At Balfour Primary School, we take the protection of personal information seriously. We are committed to handling personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently. The privacy notices below explain how we use and protect personal information relating to pupils, families, staff, governors and other members of our school community.

Privacy Notices & Policies

• Privacy notice: pupils
• Privacy notice: staff
• Privacy notice: general
• Data Rights Complaints Process
• Photography and Videos at School Policy & privacy notice (incl. consent form)
• GDPR Data Protection Policy

Data Protection Officer

James England
dpo@dataprotection.education

Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information Requests

foi.sar@balfour.brighton-hove.sch.uk

Retention Schedule

Please click here to view our data retention schedule.   (from page 66)

Freedom of Information

View our Publication Scheme here: ICO model publication scheme

 

 

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Cookies (not the edible ones) & how you use this website

To make this website easier to use, we sometimes place small text files on your device (for example your iPad or laptop). These are known as ‘cookies’. Most big websites do this too.

 They improve things by:

• remembering the things you’ve chosen, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
• remembering data you’ve given (for example, your address) so you don’t need to keep entering it
• measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs.

By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.  

We do not use cookies on this website that collect information about what other websites you visit (often referred to as privacy intrusive cookies). 

Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these files as you wish. 

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org or watch a video about cookies.

How you use this website (something called ‘Google Analytics’)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting peoples’ needs and to understand how we can make the website work better.  

Google Analytics stores information about what pages on this site you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on while you are here. We do not collect or store any other personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this data cannot be used to identify who you are. 

We also collect data on the number of times a word is searched for on the site and the number of failed searches. We use this information to improve access to the site and to identify gaps in the content and see if it is something we should add to the site.

 Unless the law allows us to, we do not:

• share any of the data we collect about you with others, or
• use this data to identify individuals.

Other people’s cookies

We might use videos from YouTube and feeds from other websites such as Facebook and Twitter. These websites place cookies on your device when watching or viewing these pages. 

Below are links to their cookie policies:

• Google and YouTube
• Facebook
• Twitter

Turning off cookies

You can stop cookies being downloaded on to your computer or other device by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. If you do this, however, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

There is more information about how to delete or stop using cookies on AboutCookies.org. If you wish, you can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics. 

Further guidance on the use of personal information can be found at ico.org.uk

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

Cookies Used

Necessary

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.

You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Targeting

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.