Privacy notice: South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adult Board Multi-Agency Training

1. Introduction

This notice provides additional privacy information regarding South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adult Board (Multi-Agency Training).

We will keep our privacy notice under regular review and will advise you of any updates on our website.

This notice was last reviewed in December 2024.

2. Who we are

For the purposes of data protection legislation, South Tyneside Council (South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adult Board) is the data controller / data processor.

3. What type of personal information do we collect?

We may collect the following types of personal information:

Name
Address
Telephone number
Email address
Employer details
Job title
Manager name
Manager email address

4. How do we collect personal information?

We may collect your personal information in a number of ways, for example:

Online booking system
Online forms
Application form submitted via email

5. Why do we collect your personal information?

The South Tyneside Safeguarding Children and Adults Partnership requires us to collect personal details to administer the multi-agency safeguarding training programme. This use of this information will include:

(a) Processing applications

(b) Monitoring training requests and course numbers

(d) Sending evaluations and resources

(e) Disseminating details of future training that may be of interest

(f) Where appropriate taking action under a charging policy for non-attendance at training

6. Who might we share your personal information with?

Your personal information will only be shared within the business unit of South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adult Board for the purpose of administering the multi-agency safeguarding training programme.

We may on occasion receive requests from line managers / employers in relation to attendance / non-attendance at training but will only share the information requested by them.

We will not share your personal information with any other third parties unless you have specifically asked us to, or if we have a legal obligation to do so.

7. How long will we keep your personal information?

We will hold your personal information relating to the multi-agency training programme for 2 years. At the end of this period, it will be deleted unless there is any special reason for keeping it.

8. What is our legal basis for using your personal information?

To use your personal information there must be a lawful basis to do this, such as, through a contract, performing a public task or where there is a legal obligation.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting STSCAP@southtyneside.gov.uk

9. How do we keep your personal information secure?

Information provided to South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adult Board is held securely on our network. Only officers working within STSCAP and system administrators have access to these records.

10. Is your personal information used overseas?

No personal information provided is used overseas.

11.What are your rights?

Your individual rights are set out in law. Subject to some legal exemptions, you have the following rights:

Right to be informed
Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure
Right to restrict processing
Right to data portability
Right to object
Rights in relating to automated decision making and profiling

12. Contact us

If you would like to exercise your rights in relation to your personal information, or you feel that something has gone wrong with your personal information, you can contact us in either of the following ways:

By email: data.protection@southtyneside.gov.uk

By telephone: 0191 424 6539

In writing:

South Tyneside Council
Information Governance
Town Hall and Civic Offices
South Shields
NE33 2RL

If you feel that the Council has not handled your information correctly you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

The ICO is the Government's independent body responsible for overseeing data protection. In most cases the ICO will only review cases that have exhausted the Council's internal procedures.

The ICO's contact details are as follows: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. More information can be found on the ICO's website at www.ico.org.uk.