Colwall C of E Primary School Privacy Policy

Our contact details:

Name: Colwall C of E Primary School 

Address: Colwall CofE Primary School, Mill Lane, Colwall, WR13 6EQ

Phone Number: (01684) 540532

E-mail: admin@colwall.hereford.sch.uk

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
  • Secure connection information, the originating IP address, authentication information for accounts, browser type, domain names, access times, referring website addresses, and pages viewed. 

How we get the personal information and why we have it:

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • You correspond or communicate with us, whether through the website, by email, by telephone or otherwise.
  • We also receive personal information indirectly for example from the Local Authority during the school admissions process. 
  • Colwall C of E Primary School may also collect electronic information during your use of its website including domain name information.

We use the information that you have given us in order to maintain contact information and ensure the security of our website. The School may use your information to contact you about activities and opportunities within the School community. Your email address may be used to provide you with information about Colwall C of E Primary School, unless you request that it be removed from our mailing lists.

We may also use electronic information collected during your use of our website to become familiar with people who use our website including how often they visit, their access times, and browser type. We may use this information to improve our services and obtain statistics regarding the use of our website.

Colwall C of E Primary School will keep confidential personal information that it collects such as first and last name, email address, home or other address, and telephone number. We will not distribute, sell, or otherwise share your personally identifiable information with anyone outside the Colwall C of E Primary School community.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: 

Your consent. You give consent to information processing when using our website. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Colwall C of E Primary School.

How we store your personal information 

Your information is securely stored. While no system can provide guaranteed security, we take reasonable efforts to keep information you provide to us secure. We urge you to take every precaution necessary to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Please take proactive steps to secure your personal data, such as frequently changing your passwords.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us at [insert email address, phone number and or postal address] if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at: admin@colwall.hereford.sch.uk

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:            

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk