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- Ethnic Minority Achievement Team Privacy Notice
- Last updated
- Wednesday, 5 June 2019
- Introduction
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The ethnic minority achievement team was set up to combat the educational disadvantages experienced by particular groups. Specifically, we address the needs of pupils who have English as an additional language or who belong to ethnic minority communities.
- What personal information we collect
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We collect personal information to make sure that we can carry out our work. The personal information we collect includes:
- Name.
- Address.
- Contact details including email address.
- Age and date of birth.
- Marital status.
- Sexuality.
- Religion.
- Attainment and education data.
- Crime and offending information.
- Employment data.
- Ethnicity and nationality.
- Financial information, for example bank details.
- Health and medical records including disabilities.
- Identifiers, for example National Insurance number, driving licence number, vehicle registration number.
- Political opinion.
- Who we collect personal information about
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When we collect personal information it may be about:
- Pupils and students.
- Carers.
- Customer, service users and residents.
- Extended family, such as parents, children and siblings.
- Offenders.
- How we use personal information
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We use your personal information to:
- Commission services.
- Early years childcare and education.
- Maintain accounts and records.
- Process applications, requests and appeals.
- Provide employment, education and training advice and support.
- Provide services focussed on individual or family health.
- Safeguard the welfare of adults.
- Safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
- Why we use your personal information
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We're required by law to combat the educational disadvantages experienced by particular groups. This is detailed in legislation and guidance including:
- Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
We're allowed to process personal and sensitive data for the following reasons under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Articles and the Data Protection Act:
- To comply with a legal obligation.
- For public tasks or statutory functions.
- With explicit consent of the individual.
- For employment, social security or social protection law.
- Substantial public interest.
- Who we share your personal information with
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We collect information from and disclose information to individuals and organisations that can support our work including:
- Council departments.
- Other public bodies and authorities.
- Schools and higher education providers.
- Partner agencies.
- 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 personal information collected as part of this process for a minimum of 25 years from the date of birth of the child or for and additional length of time if necessary.
- 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.
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