Pupil data: privacy notice for parents

Privacy notice for parents on data relating to pupils produced by Education Analytical Services.


Your rights

The GDPR gives you and/or your child the right to object to the processing of your personal data.  However, where the processing personal data is for scientific or historical research, or statistical purposes, these rights to object is more restricted.

Can my child/children or I object to the processing of my data?

No.  As the data we process is lawfully gathered and necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest, you or your child/children do not have a right to object to the processing of your child/children’s personal data. 

Can my child/children or I ask for their data to be deleted?

No.  As we require the data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest (and for no other purpose, such as direct marketing), we are also not required to erase your child/children’s personal data as we need to retain this data for this purpose.  

Can my child/children or I ask to see what data you hold about my child/children?

No.  As the data we process is lawfully gathered and processed for Research, Statistics and Archiving in the public interest, and that any results of the research or resulting statistics are not made available in a form which identifies individual children, young people or adults, you or your child/children do not have a right to request access to the data we hold about them.

Contact

scotxed@gov.scot

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