What information we collect, hold and use
The information we collect about you would include, but is not limited to:
- Name
- Date of birth
- NHS number
- Address
- Ethnicity
- Next of kin
- Contact details (phone/mobile/email)
- Physical or mental health condition
We may ask you further details where required and appropriate:
- Religious or other similar beliefs
- National Insurance number
- Language
- Gender
- Accommodation status
- Nationality
- Sexual orientation
- Marital status
- Financial information
We use your personal information to:
• ensure that we meet all of our legal and statutory duties including, but not limited to, those which apply under the following legislation and/or contractual agreements:
Adoption & Children Act 2002
Adoption (Inter-country Aspects) Act 1999
Adoption Agency Regulations 1983 and 1997
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Births & Deaths Registration Act 1953
Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
Childcare Act 2006
Children Act 1989 and 2004
Children and Families Act 2014
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Children and Young Persons Act 1963
Children and Young Persons Act 1969
Children and Young Persons Act 2008
Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Criminal Justice Act 1991
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000
Disabled Persons (Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
Education Act 1996
Education Act 2002
Education Act 2005
Education and Inspections Act 2006
Education and Skills Act 2008
Health Act 1999 & National Health Service Act 2006
Immigration & Asylum Acts 1999 and 2002
Learning & Skills Act 2000
Local Authority Social Services Act 1970
Mental Health Act 1983
Placement with Parents Regulations 1991
Representation of the People Act 1983
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
School Standard and Framework Act 1998
Supreme Court Act 1981
The Fostering Services Regulations 2002
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
Other contracts and agreements setting out the terms and conditions of services provided to you by the Children, Employment and Skills directorate.
We may also use your data:
- to check and, if needed, update your details on our systems
- or administrative and customer service purposes
- to contact you to take part in independent research or surveys and ask your opinion about our services to ensure we understand how we can deliver a better service to our service users.
Call recording
Any personal information recorded during telephone conversations is stored on the system for a period of one year after which it is securely deleted.
Agencies we might share the information with include:
• Commissioned partners/contractors who undertake our work
• NHS
• District/Borough Councils
• Police for the purposes of fraud and crime prevention
Retention
Unless specified in the legislation cited above or stated in the council’s Retention Schedule, data will be deleted in line with the Limitation Act 1980 (Section 2).
Complaints
If you are dissatisfied with the service you have been provided and have exhausted the council’s corporate complaints process, you can refer any complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman. Details of how to complain.
In this section
- Bright Start Islington privacy notice
- Adult social care privacy notice
- Troubled Families privacy notice
- Islingtons' Arts and Culture Services Privacy Notice
- Islington Integrated Gangs Team Privacy Notice
- Lifelong Links privacy notice
- Lunch Bunch Holiday Activities and Food Programme privacy notice
- School Improvement and Pupil Services Privacy Notice
- Early Help privacy notice