Privacy Notice

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Fair Processing Notice

Your information is being collected by Michael School which is a data controller for the purposes of current Data Protection Legislation as applied in the Isle of Man.

Our websites contain links to other websites which you may find useful; when you follow these links, the websites should have their own privacy policy. Michael School cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the content of any personal data provided to them. We advise you to check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

The Headteacher in the name of Michael School as Data controller

If you have any questions or comments on this Privacy Notice please contact the Data Controller, namely the Head Teacher at Main Road, Kirk Michael, Isle of Man IM6 1AJ.

In addition to the information set out in the Department of Education, Sport and Culture’s (DESC) Privacy Notice, we may also collect the following information about your child as required by the Education Act 2001 and the Registration of Pupils Regulations 2016:

full legal name and where known, any former name or names;
gender;
date of birth;
unique pupil number;
ethnic group and by whom that information was provided;
first language;
date of admission to the school;
year group;
the address and postcode of the pupil's usual residence and any other properties at which the pupil is also known to reside on occasion;
the name and address of every person known to the school to be a parent of the pupil and at least one emergency contact telephone number;
the name and address of any other schools the pupil is known to have attended, if any, and in the case of guest registration, any other schools at which the pupil is registered;
full-time or part-time;
day pupil or boarder;
date of leaving the school;
usual mode of transport to and from school;
for any pupil who is known to the head teacher to be or to have been looked after by an appropriate organisation, the name of that organisation;
(where applicable) that the pupil has been found eligible for free school meals;
Attendance;
Medical information for the vital interests of children where appropriate;
Educational psychologists reports and supporting documents;
Academic achievements;
Skills and abilities;
Educational progress;
Special educational needs information;
Suspension information; and
Course information.

Should you have any enquiries or comments regarding this information, please contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture. By email DPO-DESC@gov.im or by post to Data Protection Officer, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John's, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS or by telephone on (01624) 685828.

How we will use the information we collect about you

Michael School may use your information to:

register your child at the school;
record attendance information;
produce an educational record containing:
- Information about your child
- Personal education plans
- Educational psychologist's reports and accompanying documents
produce a curricular record containing:
- Academic achievements;
- Skills and abilities; and
- Educational progress
produce a record of special educational needs and special needs provision, if appropriate detailing:
- The type of special need;
- A ranking of the special needs if there is more than one;
- The special needs provision being made; and
- Whether teaching is in a special education needs unit or elsewhere
record details of suspensions
produce a record of the studies undertaken;
help prevent and detect crime

Michael School has a statutory obligation to check and verify the data you provide to us on registration documents and on consent forms. This may include checks of publicly available information but in some cases, where it is necessary and relevant, the information you provide may be disclosed or shared with other organisations.

How we will share the information we collect about you

App or Service	Details	Consent Required
Arbor	Data Shared: Pupil Records Security Protocols: Arbor uses bank-grade, end-to-end, 256bit SSL encryption to ensure only the authorised user can see school data. Student data is NEVER shared with third parties without a schools’ consent. Each user is issued with a unique and secure password, with permission-based access ensuring that they can only view the data relevant to them. No data is stored on any device, and Arbor automatically logs out after a period of inactivity. Arbor is a Data Processor and abides by all of the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. Arbor are also registered with the UK Government on the G-Cloud VII framework, a Government framework which audits the security of cloud-based providers to ensure they meet government standards. Arbor products have also been approved by the Department for Education list for cloud suppliers https://arbor-education.com/en/data-protection Access Conditions: N/A Teacher Access: Yes- For assessment data, contact details etc Server/Data Location: EEA Retention Period: DOB + 25 years	No
Book creator more information	Data Shared: name, email address, a password and the school name Security Protocols: All information collected through Book Creator is stored in Google Cloud. Reasonable steps to protect personal data when it is transferred to Google Cloud, and Google participates in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield arrangement. This means it safeguards your personal data appropriately. In addition, Google has entered into model contract clauses with Book Creator which offer further safeguards. Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: US	Yes
ClassDojo more information	Data Shared: Name Security Protocols: Network security; Infosec governance, Application security, Audits. ClassDojo is responsible for the processing of personal information it receives, under the Privacy Shield Frameworks, and subsequently transfers to third-parties acting as an agent on its behalf. ClassDojo complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal information from the EU Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: US Retention Period: End of use + 12 months	Yes
Empowering Education International Limited (EEIL) more information	Data Shared: May include fields such as: title, first name, last name, position, contact information, location data, ID data, opinions, comments, viewpoints, discussions, student academic data, self-evaluation data, career intentions, disability, ethnicity/race, medical (health or learning difficulty) goods and services provided, and internet protocol address. Please note that Ethnicity/Race and Medical (Heath or Learning Difficulty) data are special category data and adequate safeguards are in place to address them. Sharing Basis: Public interest + official authority of the DC Security Protocols: Tribal’s internal and customer hosting services are outsourced to our business partners (AWS, Microsoft and Rackspace) as applicable to the software services required. All three companies IT infrastructure is designed and managed in alignment with security best practices. Their compliance with international and industry-specific IT security standards is detailed in a series of control definition reports. Access Conditions: No Teacher Access: No Server/Data Location: UK Retention Period: Any personal data provided to EEIL will only be retained for the duration of the EEIL engagement with DESC.	No
Evolve (Educational Visit Risk Assessment and Approval) more information	Data Shared: Parent helper/ volunteer names, information related to risk assessments (occasionally medical information), name, contact details, trip information. Sharing Basis: Safeguarding for external/ residential visits Security Protocols: Implement additional security measures including advanced firewalls, enterprise-level virus protection on all servers, HTTPS encryption for all communication between our servers and users, regular data backup, username/password/PIN to control access, failed log-in attempt logging, automatic suspicious activity detection and logging etc. Access Conditions: Teachers, Educational Visit Co-ordinator, Headteacher and Department of Education, Sport and Culture representatives. Server/Data Location: UK Retention Period: Current year + 6 years	No
Facebook more information	Data Shared: Photos, names Security Protocols: Password protected, Two-factor authentication. Server/Data Location: Worldwide including the US Retention Period: Current year	Yes
Google Domain more information	Data Shared: No personal information should be stored on Google servers by staff apart from a name, class grouping, email address and information regarding work completed or to be completed. Sharing Basis: Collaborative learning by children for home and school learning. Can be shared with teacher and any other child within the domain. Security Protocols: Google adheres to several self regulatory frameworks, including the EU-US Privacy Shield arrangement. Access Conditions: Supervised and unsupervised Teacher Access: Limited to areas set up by staff for collaborative learning Server/Data Location: Worldwide including the US Retention Period: DOB + 21 years or 3 years since the last log on	No
Hopscotch more information	Data Shared: name, email address Security Protocols: Physical, technical, and procedural security measures to safeguard all information collected. Not covered by Privacy Shield or Standard Contractual clauses. Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: US Retention Period: Until account no longer being used	Yes
ItsLearning more information	Data Shared: Username, forename, surname, cohort and schoolwork Security Protocols: Physical security Data Centers itslearning operates all its customer services from data centers separated from the corporate office work space. Access to data centers are strictly controlled and protected to reduce the likelihood of unauthorized access, fire, flooding or other damage to the physical environment. Physical access to data centers are limited to a small number of employees within itslearning and/or its hosting center providers. Strict security clearances are required and must be approved by security management prior to entering a data center. Office work space All of the office work space of itslearning is protected by access control. Only invited visitors and employees can access itslearning’s work space. Multiple measures are in place to avoid security issues due to theft or loss of computer equipment. This includes security guidelines and acceptable use policies, authentication systems and encryption of storage units when applicable. Access Conditions: Supervised and unsupervised Teacher Access: Yes- to support learning the teacher has access to pupil pages and their posts. Server/Data Location: EEA Retention Period: End of use plus 12 months	No
Kahoot	Data Shared: Name, Email address, user name, google analytics identifiers Security Protocols: Reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: Worldwide Retention Period: End of use + 12 months	Yes
Language link / Speech more information	Data Shared: Name, DOB. email & telephone number of school Security Protocols: Encryption, access restriction and physical security Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: EEA Retention Period: 3 years	No
Microsoft Teams	Data Shared: Census data: AppName, DeviceModel, OSName, OSVersion, UserLanguage, UserID, DeviceID. Census data DOES NOT contain any information that identifies your organisation or users. Usage data: includes information such as number of calls made, number of IMs sent or received, number of meetings joined, frequency of features used and stability issues. Usage data DOES NOT contain any information that identifies users. Anyone in a team can see all members of a team, including guests Sharing Basis: Public interest to assist with remote education during period of school closures. Security Protocols: Teams enforces team-wide and organization-wide two-factor authentication, single sign-on through Active Directory, and encryption of data in transit and at rest. Files are stored in SharePoint and are backed by SharePoint encryption. Access Conditions: Supervised and unsupervised. Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: EEA Retention Period: August after pupil leaves school	No
Nessy	Security Protocols: Password protected Admin & Reports portal. Physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard data and prevent unauthorised access or use of the information collected online. Access Conditions: Supervised	Yes
ParentPay	Data Shared: ParentPay obtain (either from the Customer and/or from you directly) and process the following information: Data Subject (Who) Data Category (What) Description Pupil Student Forename This is the forename of the pupil. Pupil Student Surname This is the surname of the pupil. Pupil Student Known as This is the name that the pupil is known as. Pupil Student DOB This is the date of birth of the pupil. Pupil Student Gender This is the pupil’s gender Pupil Student Groups Registration group (if any), year, other groups Pupil Student Salutation This is the pupil’s salutation. Pupil Student Dietary Requirements This is the pupils special dietary requirements Pupil Student Postal Address The student’s postal address Pupil Student Identifiers Roll/Admission number, UPN, management system identifier Pupil Student Meal Selections and spend history This is a history of a pupil’s meal selections and spends for school meals or non-meal-related items, including free school meals Pupil Student Trip information Trip details collected from parents, e.g. emergency contacts, medical details, dietary requirements, doctor’s contact, EHIC and Passport Parents Contacts Title This is the contact’s title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, etc). Parents Contacts Forename This is the contact’s forename. Parents Contacts Surname This is the contact’s surname. Parents Contacts Authentication data Username and password, single-sign-or multi-factor-authentication tokens Parents Contacts Gender The contact’s gender (Salutation) Parents Contacts House Name The text entered as the contact’s house name. Parents Contacts Street The text entered as the contact’s street. Parents Contacts Locality The text entered as the contact’s locality. Parents Contacts Town The text entered as the contact’s town. Parents Contacts Postcode The text entered as the contact’s post code. Parents Contacts Day Telephone The contact’s daytime telephone number. Parents Contacts Home Telephone The contact’s home telephone number. Parents Contacts Mobile Telephone This is the contact’s mobile telephone number used to receive alerts from Parentpay and for school communications Parents Contacts Email This is the contact’s E-mail address used to receive communications from Parentpay and for school communications. Parents Contacts Payment History and balances This is the contact’s history of payment transactions, including reversals, refunds and withdrawals of funds. Parents Contacts Payment card details Payment card details are captured and passed to a 3rd party for authorisation. Parents Contacts Other This is the contact’s alternative communication method. Parents Contacts In-app messages Messages sent from parents to school within the ParentPay application Parents Contacts Trouble ticket data When users submit trouble ticket information, this gets stored. Parents Contacts Shop information ParentPay can be used as a payment page from externally or internally hosted shop systems. This the information captured as part of that (“shopping basket”). Parents Contacts Browser Details IP address, cookies, browser information Parents Contacts Scottish UPRN For users in Scotland who sign up via MyGovScot School Staff Title This is the staff member’s title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, etc.). School Staff Forename This is the staff member’s forename. School Staff Surname This is the staff member’s surname. School Staff Gender The staff member’s gender Website Access IP Address The network address of your device or internet connection Website Access Browser Type and Version The type of Web Browser your device is using Website Access Cookies Special records in your browser to help the website operate Website Access Web Analytics Generalised information about browsing behaviour and page statistics Sharing Basis: Schools have signed up for the service and their legal basis is: 'processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest' Security Protocols: ParentPay use your personal information, and some of their employees have access to such information, only to the extent required to carry out the services for you and on behalf of the Customer. ParentPay have introduced appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your personal information during storage, processing and transit. ParentPay are a Level 1 PCI-DSS certified organisation and are subject to regular and comprehensive security audits. They operate an ISO27001 compliant security programme to help protect your data at all times. The PPL Products and Services only processes your personal information in the UK. Some of ParentPay's supporting services (for example ZenDesk), might use cloud platforms that operate from Third Countries outside of the EEA. Where this is the case, they ensure that adequate safeguards are established to protect your data. Server/Data Location: UK Retention Period: ParentPay will only retain information for as long as is necessary to deliver the service safely and securely. They may need to retain some records to maintain compliance with other applicable legislation – for example finance, taxation, fraud and money laundering law requires certain records to be retained for an extended duration, in some cases for up to seven years. Pupil data will typically be removed or anonymised when the following rules are met: The pupil has been archived by the School. The pupil does not have any meal consumption or attendance data within the last 13 months. The pupil has not received a payment for any payment item within the last 13 months. The pupil balance is zero. Payer (Parent) data will usually be removed or anonymised when the following rules are met: They have not logged in for 13 months. They have not topped up or spent within the last 13 months. Parent balance is 0 (zero), and all pupil balances are 0 (zero). There are no active pupils associated with the account Manager Accounts that have been disabled and have not logged in for 13 months, will be removed or anonymised. Other school staff accounts are subject to the same rules as pupils (above) Message attachments will be removed after 24 months. File area uploads will be purged after 24 months. Personal information in trip records will be removed 1 month after trip completion It should be noted that Schools will still retain a complete finance audit trail for their statutory requirements. In unusual cases where specific personal information needs to be retained, then this can be facilitated upon request.	Yes
Quesmedia Sites more information	Data Shared: Website activity, website form submissions and user content. Sharing Basis: To provide public website services for our school Security Protocols: Sites are served over HTTPS using TLS to provide both secure server–server and server–client communication. Accounts are protected from brute force attacks with rate limiting and automated account locking. Passwords are one-way encrypted using bcrypt before being stored and are required to satisfy strong password rules to ensure high-entropy. Access Conditions: None Teacher Access: Limited to data provided within the CMS Server/Data Location: United Kingdom (EEA) Retention Period: Please view the more information link for data retention policies.	No
Scratch more information	Data Shared: During account creation, a username, country, birth month and year, gender, and email address (or a parent or guardian's email address if a person is under 16 years old if set up by parents). A username that does not disclose a real name or other information that could identify a pupil Other users can see the username and country, but not a pupil's age, gender, or email address. Access Conditions: Supervised and unsupervised Server/Data Location: US Retention Period: When requested	Yes
Socrative	Data Shared: First name and Class Security Protocols: We protect your login information and the transmission of data using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: USA Retention Period: Until Childs Leaves school	Yes
SpellingShed more information	Data Shared: Name and class, Spelling performance data Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: EEA (UK) Retention Period: Upon leaving school	Yes
Tapestry	Data Shared: Child’s full name, child’s date of birth, basic assessment data, photographs in school settings and/or in supervised school led trip setting. Sharing Basis: To share photographs, information and progress with the parents. For parents to communicate their chlld/ren's home learning with school. Security Protocols: Amazon Web Services, has been independently certified as ISO 874 27001 compliant. Any information will be collected and uploaded on a work provided device. Staff training will be provided. Access restrictions are in place. Strong password usage. Access Conditions: Consent; Parents can withdraw consent at any time. Teacher Access: Yes, authorised personnel only. Server/Data Location: EU and the UK Amazon Web Services (AWS). Retention Period: One full year after the child leaves Primary School.	Yes
ThingLink more information	Data Shared: name, email Access Conditions: Supervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: EEA Retention Period: Upon leaving school (Requires account deletion if children have own login)	Yes
Transition between primary and secondary school	Data Shared: Transition activities / work done in transition lessons / pupil record Sharing Basis: In the public interest and official authority of the data controller. Security Protocols: Emails on secure servers; for ‘online.sch.im’ a google service self regulatory frameworks, including the EU-US Privacy Shield arrangement. Access Conditions: Supervised and unsupervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: United Kingdom (EEA) Retention Period: DOB + 21 years or 3 years since the last log on	No
Zoom more information	Data Shared: Your name, username and email address, or phone number, Cloud recordings, chat / instant messages, files, whiteboards, and other information shared while using the service, voice mails, IP address, MAC address, other device ID (UDID), device type, operating system type and version, client version, type of camera, microphone or speakers, connection type, etc. location, Duration of the meeting / Zoom Phone call, Email address, name, or other information that a participant enters to identify themselves in the meeting, Join and leave time of participants, Name of the meeting, Date / time that meeting was scheduled, Chat status (unless a setting is actively chosen by user), Call data records for Zoom Phone Sharing Basis: Consent Security Protocols: Password protection, encryption – not end-to-end, only participants to meetings to be sent links, updates to be installed. Please note there are currently serious issues and no sensitive information should be shared on this platform. Privacy Shield applies. Access Conditions: Supervised and unsupervised Teacher Access: Yes Server/Data Location: Data routed through servers in China. USA Retention Period: Individual accounts when deleted	Yes

For more specific details about retention periods see the Department’s retention schedule

Information obtained or disclosed by third parties will not be used for any other purpose other than supporting the delivery of teaching and learning.

Failure to provide information may impact on support in school, the quality of teaching and learning and in achievement in examinations.

Protecting your information

Michael School will:

keep your information safe and secure in compliance;
only use and disclose your information as detailed above where necessary
Retain the information for no longer than is necessary and your information wll be permanently deleted once the timeframes set out below have been reached (there will need to be an authorisation process, to dispose of this in line with our Records Management Policy and retention periods as outlined below (unless there is an over-riding reason to retain this information).

Transfer of Information outside the EEA

Apps and services that are used in school may require data to be stored on servers outside of the EEA. Information sent to these will be limited and are as detailed above.

More Information

You can find out more information including:

Looking at the Isle of Man Government Privacy Policy here https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/privacy-notice/ [Accessed 16/1/18]
Contacting the Department’s Data Protection Officer: By email DPO-DESC@gov.im by post to Data Protection Officer, DESC, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John's, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS, or by telephone on (01624) 685828;
Asking to see your information or making a complaint if you feel that your information is not being handled by contacting the Headteacher as Data Controller for Michael School
Making a subject access request which is a request for all of the personal data we hold about you.
Obtaining this information in large print, braille, or in an alternative language.

Freedom of information

Requests for Information, submitted in accordance with Freedom of Information Act 2015.

The following information is collected for the purpose of meeting a request you have made for information.

Title
First name
Surname
Address
Email Address
Phone number
Mobile number

Your rights

You may have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

right to be informed about the personal information we collect, how this is being used, and to or from whom we share any details with.
right to access the personal data we hold about you by making a ‘subject access request’. If you agree, we'll try to deal with your request informally, for example by providing you with the specific information you need over the telephone, or we can email this to you where you have given us an email address. In certain circumstances a charge may apply.
right to request the correction of personal data we hold about you that you think is incorrect.
right to request erasure of your personal data in some circumstances.
right to object to processing and the right to restriction of processing of your personal data in some circumstances.
right to request portability, where you have supplied information to us, and you wish to transfer that information to another organisation or service provider.
right to withdraw your consent at any time.

It is worth noting that the benefits afforded by these rights are limited in some circumstances, and may depend on the legal reason why we collected your personal data. If this is the case, we'll explain why.

To exercise any of the rights mentioned, or if you have any questions relating to your rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer. To do this, by email DPO-DESC@gov.im by post to Data Protection Officer, DESC, Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John's, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS, or by telephone on (01624) 685828.

Complaints

We take any complaints we receive about the way we process your information very seriously and we would like to hear from you if you have any concerns that our collection or use of your personal data is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. Please bring your concern to our attention by contact the Data Protection Officer, who will work with you to resolve any issues.

If you are unhappy with the way we are using your personal data you have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office as the Supervisory Authority for the Isle of Man. Further details can be found at www.inforights.im

Will this Privacy Notice Change

From time to time we may amend this privacy notice to reflect changes in legislation, changes in our processing or experience of operating these services, and for other reasons or feedback we receive.

Any significant changes will be advised by a prominent notice on our website so that you can review the change. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy notice without your consent. This Privacy notice was last updated July 2022.

Michael School