The information you provide will be held and used in accordance with the requirements of UK and European data protection law.
The information will be used to carry out statutory and recommended duties of the local authority in relation to early years and childcare providers.
Failure to provide the information could result in your childcare setting not being able to access the support you may require to carry out your legislative duties within the early years foundation stage.
The information you provide may be shared with other agencies within North Somerset in order to carry out our legislative duties. In addition, we may share information with Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, Department for Education, Standards and Testing Agency and other organisations that have a legitimate reason to access this data.
In addition data may be used to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of local authority services, particularly in the areas where local authorities undergo inspections and reviews, such as safeguarding and meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities.
We may lawfully disclose information to public sector agencies to prevent or detect fraud or other crime, or to support the national fraud initiatives and protect public funds under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Under the conditions of the Digital Economy Act 2017, we may also share personal data provided to us with other public authorities as defined in the Act, for the purposes of fraud or crime detection or prevention, to recover monies owed to us, to improve public service delivery, or for statistical research.
We do not share the information with other organisations for commercial purposes.
Your data is never shared or processed outside of the UK.
We will not use your personal information in a way that may cause you unwarranted nuisance.
You have the right to see the personal data we process about you, as well as the right of rectification, and restriction (to destruction of records only).