Freedom of Information Requests

Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership
Privacy Notice and Freedom of Information Requests

Privacy Notice:

Barnet Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP) is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with data protection laws. We collect and process personal data in line with our statutory duties and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

• Data Collection: We collect personal data for safeguarding purposes and only to the extent necessary to fulfil our statutory functions. This data may include names, contact details, and other relevant information related to safeguarding children.
• Data Use: Your personal data is used strictly for safeguarding purposes and to improve our services. We ensure that data is handled confidentially and is only shared with authorised personnel or partner agencies when necessary for safeguarding purposes.
• Data Retention: We retain personal data only for as long as it is necessary to fulfil our statutory duties and legal obligations. Data that is no longer required is securely deleted.

We are hosted by Barnet Council, which is our data controller, and we use their training, guidance and policies. For more information, please read their corporate privacy notices here:

https://www.barnet.gov.uk/your-council/policies-plans-and-performance/privacy-notices

For more information and our full FOI statement please click here