- Privacy notice name
- Adoption and Family Finding Privacy Notice
- Last updated
- Wednesday, 8 August 2018
- Introduction
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Adoption is a legal and permanent way of providing a new family for a child when they can no longer live with their own family.
- What personal information we collect
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We collect personal information to make sure we can carry out our work. The personal information we collect includes:
- Name
- Age and date of birth
- Address
- Gender
- Telephone number
- Marital status
- Passport number
- Photographs
- Financial information
- Attainment or educational data
- Health
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Disability
- Sexuality
- Membership of organisations
- Employment
- Previous allegations, concerns, disciplinary and conduct issues
- Details of family members
- Who we collect personal information about
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When we collect personal information it may be about:
- Employees
- Customers
- Families
- Parents
- Adults
- Children
- Siblings
- Complainants
- Service users
- Employers - private, voluntary and statutory sectors
- How we use personal information
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If we collect your personal information we will use it to:
- Maintain records
- Provide regulatory activity
- Provide social services
- Safeguard the welfare of children and young people
- Provide adoption services
- Manage complaints and allegations
- Support and manage employees
- Commission services
- Process applications, requests and appeals
- Undertake investigations and audits
- Report and collate of statistics
- Why we use your personal information
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We're required by law to safeguard children. This is detailed in legislation and guidance including:
- Adoption Agencies (miscellaneous amendments) Regulations 2013
- Adoption and Children Act 2002
- Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005
- Adoption Support Services 2006
- Care Standards Act 2000
- Children Act 1989
- Children Act 2004
- Childcare Act 2006
- The Children and Adoption Act 2006
- Disclosure of Adoption Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005
- The Local Authority Social Services Act 1970
- National Minimum Standards for Adoption 2000
- Suitability of Adopters Regulations 2005
We're allowed to process personal and sensitive information for the following reasons under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles and the Data Protection Act 1998:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- For public tasks or statutory functions
- To complete work we have been asked to carry out
- Employment, social security or social protection law
- Legal proceedings such as obtaining advice and defending legal rights
- Where there is substantial public interest
- Health and social care
- Necessary for administration of justice
- Who we share your personal information with
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We collect personal information from, and disclose personal information to, individuals and organisations that can support our work including:
- Adult social care services
- Armed services
- Children, parents and families
- Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
- Courts and Tribunals Ombudsman
- Early years and childcare
- Faith organisations
- Health services
- Housing services
- Nominated friends
- Partner agencies
- Police
- Prison service
- Probation service
- Public sources (if applicable)
- Regional adoption agency
- Regulatory bodies
- Schools and colleges
- Voluntary and private sectors
- Youth offending teams
- Automated decision about your personal information
- This service doesn't make any decisions using computers or programmes that don't involve a human being when using your personal information.
- How long we keep your personal information
- We keep your information for up to 100 years.
- Transferring personal information beyond the EEA
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This service doesn't transfer your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
We do not routinely share data with any organisation outside the UK, but our website is available across the internet and we communicate with applicants and stakeholders wherever they are. - Related content
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