Privacy policy
Ochil Tower School customer privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
- Contact details
- What information we collect, use, and why
- Lawful bases and data protection rights
- Where we get personal information from
- How long we keep information
- Who we share information with
- How to complain
Contact details
Post:
Ochil Tower School Ltd,
140 High Street,
AUCHTERARDER,
Perthshire,
PH3 1AD,
United Kingdom
Telephone:
01764 662 416
Email:
office@ochiltowerschool.org
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals:
- Names and contact details
- Gender
- Addresses
- Date of birth
- Emergency contact details
- Next of kin details
- Photographs or video recordings
- Health information (including medical conditions, test results, allergies, medical requirements and medical history)
- Dietary information (including allergies and health conditions)
- Information about care needs (including disabilities, home conditions, dietary requirements and general care provisions)
- Information about work, home and living conditions
- Information about support requirements
- Information about lifestyle, interests or personal history
- Criminal offence data
- Records of meetings and decisions
- Information about income and financial needs for funding or personal budget support
- Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
- Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
We also collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals:
- Health information
We collect or use the following information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Payment or banking details
- Donation history
- Tax payer information (for Gift Aid purposes)
We collect or use the following personal information for service updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Marketing preferences
- Recorded images, such as photos or videos
- Donation history
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Recorded images, such as photos or videos
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We also collect or use the following information for research or archiving purposes:
- Health information
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
- Identification documents
- Financial transaction information
- Health and safety information
- Criminal offence data
We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:
- Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
- Date of birth
- National Insurance number
- Copies of passports or other photo ID
- Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
- Education history (eg qualifications)
- Right to work information
- Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks )
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Address
- Witness statements and contact details
- Information relating to health and safety (including incident investigation details and reports and accident book records)
- Correspondence
We also collect or use the following information for dealing with queries, complaints or claim
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
- Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods, including delivery and third party referrals are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
- Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to receive donations or funding and organise fundraising activities are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
- Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
- Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
- Regulatory authorities
- Family members or carers
- Other health and care providers
- Social services
- Charities or voluntary sector organisations
- Schools, colleges, universities or other education organisations
- Councils and other public sector organisations
- Previous employers
- Medical records for pupils
How long we keep information
We will retain personal data in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and for no longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We maintain and review a detailed retention policy documenting how long we will hold different data types. The time period will depend on the purpose for which we collected the information and is never on an indefinite basis. Subsequently, we will delete your personal data in accordance with our data retention and deletion policy or take steps to properly render the data anonymous unless we are legally obliged to keep your personal data longer (e.g. for tax, accounting or auditing purposes).
The following details the criteria used to establish the retention period set out within our policy:
Where it is still necessary for the provision of our Services
This includes the duration of any residency and for a period of 25 years from birth for pupils or those individuals who are party to those records. For other matters, we retain records for up to 24 Months after the end of any contract with a view to maintaining and improving the performance of our products, keeping our systems secure, and maintaining appropriate business and financial records. Most of our retention periods are determined on the basis of this general rule.
Where required by Statutory, contractual or other similar obligations
Corresponding storage obligations may arise, for example, from laws or regulations. It may also be necessary to store personal data regarding pending or future legal disputes. Personal data contained in contracts, notifications and business letters may be subject to statutory storage obligations depending on national law. Where this is the case, we will retain the data in accordance with our obligations.
Who we share information with
Others we share personal information with
- Charities and voluntary organisations
- Care providers
- Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
- Emergency services
- Professional advisors
- Legal bodies or authorities
- Local authorities or councils
- Relevant regulatory authorities
- External auditors or inspectors
- Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Last updated – 3rd March 2025
