General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

What does GDPR mean for Yateley School?

A great deal of the processing of personal data undertaken by schools will fall under a specific legal basis, ‘in the public interest’. As it is in the public interest to operate schools successfully, it will mean that specific consent will not be needed in the majority of cases in schools.

GDPR will ensure data is protected and will give individuals more control over their data, however this means Yateley School has a greater accountability for the data:

  • Under GDPR, consent must be explicitly given to anything that isn’t within the normal business of the school, especially if it involves a third party managing the data. Parents (or the pupil themselves depending on their age) must express consent for their child’s data to be used outside of the normal business of the school.
  • Schools must appoint a Data Protection Officer and be able to prove that they are GDPR compliant (details of who this is can be found below).
  • Schools must ensure that their third party suppliers who may process any of their data is GDPR compliant and must have legally binding contracts with any company that processes any personal data. These contracts must cover what data is being processed, who it is being processed by, who has access to it and how it is protected.
  • It will be compulsory that all data breaches which are likely to have a detrimental effect on the data subject are reported to the ICO within 72 hours

The documents and information below contains all of the relevant GDPR information for parents/carers and will be updated whenever changes occur to our policy documents.

Yateley School GDPR Policy

All up-to-date Yateley School Policies can be found HERE.

About GDPR

The new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is replacing the current Data Protection Act (DPA) and is set to strengthen and unify all data held by Yateley School. GDPR brings a new responsibility to inform parents and stakeholders about how we are using pupils’ data and who it is being used by.

GDPR For Parents

The short video below can be very helpful for understanding GDPR as a parent:

Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions, concerns or would like more information about anything mentioned in our privacy notice, please contact our data protection officer Mr Chris Tombs chris.tombs@yateley.hants.sch.uk

GDPR Privacy Notice Table

Details of our statutory such as our privacy notice can always be found on our policies page.

GDPR Privacy Notice for Parents

Our most up-to-date privacy notice can be found on our policies page here