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This privacy notice applies to Together4Children and tells you what to expect from us regarding how we use your personal data and how we keep it safe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
We have created this policy which covers how we<\/p>
…your data. The policy also gives you information on how to contact us, and lets you know your rights as a data subject.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Responding to the Education and Adoption Act 2016, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council have joined together to facilitate a working arrangement which focuses on all permanence options, through the establishment of the Together4Children Permanency Partnership.<\/p>
Services provided by Together4Children include the recruitment and assessment of adoptive parents, support to children who require our services and services to adoptive families who require support.<\/p>
Undertaking this work means that we must collect and use data about the people we provide services to. Sometimes data is collected in order to provide services and sometimes it is collected because we have a statutory responsibility to do so. The following regulations and statutory guidance place these legal obligations on us:<\/p>
We are responsible for managing the information we hold and we recognise that this information is important to you.\u00a0 We take our responsibilities seriously and use personal information fairly, correctly and safely in line with the legal requirements set out by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).<\/p>
Because the partnership collects and processes personal information about individuals,\u00a0all partners are\u00a0registered as a \u2018Data Controller\u2019 under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This means that we must make sure you know what we intend to do with your information and who it could be shared with. Each organisation involved in the partnership (together4children) is a data controller in their own right and will publish their own transparency information.\u00a0 The details of each Authority in the partnership are below:<\/p>
Staffordshire County Council:<\/strong><\/p> Staffordshire County Council Stoke-on-Trent City Council:<\/strong><\/p> Stoke-on-Trent City Council Telford and Wrekin Council:<\/strong><\/p> Telford and Wrekin Council Shropshire Council:<\/strong><\/p> The Shirehall Your data may be collected or recorded in various ways, including:<\/p> Data may be collected directly from you or data about you may be gathered from other sources, and we may need to ask other agencies or organisations for relevant data about you to fulfil our legal responsibilities or to provide services.<\/p> Personal information collected will depend on your service requirements, this may include but is not limited to:<\/p> We will use your personal information for a limited number of purposes and always in line with our responsibilities, where there is a legal basis to do so, and in line with your rights under the GDPR. When we collect personal data from you, we will only use it to provide services you have requested or require. We will not collect any personal data from you that we do not need.<\/p> We will use the information you provide in order to:<\/p> If we wish to use or share your data for any purpose other than that for which is was originally collected, we will provide information on these purposes prior to starting the work. We will strive to make sure that the third party has sufficiently robust systems and procedures in place to protect your personal information.<\/p> Sometimes we may not be able to provide a service if you do not provide data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Where necessary information may be shared with other organisations and partners. In such cases, the information provided is only the minimum necessary. These organisations are required to retain your information in a secure manner and only use it to undertake the services they provide.<\/p> Together4Children may share your information with:<\/p> At no time will your information be passed to other organisations for marketing or sales purposes or for any commercial use without your prior express consent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Under the General Data Protection Regulations, we have a legal duty to protect any information that we hold about you. We take measures to safeguard your data and apply security standards and controls to prevent any unauthorised access to it. Information which you have provided to Together4Children will be stored securely.<\/p> Together4Children have an information sharing protocol in place which governs the sharing of data been the local authorities of this partnership. All partners agree to similar commitments towards privacy, security and transparency.<\/p> The amount of time data is kept before being disposed of will vary depending on why it was collected, how it is used, and various UK laws.\u00a0Our retention and disposal schedules<\/a> give details about how long we keep data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you, or if you have a complaint about privacy or misuse of data.<\/p>
County Buildings
Martin Street
Stafford
ST162DH<\/p>
Civic Centre
Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 1HH<\/p>
Audit and Info Compliance
Whitechapel House
Priorslee
Telford
TF2 9FN<\/p>
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
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How we use your personal data<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
How we share your data<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
How we look after your data<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
What are your rights?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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