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The Headteacher in the name of Department of Education, Sport and Culture as Data controller
The Headteacher, in the name of Department of Education, Sport and Culture, is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2002/General Data Protection Regulation (Isle of Man) Order 2018. The contact details for the Data Controller are Department of Education, Sport and Culture of 3rd Floor, Hamilton House, Peel Road, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 5EZ.
In addition to the information set out in the Isle of Man 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:
The Data Protection Officer for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture is: Andrew Shipley, Department of Education, Sport and Culture, Hamilton House, Douglas. IM1 5EZ. Tel 01624 685828. Email: DPO-DESC@gov.im.
Department of Education, Sport and Culture may use your information to:
Department of Education, Sport and Culture 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.
App or Service | Details | Consent Required |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Teams |
Data Shared: 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 |
Quesmedia Sites |
Data Shared: Website activity, website form submissions and user content. Sharing Basis: To provide public website services for our school Security Protocols: 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 |
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 |
Data Shared: Sharing Basis: Consent Security Protocols: 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.
Department of Education, Sport and Culture will:
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.
You can find out more information including:
You have a right to access your personal data to ensure that it is accurate, and to request that it is rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed if it is inaccurate.
To make any request relating to your data held by us, please contact the Data Protection Officer for the Department of Education, Sport and Culture who is: Andrew Shipley, DPO. Hamilton House, Peel Road. Douglas. IM1 5EZ. Tel 685828. Email DPO-DESC@gov.im
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you may also complain to the Information Commissioner, whose details can be found on www.inforights.im, or the relevant supervisory authority. You may have a right to other remedies.