Service checks (DBS) and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. This information is sent via a secure file transfer system to GBG (GB Group PLC) for the processing of DBS checks.

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Oakdin Montessori uses cookies on its website to collect data for Google Analytics, this data is anonymous.

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2) The right of access

 

At any point an individual can make a request relating to their data and Oakdin Montessori will need to provide a response (within 1 month). Oakdin Montessori can refuse a request, if we have a lawful obligation to retain data i.e. from Ofsted in relation to the EYFS, but we will inform the individual of the reasons for the rejection. The individual will have the right to complain to the ICO if they are not happy with the decision.

 

3) The right to erasure

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You have the right to request the deletion of your data where there is no compelling reason for its continued use. However, Oakdin Montessori has a legal duty to keep children’s and parents’ details for a reasonable time*, Oakdin Montessori retains these records for 3 years after leaving pre-school, children’s accident and injury records for 19 years (or until the child reaches 21 years), and 22 years (or until the child reaches 24 years) for Child Protection records.

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Staff records must be kept for 6 years after the member leaves employment, before they can be erased. This data is archived securely offsite and shredded after the legal retention period. There is a full Risk Assessment in place for transportation and storage. A copy of this Risk Assessment can be provided upon request.

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4) The right to restrict processing

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Parents, visitors and staff can object to Oakdin Montessori processing their data. This means that records can be stored but must not be used in any way, for example, for reports or for communications.

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5) The right to data portability

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Oakdin Montessori requires data to be transferred from one IT system to another; such as from Oakdin Montessori to the Local Authority, to shared settings and to Tapestry’ Online Learning Journal. These recipients use secure file transfer systems and have their own policies and procedures in place in relation to GDPR.

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6) The right to object

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Parents, visitors and staff can object to their data being used for certain activities like marketing or research.

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7) The right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling

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Automated decisions and profiling are used for marketing. Oakdin Montessori does not use personal data for such purposes.

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Storage and use of personal information

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GDPR means that Oakdin Montessori must:

• Manage and process personal data properly.

• Protect the individual’s rights to privacy.

• Provide an individual with access to all personal information held on them.

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Personal information that is stored includes:

• Children’s and parent’s details such as name, address, date of birth, phone numbers, medical information.

• Staff details such as name, address, medical information, bank details, criminal records, insurance numbers and qualifications.

• Accident forms, incident records, restraint records, administration of medication records.

• Child protection records.

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All paper copies of children’s and staff records are kept in a locker. Members of staff can have access to these files, but information taken from the files about individual children is confidential, these records remain on site at all times and are also archived on site.

These records are shredded after the retention period. Information about individual children is used in certain documents, such as, a weekly register, medication forms, referrals to external agencies and disclosure forms. These documents include data such as children’s names, date of birth and sometimes address. These records are shredded after the relevant retention period.

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Information regarding families’ involvement with other agencies is stored both electronically on an external hard drive and in paper format, this information is kept in a locked office and in a locked filing cabinet. These records are shredded after the relevant retention period.

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Upon a child leaving Oakdin Montessori and moving on to school, data held on the child may be shared with the receiving school. Such information will be sent via post or via a secure file transfer system or handed in person to parent/carer. For children attending school outside of our borough the parent/carer will be given the data to deliver to the receiving school.

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Oakdin Montessori stores personal data held visually in photographs or video clips or as sound recordings (written consent would have been obtained via the registration form).  Access to all office computers and Tapestry Online Learning Journal is password protected. When a member of staff leaves the company, these passwords are changed in line with this policy and our safeguarding policy.

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Any portable data storage used to store personal data, e.g. USB memory stick, are password protected and/or stored in a locked filing cabinet.

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Personal information will be stored in one of two ways, paper form or on the computer in a password secured file. All paper copies of personal information are stored in a locked cupboard in the office with limit access to only staff in the management team and parents on request. Permission to store information on the computer will be sought from parents or staff during registration through the contracts.

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All computers are password protected and information is also stored in password protected files within the computers. Computers in the office are again only accessed by the management team or if used by another member of the team personal files are not accessible to them. In line with the updated data protection policy staff have 28 days to provide information on request from a parent or carer.

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26th May 2018

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