This privacy notice applies to end-users of our "SchoolCloud Parents Evening" product.
- Who we are
We are School Cloud Systems Ltd, a company registered in Scotland (company number SC366647) whose registered office is at 3 St Pauls Place, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JE, United Kingdom.
Please note that if you are a registered user of our "SchoolCloud Parents Evening" product (the "Product") we are a data processor (except in relation to our processing activities set out in this Privacy Notice where we are a data controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)) and you should refer to the privacy policy of the "Organisation" (i.e. the school where you wish to make an appointment) who is the data controller in respect to your personal data processed through use of our Product.
- How to contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or our data protection policies generally, please contact us:
By post: School Cloud Systems, 3 St Pauls Place, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JE
By email: dataprotection@schoolcloud.co.uk
By phone: 0333 344 3403
- Privacy notice
We are committed to protecting your personal data and your privacy. This privacy notice sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, or that we acquire from a third party, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Before we process your personal data, we are obliged to inform you of who we are, why we need to process your personal data, what we will do with your personal data and to whom we will pass your personal data.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
- End-users of our Product
What information do we collect and process?
When you visit the website provided by the Organisation ("Website") and use our Product, we may collect the following information:
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Your name;
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Your email address; and
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The name and date of birth of your child or the child you are a guardian to
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When you visit the Website to use our Product, we use Google Analytics to automatically collect information about your computer, including your IP address, information about your visit, your browsing history, and how you use the Website. We use cookies within the Website. You can read more about how we use cookies in the “Cookies” section below.
How is your information used?
We collect your information as set out at clause 4.1.1 so we may provide our services to you via the Product.
We use your information collected automatically from the Website to improve the customer experience and functionality of the Website and our Product.
We do not use such information for any form of automatic decision-making, including profiling.
Anonymised aggregated data
We also collect, use and share anonymised aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated anonymised data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your personal data to track how a feature of the Product is used. However, if we combine or connect anonymised aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
With whom do we share your information?
We may use third parties to host or develop the Website and our Product, and these third parties will have access to your personal data that we store. The third parties we use are data processors and will only process your personal data on our instructions and subject to obligations of confidentiality.
Lawful processing
When we process your personal data for the purposes of improving the Website or our Product we do so on the basis of our legitimate interests in maintaining a relevant and functioning Product and improving customer experience.
Where we generate anonymised aggregated data in accordance with clause 4.3 above, we do so on the basis of our legitimate interests to create statistical or demographic data relating to our services.
The Organisation is the data controller in respect to your personal data processed through use of our Product in all other cases and the Organisation will determine the lawful basis of processing in those cases.
- Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use temporary cookie files called session cookies which are erased when you close your browser.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
- People who contact us
What information do we collect and process?
Telephone - When you call us, we will collect your name and telephone number, and where relevant, we may collect other details including other contact details and information relating to any contract for products or services relating to you. Any call made to us may be monitored but will not be recorded.
E-mail - When you e-mail us, we will collect your name, e-mail address and the contents of your message and any attachments.
Website contact - When you fill out any of the contact forms on the Website, we may collect:
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Your name;
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Your email address; and
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Your phone number
Post - If you send us a letter or other correspondence by post, we will collect any personal data contained in such correspondence. We may scan and electronically store any letters or other correspondence we receive by post.
How is your information used?
We may use any information obtained by telephone, e-mail, Website contact form or other media to handle customer and other enquiries, including addressing any complaints. This may include contacting you to discuss any such enquiries or complaints.
We may monitor e-mails and other electronic messages for security reasons. We use e-mail monitoring or blocking software (spam filters).
We may also use any personal data obtained by telephone, e-mail, Website contact form or other media to improve our internal processes, including staff training and quality control.
Lawful basis of processing
When we process your personal data in connection with telephone calls, e-mails, Website contact forms or other media, we do so on the basis of our legitimate interests in responding to customer and other queries and in creating and retaining records of such communications for training purposes and for evidentiary purposes.
- How long do we retain your data?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
- Additional Information
Compliance with legal obligations, etc.
We may process (including disclose) your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligations binding on us; to protect the rights, property, or safety of our staff, our customers, or others; and to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
When we process your personal data for the above purposes, we do so on the basis that such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject or necessary in order to protect the vital interests of a natural person, respectively or necessary in order to pursue our legitimate interests in exercising our legal rights.
Corporate governance
We may share your personal data with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may disclose your personal data to third parties:
in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may if relevant disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; or
if we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our customers will be one of the transferred assets.
When we process your personal data for the above purposes, we do so on the basis that we have a legitimate interest in pursuing business aims and objectives.
- Data transfers
Where a legal basis of processing applies, we may share your personal information with a third-party processor, FreshDesk, that we engage with to provide you with products and services you required. This third party may need to process your personal information on our behalf to provide such services.
- Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
- Your rights
Your personal data is protected by legal rights, which include your rights:
Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data's accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
If you want to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details above, but please note that you should contact the Organisation with regard to the processing of your personal data where the Organisation is the data controller.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us at using the details above. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, which regulates the processing of personal data, about how we are processing your personal data.